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ST. JOHNS REVlBvv J IT'S NOW UP TO YOU Toubcrlbe for The Review. Jf AU.Ihc newt white It li newt U 5 oar motto. Call In and enroll J f GET IN THE HABIT 01 advertising In Tho Review and )ou'll never regret It, De (1.1 dt once and keep right at It Devoted to (he Interests ol the Peninsula, tho Manufacturing Center of tlio Northwest VOL. 4 ST. JOHNS, ORKGON, l'RIDAY, JUNK 26. 1908. NO. 33 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT GRADUATING EXERCISES Held at the Central School Monday Evening Were of a Pleasing and Interesting Nature DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNC L District Clerk J. E. Tanch Renders Statement for the Year Ending June 15, 1908 To the school directors and citizens of school district No. 2, Mult noinah county, Oregon. The following is the annual report of the schools in District No. 2 for the year ending the 3d Monday in June, 1908. General Statistics Male Female Total Census 1. No. of persons between 4 and 20 years of age residing in the district Nov. 28, '07. 575 534 1109 Teachers 2. Number of teachers employed during the year 1 21 22 3. Number holding state certificates 1 7 8 4. Number holding first grade certificates. , 5 5 5. Number holding second grade certificates 3 3 C. Number holding third grade certificates 1 - 1 7. Number holding primary certificates. ... 2 2 8. Number holding permits ' 3 3 9. Number holding certificates of institutes Number attendance during past year. .. . 1 20 21 to. Number of teachers employed in the dis trict tuking nu educational Journal .... 1 21 22 Miscellaneous it. Number ol school houses in the district 2 12. Number of school houses built during the year (part last year, finish this year) 1 13. Number of mouths public schoul taught during the yeur 10 14. Number of legal voters for school pur poses in the district at time of making this report, estimated 250 Financial Statement Cash on hand tit time of making last annual report, June 18, 1907 19825.86 Receipts Co. treasurer fiom district tax 16411.31 Co. treasurer, from Co. fund 9619.80. Co. treasmcr from state fund 1576.28 James Jnuus estate , . 834,00 l'hone service ', 45 Grand Total... ., 48367.70 48267.70 Disbursements Paid teachers' salaries 16475,00 Paid for fuel 524.40 Paid for school supplies 888.74' Paid for repairs 5443) Paid for improving grounds 857.00 Paid for janitors ,..,9350 Paid for new schoolhouse, completed 963279 1 ' ' Paid for interest on bonds 2110.00 Paid for insurance 450.00 Paid for clerk's salary 300.00 Paid for library books 95. 15 Paid for furniture 1480.65 Puid for electric lights 33 40 Paid for electric power 248.75 Paid for heating plant 2500.00 Puid for water 120.40 Paid for truant officers 127.50 Paid for freight and cartage 65.13 Paid for car fare 12.50 Paid for gym. Mtpplirs 116.55 Paid for phone , 30-95 Paid for reort on tux title 8.00 Paid for 8th grade examinations 4.00 Total disbursement 37808.82 37808.82 Dalance on hand June 15, 1908. 10458.88 (Continual on second page) QOOO 8 ococooooooooooooo 00000 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 cull 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 Mailt 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. iOOO r 3 Washed Gravel Best for Concrete Work 3 2 West Side Washed Gravel Co. f I,eave orders with w An Interesting Session Tuesday Evening in Which a Large Budget of Municipal Business Was Disposed of g RICHARD SHEPARD w WAYNE L MILLS g Liiojm, jersey aircci 510 n. jciscy oircci The common council met in their nth regular session Tuesday evening, all members present. After the reading of the minutes, a communication from O. C. Potts asking that his license be trans fcrrcd to Perry Dakcr was read and on motion of Dobic the request was granted. Petition for the improvement of Duchaunu street was read and on motion of Dobie petition was ac cepted and an ordinance ordered adopting same. Monthly report of the ferry com pany was read and on motion ol Hunter report was accepted nntl check covering premium on fran chise was returned. Communication from city engin eer stating that 96 feet of walk and 130 cubic yards of fill had been omitted in the old engineer's esti mate that would have to be taken care of, on Richmond street. b. C. Cook made report on the status of the Pcssendeii stteet mat ter. He stated that there was a 30-foot right of way granted to the railway us long as they used it for rnilwnv purposes. That it was coveted by deed from Mrs. P. T. Smith, that there was n 15-foot right of way along the north side of the track dedicated to the city, that if the company would improve its right of way and the city the dedicated portion it would make a street ubout 30 feet wide. The mayor requested the city attorney to take the mutter