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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)
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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 aud
Portland. We call for aud check your trunks direct
to destination,
Turn your trunk checks aud 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.
W. STEARNS
Phone Woodlawn 818. Agent at St. Johns.
Office 105 E. Burlington street.
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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