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t Sac, ST. JOHNS REVIEW r IT'S NOW UP TO YOU GET IN THE HABIT Of adrcrtlilni In The Review and you'll never regret It. Ile gin at one and keep right at It To tabtcrtb for Th Revbw. AH.Ib nwi white It b nw U oar motto. Call In and tarolt J J J Dvot4 to tin Intertill of the PesJiwuta, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwert VOL. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON,, FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1908. NO. 23 ""'or, SEASON OPENED SATURDAY St. Johns Started Things Right by Capturing Both Saturday and Sunday's Games - If, there is anything in an tm spicions beginning the Apostles snouiu win the pennant tins season on tnc diamond. i. tie nrst game was won by tuts virtuous bunch with a score of 9 to 5 and the sec ond game was a shutout in their favor. The gnrae Saturday would have been even more favorable had it not been for bad coaching on the part of the captain of the saints. St. Johns has a good bunch and and they should be well supported by the lovers of the game. There should have been 500 on the grounds Saturday. There would have been many more than there were, wc think, if it had been gen erally, kuown. There will be reg ular Saturday games played every Saturday if sufficient patronage can be worked up. This will give those an opportunity to patronize the game who are opposed to the Siinday; game and if a sufficient patronage can be developed it may be that another year the boys will play Saturday only. It would be the wise thing for our people to give tlictn tnc best of it on Satur day anyway. The Wanderers started off well and for n time had the game in their pocket, but their young pitcher, Hroughton, suddenly lost control, about the seventh (titling and Ray, who succeeded him, was worse and the Apostles came out victorious. The feature of the game was the first home run of the season which was made by Cnl Cell of the Albi no team. Anderson's batting for St. Johns was another feature wor thy of mention, but the spectacular play of the day was Outfielder White's throw to the plate, putting out Jack Ilebcr, who had attempt ed to score. White caught n fly up against the left field fence and threw, the ball accurately into Catcher Clark Moore's hands and Heiser was out on a close play. Ray, of the Albina team, became angered at a decision of Umpire Alex Cheyue and threatened to strike the official, but was quieted before a mix-up occurred. Wakefield, the big pitcher from Position Albina . p Broughton, Ray St. Johns Wakefield. Clark Moore . c Hcitsmith Parker ib Helscr Flcmmiug . . . ab Burns Philbrick . . . . 3b Pattlsou Brown ss Schradcr White If . Ray, Broughton Houck cf Gardner Anderson ... rf Gcil Score by innings, R.H.li. Album o 1 o o 1 o o 3 o 5 8 4 bt.jouno 0000144 f 9 10 3 Summary. Struck out By Wakefield, 11 urougiuon, 3; Kay t. liases on balls Off Wakefield, 3; Ray, 2: Broughton, 2. Two-base hits Moore, Helscr. Three-base hit Anderson. Home run Gcil Stolen bases St. Johns, 3. Left on bases St. Johns, 7; Albina, 5 Umpire -Chcvnc. SUNDAY'S GAM It. It was rumored that the Vancou ver aggregation was coining over Sunday to scrap with out, boys, but for some reason this was not the case and the Wanderers returned to make an attempt to even up the score they lost the day before. Albina was greatly strengthened at some points Sunday but was clearly outclassed, and in spite of hard work was shut out. "Olc" Anderson, the Saints' twlrlcr, teased the Wandering Wil lies with his hhoots and curves, until he had fanned 13 aud had allowed only four hits. Ray, who was in tnc box lor the tourists, was bit regularly in the five cantos he decorated the mound. St. Johns' five runs were all secured while Ray was in the box. Brown made the best batting record of any of the Saints, getting three hits out of four times up. Rupnlc, the new catcher, is "all the candy," and it has to be a hot one that gets by mm. lie is tnc equal of otto Moore, who played his position last year, so the Telegram says. St. Johns scored in the second, Houck, the Saints' long ccntcrficld, fouled out to the Wanderers' catch er, but Philbrick aud Runnel, the ,ncxt two up, hit aud scored on hits THE PASSING OF THE OLD AND INSTALLING OF NEW Monday Night Marked the Departure of the Old Council and Witnessed the New Officials Take Oath of Office uima, wnsii., made good with the by Brown and Anderson ? i01 as. torue tanneji 1 1 01 j the third Clarke Moore led off ms opponents ami iieweti his posi- with n three-bagger, scoring on n tiou nicely. 