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Ml- ST. JOHNS REVIEWj J IT'S NUW UP 1U YUU To tubtcrttx (or Th Review. AH.tH ntw white It U ncwi h oar motto. CiH In nd enroll rm m. mm H. Ma . T GET IN THE HAIT 0( ndnHbtof Is TV. nnd you'll never nm kin 4t once and Uf tlM Jcirty Devoted to the Intcrctti ol the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest at-. lr; . I -VOt: 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1908. NO. 30 iszsmaaAiattiKaamr MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES GERS r D. C. RO The Day Fittingly and Appropriately Observed by the Old Veterans and Citizens The members of Compson post O. A. R., and the W. K. C. met nt the hall at to a. tn. headed by the M. W. A. Iaitd, and marched through the city for nn hour and a half. It was a patriotic procession. More and more strikingly visible become the marks of the hand of time. Wc well remember years ngo, when the boys in blue marched with heads erect, hun dreds strong, with proud steps, bright smiles and happy speech; but they have been stepping out one by one. One by one they have answered to the last roll call. Their ranks have been thinned more than on the field of battle, and the survivors arc grcyhalrcd, stoop-shouldered, halt aild lame, but none the less brave for that. lIowwcshouldlovcthc.se old he roes! How we should do them honor! Think of what they en dured for us on the field of battle, on the wenry march, in the fever stricken bivouac, ever on the ulcri for the evt-r present enemy.. Think of the Mtifferiiii;, the wciiriuess, the nerve wrecking strain of constant vigilance, the s'l kc of nrnn, the uiiiimcd limbs, the milire cut, the b.tvonct thrust, disease, loathsome mid repugnant, hut hulf combated by the limited means at hand. What do we not owe to lho.se he roes who guve up their lives in thai iiwful struggle for the perpetuity of the nation? What love, what honor, what praise we should give them and how we should emulate their example and hold the welfare of our country ubbve every other consideration, above wife or child, above home 11ml fireside, nbovc all our possessions, It was this kind of patriotism which stirred the ( hearts of our Hoys in Illue, and: caused them to endure all the; ills for our sake To tho.se who ureVo fortunate as to have passed through the awful ordeal anil yet iciniiin' with us, we are miscreants, super-1 lutively ciiuteuiptihli and ungrate-i ful if we do not at every opportuu-' ity show the highvst appreciation ' of tljeir service, They should be 1 met as heroes deserve to be met. I Those of the rank and file, the j real preservers of our nation above , all others should be honored. They I were the real heroes. They were the ones who stood the burnt of every hnrdshin. JThe officers were i always better cared for and the higher the officer the less of hard-1 ship and suffering they experienced. The procession after marching through the city gathered in the vacant lot in front of their hall on the south side of Chicago street and decorated a draped monument to the tttikuowtt dead, and then marched to the hall where a gen crous lunch was prepared for the veterans and their friends by the W. R. C. There were about 150 veterans, their wives, children and friends who feasted with them. There was real army coffee, hard tack, and nil other good army ra tions in abundance. The boys wished especially that the kindness of Sam Simmons should be remembered. He gave the use of his team to take n com mittee from town to the Columbia Slough cemetery to decorate the graves of some of their comrades who arc buried there. Mr. Sim mons would take no remuneration lor the service and it is highly ap preciated by the veterans. At t'lc hall after the lunch there weic four little children of Thomas II. Reed of company II, 35th nnd 51st Missouri, who, because their Mther could not b present and take part in the exercises of the day, gave a joint recitation. Their names were Genevieve, Richard, .Ik'iijumin und Alice. They won a most henrtv applause for patriotism and faithfulness to their father. After luncheon the Wr R. C. and G. A. R. marched to the river led by the bund und at the ferry through the kindness of the icrry people they were permitted to march out 011 the James John and with the impressive ceremony of the V. R. C. the waters were strewn with flowers in memory of the sudor dead. Thus another milestone has been p istil by the !eloved and honored heroes of the nation. Another year with its joys and sorrows, with its trials and perplexities, with its blessings and adversities hat pus-ed into