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: : : if : SWEET SOCIAL Bickner's Hall Tuesday evening March 17th. Admission Sixteen Cents, ccives a souvenir. Refreshments served. I OREGON OPPORTUNITY Colonist Rnles from nil parts of the United StntestindCiinndn to nil parts of Oregon and the Northwest will be itfjui'i put into effect by THE OREGON RAILROAD 4, NAVIGATION COMPANY AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. Line In Oregon MARCH 1, 1908 nnd will continue dully throiinhout March and April. Ifrom the principal cities of the Middle West the rntes will be as follows: l-'rom I'rom Chicago W8.00 Council UhifTs $.10.00 St. Louis 35.00 Omaha .10.00 L'..nU f'li.. .10.(111 St. Paul 30.00 1 !"j ConviiiiliiiK mien from nil other Huslcrn Kintn, ,St(iKivvr nt A iiliumiiri. nl nil IKilllln III (lll'l'llll. f Tin. Colonist Unit; I Ihf I'rentest X iiiillmltrit ri'MiiirL-i'H mill niciU more Q iitiiMirlun I t'H Union iimiilc rmi finonititMi p.trinll.t tr.ult liy lirrnlillnu IhU i(imiliinlly lo nil Mtitlil VriiillllrKiiiilllrmliilfKlltiUKHl. irlUMr Inluf iimlloii nlninl the IMc, Inr HlP HOI mil Mc. toll nil thr nlxitr inllMHiil lur u 11 FARES CAN iv niri tnli tlikrt tunny lnl. C'iiIIom 0. It H N Keep Bright and You WILL KEEP BUSY Klcctric Unlit l the mannet that draws trade. The bright store Is the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist the attraction of a brilliant, lilectrically linhted store than they can resist the clarion call of a brass band. Is your comitetitor with the Electrically Illuminated show windows, bright interior nnd sparkling Klcctric Siu t;cttin an advantage over you ? The moth never llulteis around the iinliKhted caudle! Up-to-date stores nowadays consider shop-window HnhtiiiK a necessity, whether they remain open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods. A show window brilliantly illuminated with Klectric linht will make many a sale "the night before." Klectric light comttels attention, makes easy the examination of your display, shows goods in detail and fabrics in their true colors, And don't neglect the Hlcctric Sign. It is soliciting "tomorrow's" business every moment it is lighted burning your name in the public mind. It is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops work - casts little. Call Telephones: 1M11I11 6688, A 1675 for Information. Portland Railway Light and Power Go. FIRST AND ALDER STREETS N THE I PENINSULA BANK St. Johns, Oregon. Capital f 35, 000. 00 Surplus 1,500.00 Interest paid on savings deposits. It Was No Cyclone Hut a gentle zephyr of 15 cases of Selz Shoes, the popular "Royal Blue" that blew into Couch & Co s store this week. COUCH Phone Union 4066. St. Johns Lumber Co. Has all kinds of lumber, kiln Also slab wood, Timbers of Get your winter's wood now hvery one re Don' t Miss It. s of nil ImiiictMilMcri. Oregon hm moult! who dttdre Inline mid larger nniniy BE PREPAID nrtt. I' nKrnl.nr nihlirM WM. MoMUftnAY (itiirml I'nMCMKrr AKr'ili I'oHluinl, rriu PORTLAND OREGON s & CO. 206-208 Philadelphia street. dried and otherwise. all sizes cut to order. and save trouble. Don't Use Big Words. The following selection from that delightful book entitled "One Hundred Choice Selections" was handed to us by one of our friends for publication. It will be curious to take up the dictionary and hunt up the words we may not under stand and note the difference be tween the big long words and the short, simple ones which we may use to express the same thoughts. There is a good lesson in the "squib" whether we profit by it or not: In promulgating your esoteric cogitations, or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and am icable, philosophical or psycholog ical observations, beware of plat