1 he teams lined up as cean single by Parker, follows: I (Continued on fourth page) oooo 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. 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OOCM "Free, Free, Free" At the HOME CREAMERY Butter, EggsMUk, Butter Milk 0"" White Clover Butter, per roll 65 cenU Hazelwood 65 cents Daaiascui , , , ,65 cents Minnesota , 55 cents KgK per dozen 30 cents Buttermilk, two gallons for , f 5 cents Sweet Milk, per quart , , 8 cents Cream, per pint 15 cents And all kinds of fine fruit at cost at the HOME CREAMERY, 106 Ivauhoe street, at the rear of St. Johns Clothing Store, After a twelve months term of Rooscvcltiau strcnuosity the city council met for the last roll call last Monday evening in accordance with the provisions of the charter to assist their successors to take the oath of office. All members of the council were present except Peterson, who was absent on leave. After reading the minutes of the last two meetings the mayor called O. R. Downs to administer the oath of office to Recorder Ksson, who in turn performed the same duty for Treasurer Tnnch, Attor ney Collier, Councilmen at Large Davis, Dobic aud Johnson, Conn cilmcn for the Pirst Ward Tryon and Windlc and for the Second Ward, Bonham and Hunter, in the order named. These gentlemen were all called up by the retiring mayor, then calling Mr. Bricc to the statu! and upon his taking the oath vacated the chair and Mr. Bricc was escorted to his scat by 'resident King of the retiring coun cil. Mr. Brice's first words were to call for n speech from Mr. Couch, the retiring mayor. Mr. Couch replied that he hud but a few words to say, but that he wished the new council the best of success in all their work. That he realized that there crc many things the old council had not been able to clean as up as they had desired to do, if there was any way in which he. but could not exnect could be of assistance to them in , times to have the Mine taking up the threads as they were to the ways aud mains, aud hoped being left by the retiring council, that their work might be successful he would be most happy to do any- and harmonious throughout the Linquist who said he had but few words to say and that they were in the way of advice. "Whatever vou do," he said, ''work together in harmony aud do your best for the best interests of the city. By working in harmony more can be accomplished and easier than when discord mars the proceedings." Mr. King then declared he was highly pleased to sec so many good looking men gathered in the bunch who. were to steer the ship of state for the city, and that he wished for the new councilmen a most harmo nious term of office. He was followed by Mr. I.cggctt, who also urged the council to work together harmoniously for the best interests of the city in ucucral. Called attention of the new council to many things which were in pro gress aud as yet unfinished, some of them of urgent necessity and should be pushed forward with vigor aud gave them his best wish cs for abundant success. Mr. Walker stated that he had little to say except to echo the words of his colleagues who had alrcudy spoken. Mr. Jobes declared that hu hardly knew whether to congratulate the newly elected or to tender them his sympathies. He said he thought the new council composed of rep resentative business men who would do the best they could for the city, them at all opinion thing in his power to help them, year, and wished them to use the great-1 Mayor Brice then arose aud est freedom in calling on him on him lor any assistance he might be able to render. Mayor Brice thcu called, his new ly elected council to their chairs, aud Recorder Esson expressed his appreciation for the kindly treat ment he had received from the hands of the old council aud ex pressed the hope that his coming year's service might be fraught with as pleasant associations. He Iaid a high compliment to A. R. obes for the thoroughly business like manner in which he handled every proposition left to his hands, that in every case where he was chairman of a committee during the year, there was on file a clear, clean, concise type written report of