oblivion. With it have passed to their reward thousands of the true blue boys of '61. May their rest be sweet, nnd may they ull answer to "the roll call up yon der", where "taps" will never be sounded and every day will be drest parade; where none will ever do picket duty, tor there will be no foes to molest. To the old heroes who are still with us: May your last days be blessed with the love THE TROLLEY WAY QOOOOOOOO 000001 Is the only way to secure immediate delivery of your goods at tlie 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. Ageut at St, Johns. Office 105 E. Burlington street. , reeOe0re0c0rOC'0rO30r'O Washed Gravel Best for Concrete Work ' Wist Side Wished Gravil Co. Mavc ardors with no N, Jftey Stwet WAYNE L MILLS 51 N, Jety Street GRAND ARMY DAY AT SCHOOL 1 Splendid Programs Rendered at Both the High and Gram mar Schools in Honor of the Occasion Last Friday was O. A. R. day at the public schools in the city and squads of the old Hoys in Uluc visited both schools, where they were entertained by the pupils. At the High school the exercises were ocncd by the school singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic This was followed by a musical number by the Fourth grade girls. Then O. R. Downs gave a very in teresting talk to the young people. followed by short talks from other mcmbcrd of the post and visitors from the city. This was followed by the school singing "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." The First grade then gave a very pretty flag song with a humming accompaniment. 1 lie Second and Third grades then each rendered a musical number which was followed by a solo by Miss Gertrude Baldwin. Mrs. Kemp then addressed the school in behalf of the W. C. T. U. The rooms were beautifully decor- a'ed with roses and tirs. 1 he school is deeply indebted to Mr. ; I,. T. Clark for his generosity in supplying roses for the school ever miicc they began blooming and wc were told to express their apprecia tion of his kindness. At the Grammar school about the same hour, 1 1 o'clock, n splen did program was also rendered in the auditorium or tlie nuiKiiiig. The first action of the young Amer icans was to salute the flag, then they filed in and took their seats, filling the hall and the stairways full to the limit. ' The Fiftli grade class then ren dered the song "Scatter the Flowers," which was followed by the recitation "Captain, My Cap- of faithful friends and the generos ity of the cotiutiy you saved at the peril of your lives. May there he no uigardliuess in the dispensation of tensions among you. May tl.w Iconic who enjoy tlie uiessings re sultant upon your valorous deeds ever remember you with gratitude and love, nnd whenever an oppor tunity comes to do you an honor, may they respond gladly, lovingly and generously. Our hats are off to you, the 'uncrowned kings of our nation. tain" by Rachel Schelter. The next number was "Lincoln and the Pig" by a bright little girl whose name appears on the program as Chester March, but whecher they switched the performer or not is a conundrum we have not been able to determine. Following this number was one of the best of the program, the dumbL'11 exercise. About it do.en or more little girls ofthe Sixth grade came on the slage and led by their captain, Miss lillie McDonald, went through their evolutions for about ten minutes with a pre cision not excelled by veterans in any drill. It brought out a most hearty encore from both pupils and visitors. Tills was followed by the recita tion, "My Dad Gave His Life for His Country" by pupils of the Fiftli grade, and little Verne Hall t ceiled a Lincoln story. Miss IlloKsoiu Stockton lhn lead the Hmaucipntion Proclamation. The Sixth grade followed with the song, "Gather the Flowers." "hill Slkes' Dog" by Claude Groth was the next to receive n heuity encore from the pupils. The Klghth grade then repeated the world famous jcech of Iincln nt Get tysburg, which was followed by the recitation "Lincoln and the Birds," by Meile Harrington. At thto time the veterans who were in attendance and in whose honor the ex rcise were being given, were granted an opportunity to get their inning. Officer of the day, Mr. Caldwell, in a neatly worded speech thaukut the teach ers ami pupils fur theliuiereM they hail manifested in theold soldiers mil udtmHiishul thO'ji'iJrMlvs-tluu' which seemed quickly coining when these gray haired veterans would 1 e with them only in mem ory, and rciuiudid them of their duty to 1:. ir country; that they should preserve that which had been purchased by the lives of so many of the bravest of the boys of