itudinous ponderosity. Let your conversational communications pos sess a clarified conciseness, n com pacted comprehensibleness, coalcs- ccut consistency, and a concatenat cd cotrencv. Kschew all conglom orations of flatulent garrulity. ieiune babblement, and asinine ahectations. Let your exicmpor aneous dcscantinns and unprcmcd itated cxpatiations have iutclllgi bllity and veracious vivacity, with out rhodomontade or thrasonical bombast. Sedulously ovoid al polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, nsittaccous vacuity. vcntriloquial verbosity and vanil oqticut vapidity. Shun double entendres, prurient jocosity, and pestiferous profanity, obscurant or ntmarcnt. In oilier words, talK plainly, briefly, naturally, sensibly. truthfully, purely. Keep from "slang;" don't put on airs; say what you mean; mean what you say. And don't use big wordsl New Shingle Mill. The best thing we have heard lately- is the story told us by friend on a couple of would be sports. The latter part of last week there were two well dressed gcntlctrcu, apparently witli money to burn, looking for a site for shingle mill. These gentlemen casually scrnpet; the acquaintance of these would be sports. Saturday evening, we understand, there came a time when the moments hung heavily on the hands of the hunch am they concluded to repair to a so eluded spot nnd have a cmict little game of cards to kill time. To make a long sto y short in the "wee snia Hours the game wound up with one of our loca sports loser to the tune of $250 am! the other .oo and after breakfast. the capitalists looking for a shingle mill .site had disappeared, A lew sucli capitalists would work as an educator among our sjwts. It is evident their early education has been neglected and they would have been much better off if sliiugle oi)crator Had ticrforineu on the liosoin ot their pants in their youthful days with a good hot shingle until they would have been willing to eschew the pasteboards, A Doubtful Proposition. The single tax proposition is og itatiug the think tanks of 0 big nuueu 01 our people. we were requested to reprint an article by .Mr. Waguou written for, we think, the People's Press, but as the name was not on the clipping we are not sure. We published the article last eek to please our friend and to give our people .something to think about. There are many good feat tires in this single tux scheme, but there are so many adverse coutiti geucies that we are doubtful if it would have the desired result in any event, particularly in its pres cut form. Our Charges. As is customary, we will charge for card of thanks, 50c; for resolu tious of respect, $ 1.00; for notices of church or lodge entertainments, suppers, sociables, etc., where there are charges for admission, 5c per line, but where there are no charges for these events, we will break the rule and insert them free. We make this announcement so that our good friends may understand our rule in this respect, In Better Quarters. The public library has moved into new quarters at 107 South ersey. The room is an admirable one, liglit, roomy, 011 the ground tloor, convenient to the center of the business section, there could hardly be a more desirable one. We hope our people will take ad- autuge ot tuts and patronize the library to the utmost limit. The heavier patronage it receives the more we will get out of the main library. Will Visit Vancouver. The chain gang is going iu a body to visit the Vancouver lodge tonight, and will leave here at 7 1 clock sharp, lhey want every member that can get away to ac company them, visiting brothers as well us members ol Laurel lodge. A fine time will be enjoyed by all who go, for the Wushitigtotiiaus are noted for their hospitality ami they haye a fine hall. RESOLUTION It Is resolved by the city o( St. Johns, and the council of salt! city hereby orders that an election be held in ac cordance with the requirements of the charter and laws of said city in said city of St. Johns, Oregon on the first Monday the 6th day of April, A. 1). 