' IT'S NOW UP TO YOU J I If II I 1 H I WT i GET IN THE HABIT To .oHcrlbc for Tho RevUw. J J I A A V F M JL Jl M JLW Y ! Y Y X Of advertising In The Review J All the new, whlk It li new It "M 1 " " and )ou'll never resret It. De- V our motto. Call In and enroll tl at once and keep right at II X l MMMWM1M N('VMVtl4M4l(lV Devoted to (he Interest of the Peninsula, tho Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 4 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 19. 1908. NO. 32 PENINSULA REALTY ASS'N ODD FELLOW MEMORIAL Splendid Fraternal Address Delivered by Rev. E. A. Leonard at the Evangelical Church Sunday An Organization That is Doing Good Work for the Welfare and Development of the Peninsula Under the above title a number of the most responsible and progres sive realty men of the Peninsula have organized for the purpose of giving publicity to the best district anywhere about Portland This movement began just about a week or ten days before the Rose Carnival, and to show the energy and push there is behind this insti tution we need only to say that they raised $265.00, printed for distribution 15,000 booklets describ ing some of the beauties and other desirable features of this section as a residence and manufacturing dis trict. This was no small under taking to be accomplished within two weeks and at the same time carry on the regular routine of business as usual. The time was so short and these energetic realty men had so little time to explain their purpose and methods to the other realty men of the Peninsula, that a large number who would perhaps have joined them did not have the opportunity to leant the benefits to be derived; and as soon as they learn that it is n permanent organization and will be prepared to do ever so much better next than they did this year, will gladly add their forces and thus assist what will most certainly prove the moU potent agen y in the develop ment of the IV. .inula that has ever been Murte-i Theie is no e 114 back of the re turns. It is conceded that it pays to advertise. The question is the manner, the amount, and kind of advertising to be used We have said so much about Hood River; We have held that enterprising, progressive community up so often and so persistently ns a model of excellence in all lines that it is be ginning to become a chesnut with our readers, no doubt; but when there is nothing better obtainable, what is a fellow to do? Now, what has made Hood River the focus of observation of the whole world? It is their systematic, per sistent advertising. Those three words: "systematic, persistent" ad vertising," tell the whole story. When we went there twelve years ago, they raised just as good apples, just as fine strawberries s they do today, but they did not get any better prices than were ob tained by other communities; not as good as some The citizens were jealous of each other. Any toooooooooooo THE TROLLEY WAY Is the only way to sectire immediate delivery of your goods at the most reasonable of transportation rates. Therefore ring up the PORTLAND & SUBURBAN EXPRESS CO. 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 K. Burlington street. ooo Washed Gravel Best for Concrete Work West Side Washed Gravel Co. j J Leave orders with J RICHARD SNEPARO tr WAYNE L MILLS J L110 N. Jersey Street 510 N. Jersey Street a one coming into the community to I look for a home and talking with a man near the river would be told ' that the valley was not a fit place to live above a certain line, that the climatic conditions were not so good, that the soil 'was not fit for fruit growing, and other things 1 were wrong. Going up the valley ftt,1tir It.. tirtltll In. flint til.. lower valley was not a good place to locate. It was too stormy, the soil was too soft, that it was neces sary to use too much water in irri gation because of the &andy condi tion of the soil to make good fruit, that the fruit would not keep, and the poor visitor would conclude Mat the measly valley was not a fit place to live and would hike on for a more congenial location. About the year I reached Hood River, or the year after possibly, there was organized an association for tue advancement of the interests of the fruit grower. This brought all the citizens together in one com mon interest. They became better acquainted with each other, learned the good features of each individ ual method of handling their fruit, strong friendships were formed among the citizens of the different parts of the valley. This stopped the knocking. Then when a man came in he was told that one could not make u mistake by locating anywhere in the valley, that the darudest meanest place in the en tire valley was a paradise compared with the outside world, and while perhaps where the individual lived doing the talking, was a little the best, any of it was good, The re sult was that they landed nearly every new-comer and hundreds of acres of bull pine and vine maple (Continued on page 4) D. S. Hoover, who has been tip in Idaho and Ivastern Oregon, re turned in time to put in a vote. He says that it is his observation that there is nothing any better than St. Johns on the outside. Further, he thinks the farther one gets away from the Willamette and Columbia rivers the less there is to do in a general way. That busi ness is better in these valleys than anywhere he has been outside. We carry hi stock typewriter pajcr, carbon paper and onion skin for making duplicate copies. 2 ? 