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ST. JOHNS REVIEW GET IN THE HABIT f IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To tubwrlbe (or The Review. All the new while It U newa U oar motto. Call in and enroll J I I Of advertising In Tho Review anil you'll never regret It. He gln at once and keep right at It Devoted (o the Interests ot the Peninsula, tho Alanufacturlne I iter of the Northwest VOI,. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAH d 27. 1908. NO. 20 ELECTION SHOULD BE CLEAN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS' A REC0RD PR0U Every Precaution Should be Taken to Prevent a Dishonest Vote From Being Cast April 6 0 OF If the report in the Journal is true it is -rcgretable that District At torney Manning so far neglected his duty as to fail to file the neces sary briefs in the case of fraudulent voting at bellwood which was to come up in the supreme court the present term. By tiiis action the state has no standing in the court except at the courtesy of that body. If true, it will be a feather in Mr. Manning s cap wlicu he comes up tor election again and every voter in the county should remember how Mr. Manning abetted fraud u lent voting by neglecting his duty, whether intentionally or not, it docs not matter. We would vote for a yellow dog in preference to a man who had no more interest in an honest ballot than Mr. Manning has indicated. We do not consider any excuse sufficient for such neg lect. An honest ballot is the only hope for the perpetuity of our form of government. Destroy the ballot and you have anarchy. It is rumored, we do not know with what truth, but to be fore warned is to be forearmed; that there is some colonization being done in the city for some purpose. The citizens of St. Johns if they do nothing else, should sec to it that any such schemes come to naught. There should be challengers on all tickets at the polls and every vote that is not known to them should be challenged and the voter sworn, n record taken, and the antecedents of the voter inquired into. A f .ind should be placed in one of the banks to be used to prosecute to the limit every case of fraudulent voting. Neither should our people depend upon a careless or sympathetic dis trict attorney, lest he should agaiti permit u criminal to escape justice. ' This fund should be ample. It should not be less than $1000 and should be more if possible. It is only by the use of the law provid ing for the purity of the ballot that wc can keep it pure. If wc do not invoke the pover of the law, the unprincipled who have an object in view will not hesitate to violate the tenets of that law in order to carry their point, wc arc in earnest in this matter and as a proof we will offer to put up as much money to this fund as any other man in the city up to $50. It is now up to the parties having tickets in the field to take this matter up, appoint committees, secure this fund, place it in the bank and protect their ballots with a number of challengers. Let us have a clean ballot re gardless of the consequences. It is only by a clean ballot that wc can ever acquire a clean govern ment. A government of the law abiding citizens achieved by fraud would never be successful for the reason that the clement of fraud which placed the party in power would crop out after the party had secured the reins of government and it would become. os evil as the oenly lawless clement. Let us nave an honest ballot and thus get the true expression of the wishes of the people, if then the officials arc not what was expected of them, turn them down at the next election. Care in the selection of candidates and an absolutely honest ballot will soon "consign the cor rupt official to innocuous desue tude," as the immortal Grover remarked. Which Will Come Before the People Monday, April 6th, for Their Adoption or Rejection KNt,AKGiiD iioundarihs. able considering tho advantages, J will vote yes on all these bond We have said but little in regard , is cneaper man uic uujnceiu prop- questions. to the enlarging of the city bound-.erty without the water front, being! We should have enough arics for the reason that wc thought nt the rate of less tlian juoo per lot. pride not to stand in the no sane man would object to being Tint city dock. , to boost our city on taken into the citv limits of St. a t,.. ..r,...i -witm, .. nr.. i ' our ability. Wc Johns. We have recently learned Votc on bonds for securinc a site! there is quite a spirit of opposition n,l the erection of a city dock. It ' to the proposition in the district J would be u profitable investment: which it is sought to incorporate tor the city if there was not o1 Willi US. I ndttiitl of fi-eitfiit shinned over its rv. I -! t- . f ..." . ' . uur euuu iiituua uu wit umaiui: . uonrc s ill tun vents, tor tilt? ronson raise me oniccuou mai 11 win cosi them more in taxes to live in city minis, x ins may oc true, wen, by cither private or corporate menus nnd shins will lo.id mid un to gain all the advantages which oad here millions of tons of freight objection i i . Ihnt iust ns soon ns the citv builds the this dock there will be others put George Sutherland, a former Howl Rivcrlte, who is now at Can by, Ore., was in the city Saturday auu minted us up. ucorgc says he is doing well at Canny, but he has a hankering for Hood River. They all do when they get away lor awiiite, ana lie expects to go back in the spring. It Is a good place to go just the same. Watch the label on your paper. IOOOOOOOOI 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. Phone Main 358, Portland office. Phone