1908, for the election of city officers to-wit: mayor; a city recorder; n city attorney; a city treasurer; three councllmcn at large; two councllmcn from the first ward; two coiincilmcn from the second ward In the manner provided by the charter and laws of said city. And it Is further ordered and resolved that, at said election, there shall lie sub mitted to the qualified electors of said city the following tiroposition, viz: Shall the city of St. Johns Incur a mu nicipal bonded indebtedness in the Mini of sixtv thousand dollars rf60.ooo.ool twciitv-thrcc thousand five hundred JM,.wol of which sliall be for the pur xsc of tnirclmslriif river front lots three 31, lour 141, live L5J aim six oj jamcs olin's addition sometimes known as James John's first addition, to the city of St. Johns, Multnomah county, state of Oregon, for public dock purposes; and tlilrtv.!r tlirtiiAntnl five hundred ft t6. tool of which shall be for the purpose of erecting, building and constructing a public dock on said lots for city pur poses, Said bonds to run for a term of twenty taol years from their dale, and bearlni; Interest nt the rate of six PC cent Per annum. Interest pnvabc semi annually, and Interest coupons to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum alter maturity. And It Is further ordered and resolved that the city recorder be, and he hereby is authorized, directed and required to at once post and publish as required by law nnd the charter of said city of St, Johns, notices of said election, and have printed the necessary nnd proper tickets tor wild election, and that he procure the necessary poll books and tally sheets for said election, and make nil necessary and proticr arrangements to enable the qualified elector of the said city of St lohns to hold said election. Ami It Is further ordered nnd resolved nnd the council docs hereby appoint ns judges and clerks of said election: Judges of first ward: John Poll, Marion joiinson, u. k. Downs. Judges of second ward: h. I). Chlpmon N. A. Occ, J. S. Downey. Clerks of first ward: L. II. Chambers O. H. Learned. Clerks of second ward: Chas. Bailey Frank liorsman. The chief of police of said city of St Johns, shall do and perform all necessary mid proper nets requisite under the law and the charter of said city of St. Johns In currying out the provisions of this resolution nun order. And It is further ordered nnd resolved that the ixdlliiL' place for the voters of the first ward shall be 309 W Ilurlington mill the poiuuir place lor Hie voter o the second ward shall be the city hull. Pasted the council, March 3, 190S. A. M. F.SSON. Recorder of the City of St. Johns, Published In the St. Johns Review Mnr. ( ami 13, 190a. RESOLUTION It Is resolved bv the city of St. lohns that the said city of St. Johns Issue Mu uIcIimI Bonds to the amount nnd in the sum of sixty thousand dollar (60.000 iwciiiv.iurcc iiioiisntm live iiuiiiiicii inn Inr It ia.wm.ooi of which shall le for the puriHisc of purchasing river front lot three m. four (4). five (5) nnd six f6 James John's addition, sometime known ns James John' first addition to the city of St. Johns, Multnomah county, state of Orceon. for nubile dock piirPOM.-s: and tiilrty-nix tnoiiMiui live nnuureii iiouars f f.l6,soo.xil of which shall be for the imrpoM.