2 2 OOOOOOOOOOOQ 00000000000 DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL An Interesting -Session Tuesday Evening in Which a Large Budget of Municipal Business Was Disposed of The city fathers met in their 10th weekly pow wow in the big teepee Tuesday evening, with a full house, all being present. Af ter reading the minutes of the pre vious meeting, the new member, i'erry j. aimer, was ttuiy sworn in and given the toga of Mr. J. J. Tryon, resigned. Mr. Miller's po sition is councilman of the first ward, and he is on the committees on streets and docks, buildings and grounds and liquor license. A petition from H. S. Simmons et al. was presented asking the council to pass an ordinance au thorizing the improvement of Rich mond street with a concrete side walk, which was done later in the evening, by resolution. The engineer's acceptance of work done on Polk street was read. There was also 11 protct to the ac ceptance of a certain portion of the work presented by C. Ii. Royer, and this portion was excluded from tue engineer s report when lie made same. 1 lie report was accepted as read. On motion of Davis warrants were ordered drawn to cover the portion accepted. I In the matter of petition pre-. scuted last week for the improve ment of Pesscudeu street, it was decided that no steps could be taken until such time as the proper , width of street could be obtained by the eitv. Some steps have been taken by some of the citizens look- iug to this end, t The Ancient Order of Hibernians arc expecting to hold their annual "blow out" in Cedar Park and re quested special police service for which they oiler to pay and also the regular license for the day. It was the understanding that the cel ebration was to be held today. Hills to the amount of $230.15 were allowed and ordered paid. On motion of Hunter the bid of the Peninsula bank or the ck bonds was accepted and it was the sense of the council that the work of construction would be com menced as quickly as the necessary advertising for bids and other pre liminaries could be accomplished. It was reported Iiy tlic engineer that the preparations for the in stallation of the rock crusher were r- I Whitwood Court j Lots, $75 and up THE FINEST PURE SPRING WATER PIPED j RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. j nearly completed and that it was necessary to have material on hand for the construction of the bunkers nt once. A special committee con sisting of Windle, Miller and Dobie was appointed by the mayor with whom the engineer was to act in conjunction in the purchase of necessary material (or this work, on motion ol Davis. A petition from the property owners and others asking the coun cil to accept that portion of Phila delphia street already improved be tween Ivauhoe and Hayes streets as it stands at present was present ed. This launched a lengthy dis cussion and on motion of Hunter the city .engineer was authorized to make a profile showing a proper grade on Philadelphia street be tween Ivauhoe and Hayes streets. The matter of a permanent night police was deferred until next meet ing. ' , The garbage question was brought to the attention of the city I fathers again by 11 communication from Captain lilack, but the mat ter was not reached in the discus sions of the evening. The city fathers are finding this subject 11 white elephant on their hands. It is one of the most serious and diffi cult problems which the city fathers have to face. It seems impossible to secure a place where the garbage may be deposited and burned with out beco iiiug a nuisance to some of our citizens, and we are not per mitted to dispose of it by dumping into the river for the same reason, it would become a nuisance to dwellers below the city and eventu ally obstruct navigation. This is certainly a hard nut to crack. We called it a "chestnut, but it begins to assume the shape of a hexagon nut without any hole in it. A Brilliunt Wedding. One of the most elaborate wed dings ever consummated in St. Johns took place last Sunday even ing, when Miss Hstella Moe Arm strong, eldest daughter of Mrs. I.o retta Armstrong, was united in marriage with George II. Muhu, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Smith. The parlors were most beauti " ' 8sE 110 N. Jersey Street, St. Johns, Oregon J fully decorated with a profusion of pink and white roses, palms and greenery; while across the bay window was built a screen of Mar shall Ncal roses, ferns and Oregon grape, from which hung a beautiful wedding bell of white roses. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Chester Paul Gates in 11 very impressive manner, using the ring ceremony. The wedding march from Lohengrin was beautifully rendered by Miss Laura Gallon. The bride, gowned in dainty white organdie and Viennese lace, made a charming picture with her flowing veil and orange blossoms. She carried n shower bouquet of bride's roses. Her only bridesmaid, Miss Carrie Armstrong, a sister, wore a dainty gown of pink silk nitille and carried Lal'rauce roses, hdward Muhn, a brother of the groom, act ed as best man and little Miss ler essa Stewart of Oregon City tided as ring bearer. "Ilecatise" was rendered in a most pleasing manner by Miss Grace Marshall of Oregon Cit. The bride, when she threw her bouquet, as is the custom, tossed it among the ladies and it was caught by Miss Marie Dohl, which indi cates that this fair maiden will be come the center of 11 similar social event before the cud of the year. There were 80 guests pr sent ami many beautiful and valuable pres ents were received by