up with the attorney for the street railway com pany with the view to have the company improve their right of way. Knight & Glover made applica tion for renewal of license. The matter was laid over until their new location could be determined. The license committee reported favorably on gracing the license when tills was done. Communication from M. I,. Hoi brook was received acknowledging receipt of notice of sale of bonds and requesting that he be notified when the city was ready with the money to close the deal. Hid 011 the Richmond street side walk was read, there being but one by M. T. Swan as follows: Porcut, 40 cents per cubic yard; fill, 15 cents; per lineal foot of concrete walk, 25 cents; per lineal foot of cross walks 50 cents. Total for the contract, $2054.80, On motion of Johnson the bid was accepted. Ordinance covering th construc tion of concrete and wooden walks within the city limits was read and passed the first reading. On mo tion they were held over until next week pending some changes. The city engineer submitted his profile of Philadelphia street be tween Ivauhoc and Hayes and stated that when the street was placed at proper grade and covered with crushed rock as contemplated the present surface would be prac tically the same as it is now. The matter was laid over one week on motion of Davis. I S. C. Norton came before the I council and for good and sufficient n-asons requested to be excused from serving on the appraisers com mittees appointed to view the Maples property. On motion of Dobie he was excused and the council iipH)iuted 11 new appraiser to nil the vacancy. On motion nt Hunter an appro priation of $25 was made to em ploy a man to cut the thistles and other weeds in the city 011 property so as to protect the city against the state law, the expense to be assessed against the properly and the owners to be made to reimburse the city. Hunter asked permission to build a wooden sidewalk of tluee-iuch plank along south side of Richmond street from the rniiroatl track to the city dock, the planking to be laid lengthwise instead of across the walk. On motion of Johnson the reqne.it was granted. Davis suggested that the council secure plans and specifications for the citv dock so that the work j might be commenced at once upon receipt of the money, so that the 'city would not be paying interest on the same without receiving any bcuetil therefrom. I.ouis D. Preeland, n prominent a !. .11. .Mason 01 roruaim visueu wuu Councilman Hunter Sunday incidentally witnessed the game between the Woodmen Kaglcs. and ball and Too Much for His Bncon. A good friend of the Review came into the office Satuiday even ing with blood in his eye. "Now," he says, "if you do not shut up yelling trade nt home we will have you trussed up, racked and quar tered. Here, 1 went to one of our grocers, asked him the price of bacon, was told thut I could have best eastern bacon at 30 cents, some inferior nt 20 cents, but 1 was not satisfied and went over town and got n hunk of the finest eastern bacon at 17 cents per pound. I,ast week I went to town with $5 and saved $1.75 on the amount. Now, smoke that in your pipe nnd quit your howling to trade nt home until our merchants sell at something near the city price." We believe in trading nt home if one can do nnywhire near as well as away from home, but we could hardly pay 30 cents for 17 cent bacon. We don't like old bacon nuywny, but there is too much difference and there must be some mistake ubout it. We believe in trading at home, but we cer tainly wish our merchants to meet us half way and make the prices right, hi fact, if they do not, they will lose what trade they now have and will be forced to go out of business There will no one trade with 11 man who asks two prices, simply because he is a good fellow and lives in the same town. There is certainly two sides to a question. Put we do not believe all our merchants discriminate against t)ie interests of the city in this way. Last Friday was divorce day in Gaiitcuhciu'.H court, department No. 3, and at the same time was the hearing of the injunction case of the saloon men of St. Johns. Hy the irony of fate it happened that in nearly every one of the five divorce suits the complaint made was that of brutality induced by indulgence iu the Honing bowl. It struck us that incidentally there was given one of the best of evi dences that the people of St. Johns were not asking too much of Juogc Oaiiteubeiti when they requested the dissolution of the injunction. I TTIII1WUUU VAPUi i The graduating exercises of the Central school was all that could tie desired. The numbers by the pupils were interspersed by most excellent music by the St. Johns orchestra. Their selections were fine and lcndition perfect. We may well be proud of the work of