- of erecthik'. buildiui! mid con striictine n inihllc dock on Mid lots for cltv purposes, said bonds to mil for term of twenty 30 year from their date, nnd Itcnrinir interest ut the mtc of six per cent per annum, interest jwiynblc semVanuunlly, nnd Interest coupons to bear Interest nt the rule of six per ctut per milium niter maturity, suujeci to ratification by the qualified elector of the city of St. Johns at the election to be hchl ns provided by the charter and law of mild city on the first Monday, the 6th day of April, ltf. l'.isieil the council March 1. ioB. PiiblUhed by order of the council March o nun 13, 190a. A. M. It&soii, Recorder. A reasonable time will be allowed publishers to secure renewals of subscriptions, but unless subscrip tious arc expressly renewed, after the term for which they arc paid, within the following periods week' lies within one jear, senil-wceclies within nine months, triweeklies within six months, dailies within three months. They shall not be counted in the legitimate list of sub scribers, and copies mailed on ac count thereof shall not be accepted for malllni! at the second class postage rate of I cent a pound, but may be mailed at the transient sec ond class post aire rate of 1 cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed. Uecause of this arbitrary ruling of the poslofflce department after the first of April we will be com pelled to drop from our list all names over one 3 ear In arrears. Furniture for Sato Cheap Pine furniture of seven rooms in cluding rugs, stoves, bedroom and kitchen furnishings, etc. $10 golden old library table, 12.00 8.50 mahogany rocker . , . 6.00 7.00 golden oak rocker .... 4.00 160.00 golden oak dining set, $1 10 All of this is practically uew fur- uiture and iu good shape. D. D. DAVKNPOKT, Northern Hill. Woodlawn 1183. To Whom it May Concern. For the name and residence of the owner of auy property in St. olnis or vicinity, call on or write T. T. Parker,, attorney at law, iu Uolbrook buildtug. Titles to real property, CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist church H. A. Leonard, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. tn. Preaching at XI a. m. II. Y. V. U. 7 p. m. Preaching at 8 p. m. Methodist church P. L. Young, pas tor. Sunday school 10 a. m.; preaching nt 11 a. m. and 8 p. 111. Upworth League at 7 p, tn. Holy Cross Catholic church, Portsmouth Station: 8:15 a. tn., low mass; 10:15 a.m., high mass; 7:30 p. tn., vespers and bene diction. Christian church Meets every Sunday In llickncr'shall as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. 111.; preaching at it a. 111. and 8 p. tn., and Y. 1. S. C. U. meeting at 7 p.m. K. J.Johnson, pastor. St. Andrew's liplscopal Chapel, Uni versity Park Rev. win. U. Powell, chaplain. Regular services 7:30 p. tn. Sunday school at 3 p. tn.; Bible class 7 p. m.; Lcnton services every l'rlday at 10 a. tn. Evangelical church Sunday school at 10 a. 111. Preaching 11 a. tn. Junior K. L. C. H. 2:30 p. tn.; Senior K. L. C. K. 7 p. tn. Preaching at 8 p. in. Chester P. Cntcs, pastor. l'irst Congregational Church O. W. Kelson, pastor. Sunday school 10 n. m.; preaching ti a. ut. anil 7:45 p. Y. 1!. S. C. li. meeting at 7 p. tn. Pra meeting Thursday at 7:30 p, tn. A 1 ami welcome to all, Baptist Church. University Park. Rev A. ll. Waltz, pastor. Rceular services every Sunday morning and evening. German Baptist church Services held cacn bumiav at iiapttst ciiurcii nslollow Sunday school 3 p. m., preaching at 3 p, m. Key, l'altmcat, pastor. German Lutheran Services at 10:45 a, 111. every Sunday morning at corner of rciunsuin avenue ana Kiipairicic street University Park. All Germans of St Johns cordially Invited to attend. C Biicchler, pastor. Christian Science Society meetings held at w. II. King's residence, sun day and Wednesdays at 8 p. in. Plant an ad. in The St. Johns Review and watch your business grow. 0 YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Mm EEEEEV TRADE N1AIM DCSIQNS CorvniQHT) Ac Anront MitHtiK a iktrh nd 1eTlfllon ratf qnletlr cnm our upinlmi fr tihr au lii.intlmi rotitir ri.nii.i Hum Uriel rranndsiillal. MAMtlfi r rtMfiitalil. Omtmunlra. nl it. (flilMl ftptnrr fur curmif uilftMi. ILL HAnuBOUK 1 l'Unu I'auni Uktn Ikniuirli lumi A C Hxrtai not lit. without chart, lath. uitn luniuirii Munn iu. rociiTf scRKWfc .American. A handtomelr llla.traitd wMklr. Mlnr. Milallnn of .nr aelantlfltt louraaL 1 vrnis. 