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VOL. 4
ST. JOHNS, ORKGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20. 190S.
NO. 19
TARS SEEK PROMOTION
Over 2,000 Men in Fleet
Want Better Berths.
There is a strike 011 in the fleet.
Over 2000 men in Admiral Evans'
armada have gone out for better
positions and higher wages. But
the most remarkable fact about this
strike is that it is perfectly agree
able to the employers In fact the
Navy department and the officers
ot tnc licet encourage it 111 every
possible way, for these men are
endeavoring to get their demands
by conforming to the regulations
put in force by the Navy depart-
Lnt'for the Amotion of enlisted
men.
In 1901, Congress passed what
is ordinarily known as the Person
nel act, which enables enlisted men
in the service to become com mis
sioued officers something that
before this was only possible for
Annapolis, graduates. The result
of this law has been very beneficial,
encouraging men in the Nuvy to
study for promotion and thus ac
quire the good habits and conduct
that the study habit carries with it,
and involuntarily forcing them to
learn more of the theory of their
work. Consequently there has
been noticed a marked betterment
in the efficiency of the service.
It is an ordinary sight to observe
one of the Admiral's tars after the
watch has Lccn "piped bilow" get
ting his "ditty-box" and spreading
his "calking mat" in a comfortable
place and making a recitation on
Nautical Astronomy a recitation
that is to be sent by mail to his
correspondence school professor;
for it is through the correspond
ence schools that most of the men
sectuc their theoretical training.
The International Correspond
ence schools, of Scrauton, Pa.,
alone have over 2,000 students in
the fleet that is now sailing up the
Pacific. Of the 24 enlisted men
who have so far secured commis
sions ns ensigns under the Person
nel net of 1901, 14 have been I. C.
S. students. On account of the
mammoth organization of this
great institution it is possible for
its students 011 board the fleet not
only to scud in their recitations
THE TROLLEY WAY
Is the only way to secure immediate delivery of your
goods ut the most reasonable of transportation rates.
Therefore ring up the
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Operating electric freight cars between St. Johns nnd
Portland. We call for and check your trunks direct
to destination.
Turn your trunk checks uud 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.
First and Flanders Streets.
C. W. STEARNS
Phone Woodlawn 818. Ageut at St. Johns.
Office 105 E. Burlington street.
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from every port of call, but to
actually come in contact with the
representatives of the schools nt
most of the points at which the
fleet will touch. These schools
have ncencies at Bermuda, Buenos
Ayrcs, Panama, San Francisco;
and if the fleet should come home
through the Suez canal the men
could find established agencies at
Honolulu, Manila, Shanghai, Bom
bay, Singapore, Alexandria, etc.
The Navy department has grant
cd every inducement for the men
to study through the opportunity
afforded by the International Cor-
1 respondence schools. On each
ship in the ileet there is an instruc
tor and representative of the
s, vno 00.K , n,,w ."K
She'n, their 2tuX! "i!
schools who looks after the inter
was through the warm interest that
Admiral Evans had for this insti
tution that it was porsiblc to secure
the great concession of having
these instructors appointed on
United States ships.
In speaking of the work accom
plished by the I, C. S. among en
listed men, Admiral Dewey says:
"I am glud to learn that so many
men in the naval service have tak
en and are taking advantage of the
excellent system which these
schools follow. I have heard
many favorable opinions expressed
in regard to their work."
On board many of the ships
study quarters have been fitted up
whore students may huvc quiet ami
all conveniences for progressing in
their courses. Admiral Chas. M.
Thomas, in charge of the second
section of the fleet, has expressed
himself as being amazed at the
wonderful progress his men have
been able to make.
The advancement of enlisted men
in the Navy is only one branch oi
the enormous work carried on by
this great factory of trained bruins
the International Correspondence
schools of Scranton, Pa. For 16
years they have been occupied in
the sole business of providing am
bitious men and women in nil trades
niut professions, in nil conditions
and circumstances of life, with the
training that would qualify them
for higher positions, better s-al.iries
and successful lives. That they
have been successful in doing
this j
is proved by the gigantic growth
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A VISIT AT VANCOUVER
Odd
Fellows Make Fratcrna
Call Friday Last.
