THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW ORDINANCE NO. 197
i illinium fiTcry ttiunj
At it7 'f IliitllngtoM Street. Ft. John.
IV MAKKt.lt & llVHKMtll.
TnH Ukvikw ts entered nt post office
In Snint tohns. Oregon, as mail matter
of the second china tinder the Act of Con
gress of Mnrch 3, r87g.
Aitrertlalnc rales, 1.00 per Inch per month.
All eoinmunlesllon shntild be mlilrrMcd to I
Tns Horlew, Bt. John., Orccon.
.Tnb 1'rlntlnff xipcutnl In flrit-oUas !!.
Minn for Job I'rlnlinj rum on niiTerr.
omcUl NepPr of lbs OUT of St. Johnt.
Subscription prloo $1.50 nor year.
FRIDAY, SKI'TIvMHKK. iS, 1908.
.Hooding about thu tllttnur whloli the
nmn Slngor.of I'lllflhttrg fjavo to his
four ohlldron In I101101 of his golden
wedding tind hoforo whom ho placed
millions of dollars, or Ho uiilvn
lutit undur tho pink- of onch child, til
most inndo uh wIhIi wo hnd our feot
tindor his tnldo during Hint purlieu
Inr meal an n sort of bIphoii, any
way.
A grunge fair Amwehtllon with a
ntipltnl stock of $5000 Iihh hoon In-
ooriiottttod nnd over halt the Block
uuliBCtlhod. Tho hoard or directors
coiihIbI"' of 15 parsons, Holoctod front
dlfforont imrln of Iho jmrloiilitlnjt
territory of tho ritlr. Theso nro nil
ruprtfuttntiitlva fltlcim mid niiiny ol
tlioni nro speclnllBlB In noiiiu lino of
fnrmlng. With thli Imekltiir tho mic
coHB of this ynitr'tt oxhlhlt lit (IroHh
inn, flvo dnys, Oct. 0-10 Ib rtHsnrcd,
Wondur If DoIjb would ho willing It
oxulimiito his position of riding out
tho country In n npoclnl car tit tho In
horlng ptmplo'B expense for thnt of n
prodncor? Pithtvut It nil right, hut
It twine lo nt'ttiiil prnttl"!' wo font
I'htgono would rnlhor hold IiIh pro
out Job of (hinouncluu prwtfiit condl
t f 011 m nnd tanking dire prvdlctloiiH of
whnt hlo country It lending to with 1
Hputilnl oar thrown In. If liclllo- dry
tin, who ho In lo Mich plewniro In do
iiountilug, would idle 011 n rogulHr cn
thu HoulnllHt pcoplt) would hne u thou
Httnil or niort) dollar to further their
oiiHO with.
An
Ordinance Assessing the
Cost of Improving East
Burlington Street from
the East Line of Jersey
Street to the East Line of
Kellogg Street in the City
of St. Johns and Direct
ing the Entry of Such As
sessment in the Docket
of City Liens.
The
hunt yettr HtHtiford University IihiI
it MtroiiuouH time with tlu stiulciiti
who wxntdovoluplnglntoMiiloou htitni
with areolar fNt'lllty llinu Into cdiical
od young nin,hul Minioiineod at
opening of tho Htunoator thnt they
will not Mlfiiid for nny hooxlng here
nftttr, thnt thu HtudfiilH will cut the
wiIihihh or ho ImiiiIhIii'iI from the mil
vet ally. Hood fur Mlnnfiird. If nil
our hlghnr oduentlonsl Institution!
would follow Mlnnfoid'H IohiI In (hit
mill tur , there would soon ho turned
nut 11 hotter clstw of young men thai,
thu gnulH Hint loo oflen (nine fnin
tlnwe p'lieosi. Hlillifiild duHerves the
Itwirly roiiinmndHllon and Htipporl ol
ovory mm who wUIiun to iwt the
rlnlttg giiuttrntloti purer nnd heller
llian thu profeiil evil one.