9i ll uri fourruoultu.IL BI4 bfi nlJrj. I 36IBrodMr. u nun .& r buwmMluiuu, The Smith Pi ansa Typewriter nas widened Its market un ul it includes the whole civil ized world; has become the ypewriter of over 300,000 operators and has, during 1906, broken every previous record of sales, because it nas from the beginning best net every typewriter need. THEtrl-colorfeatureof the Smith Premier Typewriter is recog nized as the greatest im provement in modern type writer construction yet in providing it, none of the strong fundamental fea tures, for which the Smith Premier has always been noted, havebeensacrificed. Complete literature on re quest. FHE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER COMPANY SYRACUSE, N. Y. Portland Office, 247 Stark Street Central Market! Uolbrook Block. Sec us for the Choicest Cuts of the Best Meats Obtainable, Order Pilled and Family Trade Solicited T. P. WARD, Proprietor. BENNETT'S Cash Market C. W. BltNNKTT, Prop. As you may be nware, I have recently taken charge of the business here myself, and am doing STRICTLY CASH business, which enables tnc to furnish my customers the best meat at reduced prices, as I save the expense of bookkeep ing, and also as I do no de livering the customer gets the benefit of the money thus saved. . Come in and inspect our meats and get our prices. I Bennetts Gash Market "The place where t you gct more lor less money." 4 I J. K. KILKHNNV O. I,. Kl'l'S t St. Johns Electric Works 203 South Jersey St. ALL VARIETIES OP Electrical Installation and Repairing Promptly At tended to by Iixp.rls. Motors and dynamos repaired, nnd nil kinds of electrical work done at satisfactory prices. Esti mates given and sugges tions furnished. Network too difficult no job too small. a BUILDERS' HARDWARE I As well as the other kinds of Hardware is OUR HOBBY We are mnkiug the hard ware business our study, and it's not how cheap we can buy but how good, and we must have the quality. Our Universal Stoves nnd Rnngcs nrc ns good ns the BEST mm!c. Our mixed paints arc the Acme quality kind. Hendricks Hardware COMPANY. No. in Durliugtou street NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THIt COUNTY COURT OP THE STATU 01' OUKOON, l'OR MULT- .NUJIAll KUUSTV, III the matter of the estate of Charles M. Bailey, deceased. Notice is hereby elven that the under- signed, Charles I', Bailey, has been duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oreuou. for Multnomah countv administrator of the estate of Charles M, Bailey, deceased, and letters of ailminis trotloii have been duly issued to him bv said Court. All persons having claims against sain estate are nereuy notilicil and required to present them under oath, with proper vouchers therefor attached, within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned at tne omce 01 my attorney, room 9 Bredecn buildlni:. 