the same on file in the archives of the city, and recommended the emulation of his example to the newly elected members. Mayor Brice then called upon the members of the old council for something in the way of an address. iue first to respond was Clias. said lug year. Hunter thcu placed in nomination 5. h. Dobie for the no sition and there being no other nomination Mr. Dobic was elected unanimously by acclamation. On motion of Dobic the meeting night was continued as heretofore, towit; Tuesday of each week. The following committees were then named by the mayor: Streets and Docks Windle, Tryon, Johnson. Licenses Bonham, Hunter, Windlc. Water and Light Johnson, Da vis, Bonham. Buildings and Grounds Hunter, Tryon, Johnson. Health aud Police Dobic. Bon ham, Windlc. Liquor License Tryon, Davis, Dobic. Mayor Bricc thcu appointed Health Officer Dr. Vincent to suc ceed himself nud on motion of Dobie the npjioiutiucnt was con firmed by the council. The other appointive officers were not named. The question of salaries was dis cussed briefly and 011 motion of Davis was laid over until Tuesday evening. The rules of order governing the working of the council were taken up and referred to a committee with instructions to report Tuesday evening. The committee consisted of Dobie, Hunter and Johnson as sisted by City Attorney Collier. The matter of bonds for the dif ferent officers was laid over until Tuesday evening. Adjourned. A VISIT TOJOGUE RIVER St. Johns Resident Makes a Trip Through That Fertile Valley and Tells All About It Editor Review: After lying dor mant for years the Rogue River valley is waking up. Grants Pass Jacksonville, Ashland and Med- ford display an activity that will even make a St. and take notice. Jacksonville have got out of their swaddling clothes, Ashland has shed its knee pants, while Medford has reached a point where she last August. Messrs. Potter & Goold of St. Johns have the honor of paying the record price for land in the valley $825 per acre. I was out to their ranch and it's n dnu- Johnsite sit upjdy. It lies between n pear orch 0 rants Pass and : ard for which Stooo an acre was reiuscu iasi iau nuer tnc trutt was picked, and Mrs. Potter Palmer's place. (The queen society woman of America threatens to build n that he felt the responsibility placed upon him by the people in electing him to the highest ollice in the municipality aud that the work of the mayor and council for the com ing year will not be what would be rnlliwl n nfoiifr. Ifn Ctltd lin llml Krri'ff! nil rm,,irll ft, t.r,i n,fl . Hall. . - W..W IV,... ..til. I - , ..... that during that term they had . Mayor Brice called he council their share of troubles but nothing 0 "lcr n 9 o'clock and after read of a very serious nature, and that . ,nK ,e Inl,,1,1,tc1s ?f UJ Provisional he would like to see the incoming meeting called for the report of council u.m-1, inn.n,r I,, i,nr,,,n.,n special coiiuuittee on rules, who The council met in their first reg ular meeting Tuesday evening. The mayor was detained by a meet ing of the schoolboard for n short time and upon arrival went into n star chamber session for some time before the regular session in the the so far as possible, work for city's interests and whetever oue could compromise a situation with out compromising their ideals to be free to do so. He said he did not know whether he could say that he per felt grateful to the people for elect-' PaV glv asiceil lor more time ami were en until next regular meeting. The question of salaries then came up and the following sched ule was read: City attorney, I60 mouth; recoider, who is to his deputy, 3 100; treasurer, lug him or not, but that he felt $5 month; engineer, ,100 per highly honored by this expression 'month; chief of police, $75 per of their confidence in him and that he would try and discharge Ills duties to the best of his ability. He then declared the first action of the council would be to elect the president of that body for the com- Immiili tittrlit fltnHpf. tn ivr mntitli mayor, $3 each meeting, aud couu cilmeu $2 each meeting. On motion of Dobie the schedule was adopted. (Continued on second page) r Whitwood Court The grandest view in America ToSec Whitwood Court is to Buv Lots ... $1 00 to $300 Acre tracts 200 to 300 RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. 