Proposals for Erection
OK
City Dock
City of St. Johns docs ordain as
follows:
The city councilof the city of St Johns
luivlug lucertiilucd the cost of improv
ing Hnst llurlingtou street from the east
line of Jersey street to the cast line of
Kellogg street in wild city 11s shown hy
the resolution of the common council of
the city of St. Johns, tinted the astlt tiny
of Atiguit, vjS, and of record and on
file in the office of Hie city recorder of
the city of St. John mid notice thereof
having hcen published In the St. Johns
Review, n weekly newspaper of general
circulation in said city, on thcaisldny of
August and the 2HU1 day of August, ns
shown hy the affidavit of the foreman
of said (Kipcr, which Mid affidavit is on
file with the city recorder; and the legal
Kting of notice of such street improve
ment ns by law in such cases directed
and its shown by the affidavit of the city
engineer on file witlt the city recorder
and no reinoustrnuces having been filed;
and as provided by said resolution the
sum of Hyy.tf being said engineer's es
timate of the cost of said improvement,
hut which said cost inny he more nccur
ratcly determined by the said engineer.
The time in which snld street improve
ment is to he completed is hereby fixed
at 60 days from tile last publication for
prox)snls of street work, which protiosnls
must be filed with the city recorder of
said city oil or before the 29th day of
September, 1908, at 4 o'clock 1'. M, of
said day.
Now therefore it Is hcieby ordered
that lat llurllugtoit street he Improved
accordingly and the city recorder shall
give notice by publication for not
lest than three insertions in the St. Johns
Ueview, a weekly iicuspaier of general
circulation and published nl the city of
St. Johns, inviting protiowils for tanking
Mild improvements ami said Mini as esti
mated by the city engineer ascoststherc
of, ot such other sum as shall lu finally
fixed and determined by said city engin
eer, not exceeding said sum, It Is hereby
acftcd to the lots, parts of lots ami
tracts of laud In their several proxrtious
In the said assessment district of said
I but lliirllugtim street ftom the east line
if Jetey street to the east line of Kel
logg street In said city of St. Johns, In
the respective amounts to be hcicafter
determined and imiwiI to said lots,
put of lots and tracts of laud abut
ting upon, adjacent or proximate and
us tieiug escciiilly tieueiitteil ny salil
licel Impiovement of said Hnsl lliir
llugtim street heretofotu declared and
now deniguuled as all thu lots, url of
lots and tracts of land from thu mar
ginal line of said sttcct I Kick to the
center of the blocks or xiits of blocks
or tracts of land, abutting thereon, or
adjacent or proximate thereto on each
side of Nild stiect between the xluts
mImivc named.
That all the proctty so included in
uiid Improvement district is hereby
declared to be "Local Impiovetneiit
lil.lrlct No. 11."
The city recorder is hereby directed
to cuter at the proper time, thu said
aMiiiiciit In rvby ma le, In llcitdocketlu
Mild city and chums notice to lc publish
ed as provided by l.nvand the charter of
I ue eil 01 M. Julius, ami tint said as
M'Miuvut K' iipHirtlouvil as In the char
ter of said city directed.
l'aMs by the common council the 1 1 Hi
day of Sept., iikS.
Approved by the major the iithduy of
Sipt t)H,
II. V. 1IKI0K.
Attest: Mayor,
A. M. HSSO.V,
City Uccordvr.
I'liblUlu-d in the St. Johns Itevlcw Sept.
IS, 1508.
from the dntc of the Ir.st publication of
tile notice tor proposals lor sain work,
which proposals must be filed with thu
recorder of said city on or before the
fith day of October, 1008, nt 4 o'clock
1'. M. of said dnv.