Main A 3358. First and Flanders Streets. C. W. STEARNS Phone Woodlawn 818. Agent at St. Johns. Office 105 E. Burlington street. ooo lUUbllihcJ i&3 In New York City A. U N G E R ilAKl!R OJ TUB FAMOUS LA CADIZA, IO cent and EL ROYAL, 5 cnt Cigar Full line of Smokers' Supplies Central Cigar Store, Next to Bank. ! ST. JOHNS BRICK CO. Manufacturers of Clay Brick and Pressed Brick. Plastering Sand on hands at all times. Orders solicited. ttttttttti H. HENDERSON 20s a. I Real Estate, Loans, Insurance i Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed. will accrue from joining in with St. Johns without some cost, and they should remember this, that as soon as the Swift plant is started and the number of people from that institution build out there form a community large enough to incor porate get together, they will be voted into that corporation where the affiliations will be entirely different from. what they now are and it will be then too late to choose where they wish to be assoc iated. Better come in now, while you can. TIIK CITV l'AKK. There are a number of jcoplc who arc opposed to voting so much bonds upon the city at one time. If St. Johns were to remain just as it is, always, there might be some thing in their objection. If the every year. Tlie objection to tlie dock has been made that the rail roads could not and would not come to the dock if built at the foot of Philadelphia street. We would like to ask if there was ever a place the railroads would not come if there was money in it for the company? We have had utmost 11 quarter of a century's experience in the service of the railroads of the country and wc spcaK iroin experience wlicu we say the first question nsked about any new extension is "What will , be the source and amount of the revenue .secured by the pioject?" Show to the railroads the advan tages of such nil outlet, and the amount of freight they may be able to receive here at n minimum of civic way, but to the utmost should not be pessimistic and narrow minded when looking into the future of our city. There is not another city in the state of Oregon that has better natural advantages, brighter prospects for the future than has St. Johns. -Every thing in the natural environments of St. Johns points to its making a great city some day, and the sooner these j objects touched upon above are accomplished the sooner will she make 11 vast bound onward. We may vote them down now, but if we tlo we will regret it. They will come up again and nguiu until they are carried and tit a cost vastly more to the citizens here than if taken now, the ttiost favorable time in the history of the city. Let us not permit this auspicious oppor tunity to slip by us. B. D. Sigler, Republican Candidate for Assessor, First Man in Oregon to Assess Public Franchises Under his assessment Public Service Corporations are now paying $1000 per day more taxes on personal property thnn they paid tinder any former Assessor. If re-elected he guarantees to continuu his pres ent policy. Following is a statement of Comparative Personal Property Assessments, which speaks for itself: 1904. 1907. S;w6o Portland Gas Co $1,343,730 848,795 Portland Railway Co , (,083,600 225,090 Telephone Co Sto.oo 617,090 O. R. & N. Co 18,878,670 110,055 Northern Pacific Ry. Co 776,500 '52t39 Southern Pacific Ry. Co 700,920 170,150 Portland General Elec. Co 1,306,500 213,600 Oregon Water Power Co 858,005 27,565 Northern Pacific Terminal Co 198,080 expense and you could not keep bonds voted would not within the companies from putting their themselves be a boost for n hii-eer. lines in here. Tlie Hilt road is St. Johns, if they would not wield a strong inllucncc to upbuild, the city ami make of it a more prosper ous community, then would wc oppose with all our might the vot ing of 'these bonds. But the facts arc just these': First: Property will never be lower in St. Johns than it is today. If we are to secure grounds for a city park at all wc had better do so now, before the value rises beyond what the city can afford to pay. Second' The objection of voting a Hardship upon our children is not well taken for the reason that when these bonds become due and payable, 20 years hence, there will be 20 times as much of St. Johns and more, and the extra taxation necessary to redeem these bonds would scarcely be noticeable. Ihird: 1 he location now most favorably considered as a place for a city park, near the dry dock, is the only one where tlie beauties of nature add to the attractiveness of the situation. Here we have a fine working now on 11 line in this direc tion, and while it may reach but to their own docks, will but add to the importance of the city having a dock here to receive and dis charge the freight incident to the business of its people. This location, too, like that for the city park is the best one within the city limits, mid we were very fortunate in securing an option 011 these lots until after this election. If we do not votc the bonds unci secure the lots now, there are oth ers waiting who will take the lots 1904. $6,500 per mile, O. $29,033,055 Increase over 1901 .f 26, 484,960 $47,000 per mile. R. & N. and N. P. Co.'s Base Ball Sunday. E. U. Ericson for Coroner. Realising the growth of the East Side atid that they arc en titled to repre sentation, I will, if elected, ap point 1111 East Side man deputy who will have charge of the I.... !..... tl... If.,.., HI. I.. I have selected for this position , Nei"K ....... ... 1 .1 Itrmi'ii . 