Mr. and Mrs. Muhu. The happy couple left on the 6:45 train for a short bridal tour and will be at home to their many friends at 1314 Michigan avenue, Portland, after June 30. j The Review joins their many friends in well wishes for their htlurc. If. L. Uradley, who opened n butcher shop in the French block, has fitted up the shop in the finest kind of style and keeps everything as neat ns a pin, and Is building up a very desirable class of trade. Mr. Hradley's place is a very great convenience to the residents of south St. Johns, saving them a long trip down town. Miss Maggie Mullen, niece of Mrs. H. J. Ward of Seattle spent Saturday and Sunday in St. Johns, TO EVERY LOT. The Odd Fellows held memorial services at the United Uvaugcllcal church Sunday at 2:30 o'clock. There was a flue audience and the closest attention. The Odd Pel lows nud Rebckahs met at the hall and formed in Hue, marching from the hall along Jersey street to Ivan hoc and thence to the church. When the Odd follows came down from their hall they were met by n delegation of the members of the Knights of Pythias and escorted to the church, where they ocucd ranks and the Rebckahs inarched between the ranks of the Odd fol lows and Knights followed by the Odd Fellows into the church where the center seats were reserved for them. These seats they filled to overflowing and other scats were prepared for the remainder of the fraternal societies. The mectingwas opened by sing ing and prayer and reading of the scriptures. Then Hrother Leonard of the llaptist church gave one of the best fraternal addresses we have ever listened to. He admitted that he had not been permitted to cross the portals of the Odd follows hall, and could not say much about the work on the inside, but that he had often noticed the work of the lodge on the outside, and that from what he could sec of it there he knew that it was a good institution. He also stated that instead of the lodges like the Masonic, the Odd 1 Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen, the Workmen and such fraternal institutions being an tagonistic to the woik of the churches they were in harmony with and supplemental to their work. He praised the Odd Fel lows for their fidelity to their prin ciples and stated that if a man was n consistent church member he I would be the better Odd Fellow fori it, nud if he was n consistent Odd Fellow he would be the better 1 church member. j Hrother Gates also remarked at the close of the address that we of I Laurel lodge 186 were called to mourn the loss of one member dur-' iug the past year, Hrother Klliott, and that our sister lodge of Uni versity Park mourns the loss of Hrother Kvaus, and that this meet-, iug was in their honor nud to show that though absent these brothers ; Al. I.. IIOMIROOK ! St. Johns TI10 Largest and Oldest Real Estate Finn in St. Johns. East St. Johns lit The center of the grent development now taking ! place on the Peninsula. We have only a few business lots left on Columbia Boulevard, which for a short time only will be sold at present prices. i Some fine residence lots still on sale. l Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the 0. R. & I N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms. J Holbrook's Addition J We have some choice lots in the vicinity of the ,J! new $20,000 school building to be sold on easy install- incuts. t Call at our office for prices and terms for cither of these desirable tracts. St. JohllS PI'one St. Johns Lumber Co. Has all kinds of lumber, kiln dried and otherwise. Also slab wood. Timbers of all sizes cut to order, Get your winter's wood now and save trouble. were not forgotten. After the ser vices the members returned to the lodge room and divested themselves of their regalia, some returning to their homes, but many others wont to the different cemeteries and dec orated the graves of their comrndus. Box of Fine Berries. This office is indebted to Leroy II . Smith for a box of the finest Magoon strawberries that we have ever seen. There were just 27 in the box and the last tier stuck half their dimensions above the top of the box. They were great, big, luscious fellows, so large that even 11 big-mouthed editor was obliged to cut them in two in order to get them into his masticator. The strangest part of it to us is that these were grown on the same vines from which Mr. Smith harvested two good ci ops last year. It will be remembered that he took off the second crop late in the summer nud we predicted that the vines would bear 11 light crop this season, if any. Mr. Smith says that he has the heaviest crop this season that he tins yet grown on these vines, ami that the two crops last year smiiu to have encouraged the vines to greater exertions this. Woodmen vs. Eagles. On Decoration day there was 11 fierce game of base ball between the Woodmen and the lvtigles. The score was 6 to 5 in favor of the feathered tribe. The Woodmen have been chafing ever since and have declared that they are going to pick every feather from those emblems of our country. The event has been arranged for 3 p. in. June 2 ist. It will be 11 hair-raising event nud the friends of the two aggregations are urged to come and root for their favorites. Building Permits Issued. No. 66, to Kdward Cole, to erect 11 residence on lots 30 and 31, block 3, Point View; fronting 011 Rich mond between Hudson and Port land lloulevard. $800. Old papers for sale at this office. c. n. iiAiLi-v Land Co. ! l L i , (0 l o ! t' v ' . i . ! Jersey 931 QregOIl