Now therefore, it is hereby ordered
thnt said Crnwforil street be lintuovcd ac
cordingly nnd the city recorder shnll give
notice by publication for not less than J
insertions in the St. Johns Review, 11
weekly newsatx;r of general circulation,
and published In the city of St. Johns,
Ore., inviting protxjonls for making satit
iuiproveuieuls,and said sum as estimated
by the city engineer as costs thereof,
or such sum as shnll he finally fixed and
determined by said city engineer, not
exceeding said sum, is hereby assessed
to the lots, parts of lots and tracts of
laud in their several proportions in the
said assessment district of said Craw
ford street from the cast line of I'ittsbttrg
street to the west line of Salem street
in the city of St. Johns in the rcsjicctivc
amounts lo lie hereafter determined
ami assessed against said lots, parts of
lots nnd tracts of land abutting upon,
proximate nnd adjacent thereto, and as
l)cing especially nnd particularly benefit
ted by said street Improvements of said
Crawford street heretofore declared and
now designated as nil lots, parts of
lots and tiacls of land from the margin
al lines of said street back to the
center of the blocks or parts of blocks or
tracts of land abutting or ndlaccitt or
proximate thereto on each side of said
Crawford street between the points alovc
named.
That all the property so Included In
said improvement district as aforesaid
Is hereby declared lo be local improve
ment district No. 9.
The city recorder Is hereby directed to
enter nt the proper time the said assess
ment hereby made, in the lieu docket
of the city of St. Johns, nnd cause notice
to be published as provided by law and
the city charter of said city, and that
said assessment be npiiortloncd ns In the
charter of said city directed.
Passed hy thecommott council the 16th
day of September, 1908.
Approved hy the Mayor the ifith day
of September, 190H,
II. W. 1IRICH,
Attesl: .Mayor.
A. M. HSSON,
Recorder.
Published in the St, Johns Review,
Sept. IH, 100.I.
$ l Proposals for Street Work
Scaled proposals will be received at
the office of thu City Recorder of the City
of St. Johns, Oregon, until 4 o'clock 1.
M. on the fith day of October, 190H, for
thu Improvcmrut of Salem street from
the south line of Crawford street to the
Bitith line of Kdlsoti street, hy lowering
the same to subgradc and by uiacadamlr.-
lug n strip In the center thereof If) feet
wide, said macadam to be 8 inches thick
in thu center of the street and gradually
diminishing to six Inches thick 011 cither
side of the same In the manner provided
by ordinance No. loj and thu charter of I
said city and In accordance to the plans,
prouics ami sicciiicatious 01 tuu city en
gineer, now 011 file in thu office of the
city recorder.
Haclt hid must he nccnmiinulcd by cer
tified check tuiyablc to the mayor for a I
sum not less than 10 per cent of thu con
tract price, ami 110 bid will be couriered
unless nccomiKiuled by such check, nnd
iiK)ii blanks furnished by thu city re
corder for such nuriHises.
Said Improvement mtint 1c completed
011 oruciore llic 1st 01 iJeceuiDcr, in,
The right to reject nny nil hidsls here
by icservcd.
Thu estimated cost of said improve
ment Is i(i')..
Ily order of the city council.
A. M. I'.SSON,
Recorder of the City of St. Johns.
Published hi the St. Johns Review Sept.
18, 25, mid Oct. 3, 1908.
mm
8uhInI pmiKials will be received nt
thu o4(lc of the city ti eorder ol the city
of St. John not later than 4 o'clock p.
111. on the J'jth day of Sctitember, N,
for the futuuhliig, urecltug and com
pletliig of a city dock at the loot of I'lill
adtdphia slieel, jp feel by 11 feel out
side dlmeiiklont, with coveted ilm-k "
(Ml hy km feet.
Comiile.U plans mid siieeificatlons
itlMTiMlf tit I flit, ill till, I)UM 111 till- 1-tt V
;r,,VtJo,,,,Mmw,,,, !" ORDINANCE NO. 198
Hiuur must pwwnt MtinUctory evi
duu Oust thy Imve Iwvn a rasouuble
thm rvgulMily engaged in the IhmIiivs
of eoHtiHOtiitg. and nro fully eiiuiiud I
Mini HM(-VtIH l 111. I I .11,11 VHI
p4te the work i-iMitractinl for.
Th city of St. Jdms nrvun the
light to lelect any wild all bids.
AllWd. Umll Ut HihlietMHl to A.M.
ltKw, city rtvotdcr of th city of St.
