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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
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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
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An Interesting Session Tuesday Evening in Which a Large
Budget of Municipal Business Was Disposed of
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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
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.Mason 01 roruaim visueu wuu
Councilman Hunter Sunday
incidentally witnessed the
game between the Woodmen
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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.
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