3S3 1-3 Washington street, tn tue I'lty ot rortlaml, Jlultno man Lounty, State 01 Ureirou. The date of the first publication of tuts notice is l'cuniary Jo, 190a, V.IIAKI.KS c. UAILKV. Administrator of the estate of Charles M. Bailey, deceased. b. 11. URRBN'R. so Attorney for the Administrator. TIME TABLE 0. R. & N. Union Depot. Portland. No. 3 Chicago Special leaves 8:;o a. in. No, 4 Spokane I'lyer leaves at 7:00 p. ni, No. 6 Kansas City Kxp. leaves 7:40 p. tu. No. 8 Local Passenger leaves 8;oo a. m, .no, 1 uucago Special arrives 8:20 p. m. No. 3 Spokane Flyer arrives at 8x0 a. ni. u. a mum v.11 nxji, urrivcsy,45 a. in. No. 7 Local Passenger arrives 5:45 p. in. VT.. . T - -!" . j AN OFFICIAL DIRECTORY DR. L. E. STORY Formerly in the Uolbrook block, St. Joints, lias opened offices at 901 and 902 Corbelt Building. Sth and Morrison Streets, Portland. S. H. GREENE Altorney-at-Law. Office: Room 9, Brceilen Build ing, corner Third and Washington streets, Portland, and Room as, Uol brook Block, St. Johns. Phone: Pacific 209S. Residence: St. Johns HENRY E. COLLIER Lawyer. Rooms In the Holhrook building. St, Johns, Oregon. Joseph AlcChesncy, JV. D. PHYSICIAN AND SUR0.E0N Day and Night Olflcc In AlcChesncy Block I'hani WoodUn 475 ST. JOHNS. - - OREQON DR. L. G. HOLLAND, PHYSICIAN AND SURdBON Residence! 435 Williams Ave. Phone Kant 6363. Office: Hoi brook Brick Block, rooms 3 and 4 Phone Uast 3689. St. Johns, .... Oregon Dr VV. E. HARTEL, DENTIST Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty Rooms 1 nnd a, Uolbrook Block, St. Johns Dr. NARY MacLACHLAN Physician and Surgeon. Office In Ilolbrook's Block. Residence, 315 Hayes street. Phone Scott 6995. OSCAR DeVAUL, M. D Office liuuri, 9 to 11 . m., 1 lo j p. m. Office l'lione, Dealt 1104. Ktitctence I'lionc, Union Jtoi, Office In Unlm.lty rrk Drugstore. J. R. WEIMER Transfer and Storage Your Patronage Solicited 105 Knsl DtirlltiKton street, St. Johns. Bon Ton Barber Shop MANSI'lItU) & KAItMMtl.V. l'irst clnss work and clean hot towels for Mtrons. Hair cutting a specialty. Agents (or West Coast Laundry. Jersey street St. Johns L CMONNICH PAPER HANGING AND painting; Kstimatcs 1'imiished 1009 Monteith St. St. Johns, Or. Darling & Barnett CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS 414 Smith St. - St. Johns, Ore. 1 j. 11. 111.ACK ANDY KltKK BLACK & KERR Building Contractors l'laiu and l!tlniAlc I'uruliheil. LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. 0. 0. F. ST. JOHNS, ORCUON Meet each Monday evening In Odd Fellows hall, at 8:00. Visitors welcomed, II. S. Simmons, N. G. K. B, Holcomb, Secretary, Holmes Lodge No. 101 KSIOIITS OF PVtltlAS. Meets every Friday night nt 7:30 o'clock at I.O.O.F. hall. Visitors always wel come. Geo. H. Black, C. C, J.H. Black, K.K.S. Fraternal Brotherhood. Meets every Friday night In M. W. A. Hall, S, J, Schelter, presideuf, Jas. H Gee, secretary. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. In order to Insure, change of ad vertisement the copy for such change should reach this office not later than Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Please remember this and save the printer Street dar Time Table, Leave 3d & Alder. A.M. P.M. II 30 5 43 1 1 45 600 Leave St. Johns A.M. A.M. A.M. I'.il 5 45 605 VS 6 40 700 7 15 7 3o 800 830 8 45 900 9 15 9 30 9 45 II 35 II 40 13 OO 605 6 36 6 40 650 700 7 15 7 3o 1 50 8 10 S3S 840 8 55 9 10 9 '5 940 955 10 10 10 35 1040 1055 11 10 6 .10 13 OO 6 12 13 30PBI630 13 40 6 48 6 40 . is 3oia6 50 1340 710 I 00 1 18 136 1 54 3 13 3 30 3 48 306 3 '4 3 43 4 00 4 18 4 36 454 5 10 5 36 706 74 I 42 S 00 8 30 840 9 00 9 30 940 1000 10 3o 10 40 11 00 II 30 13 OO I33O 13 45 I CO 7 3o 750 8 10 830 850 9 10 93o 950 to 10 1030 II 00 II 30 13 00 13 30 13 50 1 18 136 54 3 13 3 30 3 48 306 3 34 3 43 4 00 4 30 4 40 500 5 15 1000 10 15 10 30 it45 11 00 5 35 I 30 II 15 5 55 A. M. St. Johns Ferry Time Card. Leave East Side (A. M.W-no. . 8:00, 9M0, ioo, iitco, 13:00 M. P.M. 1:00. j.-oo. txo. 4:00. a:ko. :io. 6:1a. Leave West Side (A. MO 6:50, v.isJ 8yo, 9:30, 1030, 11:30. y; M. 13:36 I ?trv trrt ttn vw ?....