Johns, ami shnll lo aeeomimiiled hy a
cwrllAetl check of not lei tlmu ten H-r
Cent of th liUl MMOUIIt of the bid.
If thu contract U awarded all elis'k
will be leUined until a contract is entei
ul luto for furnishing, erecting and com
iikilitui Mill ikH'k or part thereof U tweeu
tho ucceful bidder or bldilem and the
eity. If wid blilder fnils to enter into
said contract in .iccuidaucv with hi bid
within live dwys from the date on which
uollfitrd tliut he is the stucewful bidder,
Mild chuck ami the total amount thereof
shall m forfeited to the city ami thu con
tract awarded to thu next blghust or nu
othei bUhlor the city umy deem tit.
On all bid made by a film thu indi
vUIhuI uuuivt of the iiieuiWn of such
firiu must Iw written out in full with the
pln?o of rtwiUuice and slgnatutu of each
iHutuhe-r.
All prie must lie written as well as
vxprgsacd in Agmes. All bids iiuiKt Ih
Milatiitlwl on blank fiirnUhctl by the
Scaled proiK)sals will lu received nt
the office of the city recorder of the city
(if J). liiltna fltt-i.mi until l ..'rlrv-U I
M, on the syth day of Sept. ,1908, for the
improvement of litiycs street from the
Soutlietly line of Cntlin street to the
Southerly line of the YVeycrhnuser Tract
St. Johns, by grading nnd sidcwalklug
same In the manner provided hy ordin
ance No, 196 and thu charter of said city
mid in accordance to the plans, profile
and K'cificutious of the city engineer,
now on file in the office of the city re-
corner.
Get a home where you do
not have to spend two or
three hours every day on the
street cars.
You will be able to reach the heart of
the city from Whitwood Court within
TWELVE MINUTES on the new car line
that will soon be completed.
Lots 50x100, $200 and up
easy terms. Water piped to ev
ery lot.
ii.MM RICHARD SHEPARD & CO.
Phone Richmond 1021.
1 1 0 N. Jersey, St. Johns.
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MMtee QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(
Al. L. H0LBR00K
C. E. BAILEY
Ordinance Assessing the
Cost of Improving Craw
ford Street, From East
Line of Pittsburg Street
to the West Line of
Salem Street in the
City of St. Johns, and
Directing the Entry of
Such Assessment in
the Docket of City
Mens.
SciMrute MotMisaUiuav be made
cither the Ki'mi"!, or the side JV
wtdkiiiK included in said Improu-mcut. IX
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....V. I',.. , 'V .MV1MIII.I1IIVI, 1,1 (t
for
side I i'
ccr
lifted check un able to the mayor for a I
kiim not less tbau to tcrccut of the con-
l
cu unless arvotuMiitcii uy
ami iiimiii blanks (uruished
cnusidcr
such c
by the
inner- 4
chi-ck,
c city Jj!
tract price, and no hid will be
Hess
recorder for sucli puriHscs.
Said improvenieut must be completed
on or before November 30, 1908.
The right to reject any and nil bids Is
nercuy rencrveo.
The estimate cost of said improvement
i" M74J.I9.
Ily order of the city council.
A. M. HSSON,
City Recorder.
rithllshcd in the St. Johns Review
Sept, 11, IS and 2j, tp8.
Proposals For Street Work
St. Johns Land Co.
Tho Largest and Oldest Real Estate Firm
in St. Johns.
East St. Johns
city.
filtW may be submitted on either the
MilMltniottir or the super-structure or
both.
Ily tub-structure is meant all that part
uf lite dock below thu ton of the csp not
iuelmliuK. 11,0 homing of the lower dock,
or any of the OourTui; or stringers of
Ity uHir-tructuie is meant all hous
hiK. ikMiriiiL'i stiiiigurs, rooiliik'. doors,
wimlows and any material uluitwiever
rotiuircfl to complete dock above the sub
strticture above demiud.
Ily unlur of the city council.
A. M. 1CSSUN.
City Recorder.
Published In the St. Johns Review Sept.
11, 18 and j$, ijS.
How is Your Title?