110 N. Jersey Street, St. Johns, Oregon j wears the best of clothes and a , bungalow and spend her oiiuual Panama hat. Medford Is the larg-1 vacation here.') I have talked est nud best town in the valley. It with several orchard authorities in is a place of large warehouses, fine ; Medford. and thev tell tnc our St. blocks, stone walks and stores 'Johnsites will never regret their filled with high class stocks. In J buy. The real estate men say they the center of oue of the largest nre doing a fine business, and the fruit valleys in the world, the big ' merchants nnncar to be more than and the little fellow work in liar- satisfied with the new neonle com- mony for the same end. The o!d( ing In. There appears to be plcu mossbacks who have neglected ty of land for all purposes. Raw their opportunities nre being weed- land sells from $101111 acre un. cd out nil over the valley. People Cleared laud may be had for $100, from the middle west nre here in large numbers. There nre few undesirables. Any of the towns nppcal to the eastern man. The 1 he farms are owned by all classes from the common laborer to the millionaire. The towns have the finest schools in Oregon, They arc built of brick nud are supplied with all the necessary apparatus. At present Medford and Ashland are the objective points of many homeseekers. The Ashland man calls attention to the fine water which runs with terrific force from many faucets on the main streets. Medford s water is poor, but her tK'ople tell you they are going to spend 1350,000 to bring in water from 30 miles away that will make Ashland's system look like 30c. Ashland exhibits the peach orch ard that brings home the medals everywhere the fruit is shown, while Medford points to the car orchard which produced a carload of fruit that netted the owner I4800. Ashland says we are going to pave our principal streets. Med ford says so nre we. New residen ces are going up all over the valley. Lumber ami household goods can be seen going into the country daily. There is an air of prosper ity everywhere and the visitor feels it, Real estate is moving rapidly nud at greatly advanced prices. Lauds that were sold last fall at ?ioo per acre, now bring $200 readily. Oue firm in Medford has sold $150,000 worth of farms since while orchnrds bring from $350 up, I was shown a fine .i.S acre peach orchard nt Ashland, new house and barn, with nrivntc water sys tem nud water piped to the house for $225 tier acre. The trees were 8 years old, alfalfa is oue of the staple crops of the valley yielding as high as 7 and 8 tons per acre without irrigation, and selling as high 11s $18 h.t ton. This laud brings up to 300 per acre, and there nre hundreds of acres of It. One of the sights of Medford is the 70 or 80 automobiles owned there and they nre not all owned in town, either. Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Fruitgrower may be seen any day riding in their bubble wagons. The sight made me feel sorry for some of my former Min nesota friends. The day I was at Ashland nil the business houses closed at 1 p. in. and every able bodied man in the town hied himself out on the ' boulevard to plant trees. Tlie sight of these people nt work gave the impression that Ashland will do. The Park hotel nt Ashland sets an example that all hostclrlcs in the fruit raising districts might well imitate. It provides its pa trons with good Newto.vu and Spit, apples. Not the little measly ones, covered with warts, that some hotels place before you, hut the kind that every one who tastas likes more. If there is anything that will make n homcseeker shy (Continued on fourth page) Al. l. iioumooK C. B. HA ll.fi Y St. Johns Land Co. The Largest and Oldest Real Hstnto Firm in St. Johns. East St. Johns The center of the great development now taking place on the Peninsula. We have only a few business lots left on Columbia T 1 f1f Mil . 1 1 . i T uouicvam, wnicn ior a snort time oiuy win ue soiu 111 present prices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the 0. R. & N, railroad for sale on reasonable terms. Holbrook's Addition 1 We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the new $20,000 school building now in course of construe- tiou. Js Call at our office for prices and terms for either of these desirable tracts. St. Johns Phono union 3104 Oregon Clark & Wilson Lumber Co. UNNTON, OREGON Lumber Manufacturers PRICKS QUOTED ON APPLICATION I