Laurel lodge I. O. O. F. paid a
fraternal visit to Vancouver lodge
No. 3 last Friday evening .and to
say the boys had a most enjoyable
time would be expressing it in very
mild terms indeed.
There was some hesitancy in th
matter of chartering n car lest there
would not be enough of the boys
go to make it profitable. But when
it comes to the Odd Fcl'ows going
you can generally find them John
nie on the spot. There were about
35 or 40 made the trip from here
and left at 7 o'clock in the evening
We picked up new members of the
party all along the route from St.
jonns to wooitiawn unci wlien we
arrived at the ferry there were
about too in the party.
When we landed on the Wash
ngton shore we struck a bee line
for the flue lodge room of the Van
couver brethren and were most
enthusiastically and warmly wel
to which this institution has at
tained. Sixteen years ago it was
n mere experiment with one course
oi instruction. It is now in many
ways the largest educational insti
tution in the world, with 20S
courses of instruction. The pro.
prietors of the institution have n
capital of 6,000,000; own and
occupy 5 buildings covering over
300,000 square feet of floor space;
they have a private printing plant
turning out 3!$ tons of printed
matter er day; n mailing depart
ment handling 15,000 pieces of
mail every 24 hours; 3,000 employ
es; mid an instruction stuff com
petent to handle the work of 3,000
students each day.
The original preparation of the
instruction matter for these schools
cost 51,500,000, mid every year
there is spent n quarter of a million
in revising and improving this
instruction matter.
Hundreds of thousands of men
have secured advancement through
I. C. S. training. Cariwuters have
become architects: machinists have
become superintendents, and clerks
hnve become innungers and propri
'etors of businesses of their own.
i Not only have men advanced in
, their own trades and prolcssious,
but men working in uncongenial
occupations nave ciiangeu to more
pleasant work where advancement
,was quicker nud greater; nnd
young men wishing to learn n trade
I or profession have been enabled
through I. C. S. courses to enter
the trade of their choice and nt the
start have secured a position paying
j a good salary. In the city of Port
land there arc a large number of
men who owe lifelong benefit to
this institution. The incalculable
betterment brought to a vast mill-
I titude of men nud women proves
I that this great plan of teaching is
one of the greatest benefits to hu
manity the v-orld has ever known.
! The I. C. S. is represented in St.
Johns by J. A. Shere and I,. O.
I Thompson, who will be glad to
I communicate with any ambitious
men in this vicinity who desire to
find out more about the most prac
tical way in the world of gaining
promotion.
Whitwood Court
The grandest view in America
ToSec Whitwood Court is t0 By
Lots
Acre
RICHARD SHEPARD & CO.
1 1 0 N. lorepv Strpph h InhnQ Cirocmn
coined. It is too bad that the
brothers of the order of the two
jurisdictions have not been in the
habit of visiting each other and
now that the ice Is broken, the
way should be kept open and as
often as convenient these visits
should be repeated, for it fosters
a more fraternal spirit, creates
deeper interest in the work of the
order and makes better Odd Fel
lows of nit who attend the meetings.
The brothers nt ancouver have
a beautiful nail lurmslied with
splendid carved black walnut chairs
for the different stations, some fin
ished in wine colored nnd others
n green silk plush upholstering.
fine plush carpet covers the floor
and the windows arc protected by
Venetian similes. me wails are
wainscoted to n height of nbotit
four feet with Oregon fir finished
in oil, natural color, and the celling
is covered with a line steel ceiling
of n grey color. I he main hall is
about 36x50 nud there arc nnte
rooms, kitchen, diner, wardrobe
nud regalia rooms, nud everything
that conduces to the comfort and
convenience of the guests and
members. The walls of the main
mil arc decorated with the charters
and memorial pictures of men
tromiucnt in fraternal societies.
All this is in the second story. On
the first floor is located the post-
office, a flue large one and in addi
tion it printing office. The reve
nue irom the. postoflice, printing
ollicc and rent of hall to other so
cieties uggregatc about $500 per
month nud the property is now
neatly paid for. There is a mem
bcrsliip, if vc remember correctly,
of about 250. And the personnel
of the membership, well, it is the
kind you will only find in the Odd
K'llows lodges, nnd you - will hud
it there nil the time. It was just
the same way when we went to St.