Have your abstracts mailt!, con
tinued or cxniniiicil Uy l'ciitiistila
Title, Abstract ami Realty Co., 11.
Ileiuk'tbon, iiianneer. Accurate
work. Keasottable fees. Cement
llloak Ijuildin, Jer.sey street.
GUI papers for sale at this office.
The City of St. Johns docs ordaitt us
follows:
The city council of St. Johns havinj;
.uccitaiucd the cot of improving Cittw
foid sttcct from the cast line of 1'itts.burg
ktreet to the west line of Salem
ktrcct in the city of St. Johns, as khown
by the resolution of the common council
relative thereto, dated the iSth day
of Aug,, iikS, and of record in the otlicu
of the city icconlcr of Mid city, and
notice thereof having been published in
the St. Johns Review, a weekly news
paper of general ciiculatiou in Mid city,
on August Jist and sSth, 1908, us shown
hy the allid.tvit of the foreman of said
upcr, which said athdavit is 011 Tile
nt office of City Recorder, nnd the legal
posting of notice of such sttcct improve
provciueut as by law directed mid us
shown by affidavit of the city engineer
011 tile wttlt the recorder ot said city,
and that the remonstrance that was tiled
to s.iid improvement, which remon
strance Is on lite with the city recorder
of Mid city, docs not contain the sigua
natures of the owners of two-thirds
or more of the area of the property in
Mid assessment district, established hy
Mid resolution, and 110 further rcmoti
straiice h.uiui; tccu riled, and as pro
vided by Mid resolution the sum of
is fixed as the engineer's
estimate of the cost of said Improve
ment, but which may be morcuccuiatvly
determined by thecity engineer. The time
within which Mid Improvement is to be
completed is hereby fixed nt 60 days
Bottled proposal will bo received
nt tho offico ot tho city recorder of
tho city of St. Johns, Oregon until I
o'clock p. tn. October (J, 190S for tho
Improvement of Kant Darlington street
from the oust lino of Jersey street
to tho oast Hue of Kellogg street
by tildowiilklug nnd by lowering tho
street to sub grudu uiul niaeadamlzln
Iho sumo without u sntnl binder,
said inncndnm to bo twelve Inches
deep hi center of street uttd tapering
to n depth of six inches nt either
curb, in tho manner provided by ordl
tmuco No. nnd tho charter of said
city and In accordance with tho plans
profile ami specifications of tho city
engineer now on llle In tlio offico ot
too city recorder.
Separato proposals may bo inndo
for either grading, niacailumlilng or
sldowulklng Included In said Improve
ment. Kach bid must bo accompan
ied by a certified cheek payable to the
mayor for n sum not less than teu nor
cent of the contract price and no bid
will bo considered unless accompanied
by such check and upou blanks fur
nUhed by tho city recorder for such
purpose.
Said Improvement must bo couiplet
eu ott or uerore uecctntier I.iyos
Tito right to reject any and all bidt
ts hereby reserved.
The estimated cost of said Improve
luent is $93.1 7
Uy order of tho council.
A. M KSSON,
City Recorder,
1'ubllslied lu the St. Johns Review,
September 1S.25 aud October 2.190S,
The center of the great development now taking
place on the Peninsula.
We have ouly a few busiuess lots left on Columbia
Roulevard, which for a short time only will be 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 in the vicinity of the
new $20,000 school building to be sold on easy install
ments. Call at our office for prices aud terms for either of
these desirable tracts.
St. Johns Phone Jersey 931 Oregon
3
St. Johns Lumber Co.
Has all kinds of lumber, kiln dried and otherwise.
Also slab wood. Titnlwrs of all sizes cut to order.
Gt ym wfokr's mi mw m4 sm tmfck.
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 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 witlt 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 Maiu A 3358,
First and Flanders Streets.
C. W. STEARNS
Phone Woodlawn Si 8. Agent at St. Johns.
Office 105 R. Burlington street.
ooo
THE S
PENINSULA BANK
St. Johns, Orfn.
Capital ,$35,006.00.
Surplus 5,13385
Iuterest paid on savings deposits. '