the nation. He was followed by Captuiu Snow in a very eloquent address. He praised the patriotism of the pupils and the efficiency of their work before their visitors, ex pressed his sincere gratitude for their expression of honor and "re spect, praised the girls of the 'Sixth grade particularly for the j most cxcelicnt manner of delivering their drill, warned the boys to not ! allow the girls to outdo them, said that they should (inn in iiic mauuai of arms until they were just ns efficient in the handling of n gun as the girls were in manipulating the dumb bells. He urged them to re member the old boys who fought, bled and died lor the blessed liberty which we now enjoy, and to pre serve the country undivided. He told, with the voice of u prophet, that these boys would live to sec n war which was sure to come be tween this country and the people of the Far Fast, when he urged tluc lads to not fail to do as had the hoys of 'Gt, shoulder their gnus and stand ready to die if necessary for their country. After the Captain, the Ninth grade rendeied "The Boy in Blue" in 11 very acceptable manner. Altogether the exercises, ren dered as they were in honor of the living and memory of the dead he roes of () i, were very fitting and Impressive and there are many lit tle ones to whom it was a revela tion, being their first contact with the war veterans ns n class. It opened' their eyes to something new in their lives and they were in tensely interested. These exercises should be mote nnd more stronitly elnphaslzed every year, and the young of the nation should be taught the beauty or patriotic devotion to ones coun try. They should be taught, too, the difference between a republican form of govern men t and that of a inon rchial or despotic, that n love il country .inny be, instilled in their young lives which will remain with them to the end of their days. A farmer in Indiana noticed a lien that had been for a number of days 011 her nest and thinking that she was covering u lot of spoiled eggs pulled her off, when to his sutprise he discovered that she had hatched n number of black snakes. Now if it had Impelled in St. lohus, we would think it the re sult of the election; that the man hud just imagined it, after a night's celebration. r 1 Whitwood Court HB9HeeJMBeHeHH eeuMu H9H Real Estate Loans and insurance 120 JERSEY STREET Cull in and sec my List of Property. Bargains every one. Buy St. Johns property now while the prices are low. You can double your nioucy in one year on some of it. See Rogers J Slmll VVc Celebrate? Now that the election is over, what are we going to do about cel ebrating the national birthday? Will we sit around like a bump on n log and have no celebration, or will we, like true patriots, put our money, time and energies into a fitting celebration of tlie gruudcfct event that is recorded in the politi cal history of tlie world ? We get our hair stroked the wrong way sometimes and think that we have a bad sort of government. That the devil is in politics and rules the majority of politicians. But i' you want this conceit taken out of your self, take a trip to some other na tion and spend a year under the despotic rule of some monarch. Then you will wish to celebrate the Fourth of July ns you never did before. Come, let us get to gether and arrange for a big cele bration. Do not wait until you cnuiiot advertise tlie matter. Do it now. This is a matter for the G. A. K.. the W. K. C. the city council, tlie commercial club, tha churches, in fact for all the people to gel together on and make it go with a vim. Who will sturl the movement? x- " Another Hood River friend called Tuesday, Mr, Steptoe, whose daughter lives in St. Johns. Mr. Steptoe informs us he is about to sell his Hood River ranch nnd buy a dairy farm in Washington. There has been n number of the old timers selling their randies this spring at wonderfully advanced prices. We will lct a "yaller dol lar" that about .seven-fifths of them will be sorry they sold before the year is out. Break Even at W tl urn. Woodbitni and St. Jo'. no' even at Wondhttrn Satt in 1 double-header contest, hoi . team taking the first . t -and the Apostles nt" owl. ft to 5 Bow 1. ! first game for l'u- I ' I. , i ' the Siiinlh at In 111 v - Wakefield was hit I mi f tell hilsjH-ing ,! .1,. j ! livery. In the second v.. him v m . McCnithy opciud iii m 1 neither had tiny'1.' 1 . . chased in the thin! ' . 11 Poland and Vik ti ' 1 l.m: pitched shut-out bull. 1 su: iort waa very ihih 1. v lir pitched hellc-r ball il: tin lie did the first. 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