Helens. The finest bunch of fel
lows you ever went up against, uud
they treated us like princes.
Brother Bach of Vancouver de
livered the address of welcome in u
well-worded talk showing the high
regard our Washington brothers
have for us. He wns followed by
W. T. Vaughn of Woodlawn, who
made the finest nddrefs of the even
ing. We did not kn.nv there was
so much in Brother Vaughn. He
was loaded to the guards, evident-
ly, nud he made record time in
unloading some of the best thoughts
we have ever listened to inside n
fraternal hull. He compared the
muX " hat G !
ideal life to music
ull harmony, no discords to break
the sweet blending of the cords uud
he asserted that whatsoever u man
hud in his life lit- saw in the world.
That if a man hud his heart full of
iuv nil inn ii'nutv man iiv wuuiw 1
see in the world thousands of this!
love for his fellow man he would
class of people. But if in his heart
he is selfish, dishonest, disreputable
he will see in every man just
that kind of n crou. Thus we
reflect that which is in our hearts.
We were very much struck with
the truth of this statement nud we
thought ns the sjn-aker tittered the
words of the men in St. Johns who
were continually accusing others of
grafting, having itching palms,
etc., nud we could not help but
think that these individuals must
be in misery despising themselves
and hating their fellows. The
man who is continually crying
grafter nt every one who is in
office is the man we would not
. . . $100 to
tracts 200 to
trust as far as we could throw a
baby elephant by the tail.
The Vancouver lodge was insti
tuted in 1866, was one of the first
lodges instituted in what was then
Oiegon territory. The first lodge
organized in the territory was ut
Olympiu, the second at Wullu Wal
la nud the third at Vancouver.
There were many other reminis
cences of the olden times brought
out by the various speakers which
we would lie glad to recall it space
peimittcd. The two lodges pledged
each other that this should not be
the last visit made between them,
even though of separate jurisdic
tions. There was one article hanging
on the wall of the hull which at
tracted special attention, it was the
emblems of the encampment of the
order done in what appeared to be
solid silver in the lamplight and
the inscription beneath it stated
that it was found in 1802 nud pre
sented to the lodge by Captain
Spinner. We were told that the
Captain found it while dredging in
front of Vancouver nnd the suppo
sition is that it was the property of
some vessel that had anchored there
in nn curly day nud dropped it
overboard.
The time passed very rapidly
nnd nil our crowd was sorry when
the hour came to leave for home.
We stayed until the last minute
and then made n run for the boat,
followed by our genial hosts who
cheered us to the echo as we
steamed back to Oregon. There
is no use in talking we do not know
of anything in n social way that is
calculated to awaken the fraternal
spirit within u man to such an ex
tent as these visits and we hope
that our brothers will never leave
us out when they have anything
like this on the string.
The Boston Way.
Some friend mailed us n marked
copy of the Boston Journal of Bos
ton, Mass., in which there is marked
an article indicating that the "Hub"
is suffering from "rockcrusheritis"
the same ns are we, except that it
is in it more chronic form. There
they can put in the market rock
crushed ut $1.10 er ton, about
if 1.65 per yard, while here we hnve
to pay $ 2. 25 per ynrd It seems
that there the rock crushing has
been done under the direction of
to.rt,!le'!!. ?!.!.
partment has been handled by the
machine and the machine has seen
to it that the different working
parts have been well lubricated
with the dollar of our daddies.
These nre points which it will be
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WV fr "r W 0 r '. ,u
wueu our iock cinsner i imiiinvu
nud provisions made so that a tie
tailed account of the operation is
reported to the public every i ouili,
that all may be kept informed ns
to the expense of the operation.
The calamity howlers who think
'steeu bucks too heavy n tnx on n
fine comfortable home here in St.
Johns should buy u lot in Seattle,
where instead of 15 mills it is 35
mills, or 46 icr cent higher than
Inst year, or even in that modern
F.deu, Hood River, where it is 29
mills. At Hood Hiver, however,
there is something worth while;
but in Seattle preserve us.