this bunch ot musicians. It would take too long to tell all about the many fine things 011 the program. All did well, some most excellent. The dumb belt drill seemed to meet witli the highest favor. We never have seen so per fect work iu calisthenics as was done by this class on this occasion. The pretty captain must lw proud of her soldiers. They acted ns one man thtoiighout the exercises. .Miss McDonald should keep up (lie practice with her class and enter some contest. We are sure if she should do so she would make a winner. The boys of the grades gave a laughable rendition of the One Iloise Shay, and "Our Yankee Girls," by Miss Lesley Taylor was pnrticulaily good. The Indian club drill was fine, but a few of the little siwashes skipped a stitch once iu awhile. It was leinarkable, however, that so many could go through their evolutions iu such n small space without cracking each other's tmtes. Theie was hardly room for the clubs to pass .the individual per-. formers without touching. Professor H. D. Cutlis, principal of the Stiiiuyside school made the presentation of diplomas and before doing so gave 11 short address, complimenting the parents, the piiucipal and teachers. To the principal and teacheis he said among other thing's, that ' iu the mauiilacturing and producing world men took the raw materials to work upon the most ancient and honorable, took Mother Karth and from her bosom witli sweat and toil brought forth the ucccbsi- ties of life, the careuter from wood constructed Iwntitiful lesi- dcuccs, from iron nnd steel the machinist mude the intricate and masaivc machine of manufacture, otliTN iihvd brick, stone, clay, cement, all kinds of raw material from which was nmde all the com modities of coiiiuieicv. So, too, these teachers received from the parents, several years ago the raw material out of which to build the structures of character and educa tion which they were returning to them as the finished product iu these graduates. He stated furth er that while the farmer and me chanic using their raw materials manufactured those things which soon perished and were forgotten, that these teachers were engaged in the highest art or profession known to man, building character, immortal minds, souls that would never die, nnd that their work would last to the cud of time nnd beyond. The event ns a whole was most satisfactory, was n very great source of pleasure to those most directly interested nnd was a mat ter of pride to every individual of the 500 or 600 visitors who were present through the kindness of the principal, W. C. Alderson. The officers of the class were: Ray Davis, ptcsidcut; Hazel M. Robisou, vice president; Norman P. Daldwiu, secretary; William G. Wood, treasurer. The other mem bers of the class were: Gcraldluc Alderson, Pearl Axtell, I-'lojd Churchill, Ha.el Couch, 'Royal Cross, Clifford Chancy, Clara Dav idson, Delia Jackson, Henry Jones, I.om Phillips, Nellie Robison, Grace Stucker, GuyTeeling. Man line Thurmond, Lesley Taylor. Airs. Elizabeth I:d wards. Died, June 3d, nt the home of II. W. Urice, 214 Chicago street, Mis. Kliuhcth Kdwards, aged 3.1 years. ISIrs. Kdwards was the ' wife of II. V. Kdwards of this city ond sister-in-law to Mrs. Price. She was the daughter of the late T. K. Williams, an early pioneer of Powell valley, where she wis born and spent her girlhood days. She leaves to mourn her early death a husband and two children: Kva, ug-.d nine nnd Herbert, aged two ami one-half years. Also one sister mid nine brothers. Funeral services were conducted nt the linue by Rev. Nelson, who iiccotu iNiuied the remains to the cemetery j at Greshaiu where she was laid to I rest. .itA$4f l! Al. I.. MOI.UIiOOIC C. H. IJAIMjY 9 Land Co. EEBKbnttaattaaaBL? H BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaBBBBBaBBaBBBBaBBaiBBaHaaH The Largest ami Oldest Real Estate Finn in St. Johns. East St Johns V IF The center of the great development now taking place on the Peninsula. ' .... m s-a a a r We have onlv n few business lots leit on Lolnmma Huttlevard, which for a short time only will he sold at present prices. Some fine residence lots still on sale. Choice manufacturing sites adjoining the O. R. & N. railroad for sale on reasonable terms. Holbrook's Addition We have some choice lots iu the vicinity of the t new s2o,ooo school building to be sold on easy ntstall- ,i it iiieuis. Call at our office for prices and terms for either of J it these desirable tracts. J t St. Johns Ph0 Jcrsy 931 Oregon S Lots, $75 and up THE FINEST PURE SPRING WATER PIPED TO EVERY LOT. I RICHARD SHEPARD & CO. j 110 N. Jersey Street, St. Johns, Oregon J fir I ii St. Johns Lumber Co. is all kinds of lumber, kiln dried and otherwise. so slab wood. Timbers of nil sizes cut to order. Get your winter's wood now and save trouble.