11. y.ciifir w in iiuu noon outturn1 i identified with the business inter ests of the East Side for 20 years and lias nil the qualifications to perform the duties of the office in a fair and impartial manner. lie is a thorough and conscientious business man mid will guard the interests of the tax payers as well 11s those of the city. E. E. Ericson, of the Ericson Undertaking Co., K. of P. building I09-411 Alder street. Kcpumican Weather peimittlng the St. Johns Tri-City league team and the Wa bash Independents will play an iititc-iscnsoii game at St. Johns Sun day afternoon. The Portland ag gregation is composed of a clever set of youngsters and have partici pated in two games this season. I'hey overwhelmed the AH Stars recently by a score of 13 to 4. A number of old Frnkes players were pitted against them. The St. Johns team is rounding out nicety Mind an enjoyable time is anticipated by the fans Sunday. will line up as follows: St. Johns Swanson c Wakefield .... p .... ilaiick Moore lb . . . . 2I1 ss Philbrick cunt. 3b White rf Parker cf Rupple If Forticr Plie team Wabash . . . Pemhioke . , . Anderson Jiismau Adams, dipt. ... Oregon Flake Food Carton. Tlie Com Flake company is tot ting out a fine new carton for con taining their product. It Is some what larger than the former carton, is ever so much more nt Untie mid is n very neat attractive article. It is pi inted in three colors, grwn, red and gold, bears the head of hii Indian chief, who looks the vary image of old Sitting Hull, surround ed by 11 wreath of com in the ear. It will soon become as familiar to tlie housekeepers of the country as any of our old brands of good ami will, in a short time supersede all brands of Hake fowls manufactured in the east, because these goods will he fresh from the factory, while tlie others will have to lie shipped 11 long distance and will deteriorate more or less in transit. Pec utility McDonald and Harlan era waning wuu n ui nihc uic iui.i ; .uy--i 1 1 uiui-i nuii-i. ii-iii,iivtiii ,- and utilize them for themselves uud .candidate for the nomination of!0"1'1. the best location for municipal water front will have passed forev er out of our hands. We need only to look at all other .cities on the coast and hear the verdict of the jK-ople in these cities to con vince us that it is of the utmost importance that this location be secured at this time. Every one of these cities lament that the city government in the past allowed all the water front to be acquired by view of river, field and mountain, 'private parties and corporations, the big firs still remain standing as many of them are now trying to they were a hundred years ago; it ; acquire possession of water front is in fact, the finest location for a age at even extortionate prices, park in the city limits, and if it is and we now have the opportunity not secured now, will soon be sold to secure the most central of all the to others, cut up into dwelling lots along the water front at a price tilnces niui the site ns n n.irk (nrov. that tliev wilt never be offered nt erlost. The price is very reason-1 again. We trust that every voter 1 treasurer. county coroner, phone main 6133. AIY PLATFORM. If electetl to the office of treasurer, I will honestly and faithfully perform the duties of said office. I will establish tlie office of treas urer at the city hall uud said office will be kept open every business day of the week during official hours. 1 I promise to work with the city j recorder, helping to establish a I more complete system for tlie re corder's niui treasurer's offic s, thereby placing the city records on an up-to-date system. J. E. Tanch, Candidate for the office of citv r Whitwood Court The grandest view in America ToSec Whitwood Court 'ito Bty cityiJt t 1$ i $ I t , ! .McHnde M. T. Harnett handed us n copy Schaeffer of the Douglass Tribune, published , . Taylor at Douglass, Hutlercounty, KatiMig, . Eulrich which contains tut account of- the Hoffman death of Rev. Stephen Drink, n cousin of J, Iv. Hi ink of thin city. 1 Rev. Itriiik had been 11 niiuihter of Look ut your label, uud if you tlie M. E. church for th- (mat 40 arc over 11 year behind tlie first of years, was greatly belovrd by the April please hook up for another church and was a strong worker, year's run with us. We will make His health had failed of recent the piper better as the days go by years and he went to I'awnlcnu, and you cannot afford to do with- Cal., wheie he died. He was bur ied nt Nickerson, Kits., March 6. f fi4i4et C. 12. IIAII.KV l St. Johns Land The Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm in St. Johns. East St. Johns Co. The center of the great development now taking place on the Peninsula. We have only a few business lots left on Columbia Iioulcvard, which for a short time only will be sold at nresent nrices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. (I Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the (). N. mil road for sale on reasonable terms. 1 ;: K. & i t i We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the l new $20,000 school building now in course of construe- tion. these desirable tracts. U Holbrook's Addition Call at our office for prices and terms for either of 4) St. Johns lllone Ullion 3104 Oregon Lots . . . $100 to $300 Acre tracts 200 to 300 RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. 110 N lorcpv Sfroph St. Inline. Orptmn EASTER is COMING Get that New Spring Suit. See our New Shades in Cheviots and Worsteds, "Sand Tans," "Smoke Hrowns," "Potf Grays." Come in and leave your measure. Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing done. PETERSEN & NOCE Second door south of postoffice. St MfMMMffMMflMMMMIMtMMMIMMMMMIMMI aaMMM ' 'it