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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
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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
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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
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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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I have selected for this position , Nei"K
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. 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
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Philbrick cunt. 3b
White rf
Parker cf
Rupple If Forticr
Plie team
Wabash
. . . Pemhioke
. , . Anderson
Jiismau
Adams, dipt.
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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
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.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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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