$300
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UNIVERSITY PARK
A Budget of Interesting Items
for Review Readers.
Miss Mildred Brobst is on the
sick list this week.
O. Williams has been quite sick
the last week with erysipelas.
Bert Smith of Fiskc street has
been quite ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. Beard's little boy has been
very sick the last week with the
grippe.
Mrs. Dodson of Druid street has
gone to Marion to visit her hus
band's brother nt that place.
Mr. Hiukston is building a fine
House on Dawson street. Mr.
Walton is doing the carpenter
worn.
I,. O. Reynolds was called to
the bedside of his mother Tuesday.
She has been very sick with the
grippe.
Sunday was communion day nt
the Congregational church uud
seven new members were received
into the chtiich.
The social meetings that were
held last week nt the Baptist church
uru to be continued this week.
They have been having fine music.
We nre sorry to henr Hint Mr.
Kidd of Olin street, who was taken
to the hospital with the grippe,
isn't any better.
The Ladies Guild of the Congre
gational church of University Park
gave their monthly ten in the form
of an evening social ut the home of
Mr. nnd Mrs. MucDonuld, corner
of Haven nud Dawson streets on
last Friday night. A short pro
gram was given consisting of a solo
"When the Whippoorwill sings,
Murguerite," by Mis. Cheney of
Portsmouth; n rending "Glory"
wns beautifully rendered by Mrs.
Gihnnn of University Park. Solo,
"Moonbeams and Dreams of you,"
by Miss I.ela Brous of Haven
street nnd last but by no means
least u parody on "The good old
summer time," that being the air,
wns given by 11 few of those pres
ent. The winds of the song were
written by the MneDoiinld family
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ALL. II0MIU00K
I. Johns
Tim Largest and Oldest Real l:sln(e Firm
in St. Johns.
East St.
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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
present prices.
nome line residence una sun on .sine.
Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O. R. cc
N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms.
Holbrookes Addition
We have some choice lots in the vicinity of tho
new $20,000 school building now in course of construe- !
U011.
Call at our office for
these desirable tracts.
St. Johns
Phone
EDMONDSON CO.,
Plumbing and Tinning
Phone Fast 6311 i
203 Jersey Street St. Johns, Ore. f
Clark & Wilson Lumber Co.
IylNNTON, ORKGON
Lumber Manufacturers
PRICKS QUOTKD ON APPLICATION
and is called, "In good old Oregon."
It wns fully appreciated by all.
After the program lunch was
served and everyone went home
feeling that the evening had been
most delightfully spent. May
there be many more such.
Oregon Fern.
Money in Poultry.
Fruit, dairying nud other indus
tries of Oregon huvc all been civon
their share of publicity, but poultry
raising is rarely mentioned outside
of the publications which nre cither
devoted to poultry or have it special
department for it. $5,000,000 an
nually is n very conservative esti
mate of the returns from this indus
try to Oregon farmers, nnd yet
thousands of cases of eggs nre
shipped in every year from the
Middle West to supply the demniid
here. Expert poultry raisers say
that the climate of Western Oregon
in particular is conducive to very
rapid and healthful growth there
is one community ulouc in South
ern Oregon that annually markets
between ?.o,ooo nnd $50,000 worth
of turkeys.
AY PLATFORM.
If elected to the office of city
tiensurer, I will honestly nud
faithfully perform the dtitiotf of
said ollicc.
I will establish the office of trim
mer nt the city hall uud said ollicc
will be kept 0111 every busiuutw
day of the week during official
hours.
I promise to work with thu city
recorder, helping to establish n
more complete system for thu re
corder's nnd treasurer's oflli).
thereby placing the city records on
1111 up-to-date system.
J. I!. 'Punch,
Candidate for the office of city
treasurer.
The St. Johns camp of M. W.
A. will give it grand ball March 21
in Bickucr'.s hull. The sumu mu
sic that wits so acceptably given
last Thursday evening will nwiin
be in evidence and 11 splendid time
is promised to nil.
Watch St. Johns grow this year.
CI:. IIAILUY
Land Co,
Johns
time only will be sold at
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prices and terms for either of
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