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Newspaper Page TextST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU J GET IN THE HABIT Toiubtcrlb for Th Rtvltw. All tlw newt whlb It U niwt li our motto. Call In and enroll i n wi smci using 111 1 ne icTiew j and you'll never ferret It. He S tlit at once and keep flaht at It J i Devoted to (he Intcrcrtf of (lie PenlmuU, (he Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL,. 4 ST. JOHNS, ORKGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBKR 9. 1908. NO. 48 THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT p Portland Officials arc Having Their Hands Full in Attempting to Cope With This Problem 1110 purification of tho red llcht nsjonv of tlm irhnuln " "J v; y,t, district of Portland which the mayor1 lio degradation of tho poor liimntcH of that city ling undertaken Ib cnim. nt 1,10 ,loRD' ,fj therefore, tho mayor llltr morn thnn nr.llnnr.. rnmmnt I'" 3,flH"1 of riKHtuoiT.i:i'cn mid zoni in mo oniorcomont of Inw does ovlct (It iiiumteH. in common human. ordinary comment.. Tlie (mention of what will become of tho Inmates of those resorts has 83 far elicited no other than Tnft'n ro. Ply 10 a Bimiinr question In ro-rn! DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL An Interesting Session Tuesday Evening in Which a Small Budget of Municipal Business Was Disposed of uy 1-. mm provldo n placo whore. tho poor girls who doalro to load n better llfo IlinV linvn nti nimnrfimllu .. II... . . .. 1 . . ' ...., w juuwn, oiuiviug wonting man. no no whero they will bo freo from Tin-Hi. creatures , low ns they may Influence of tho Inhuman floiidM who ho In tho acnlo of humanity, are yet prey upon them. Them Ih n plnco humnn and do not deserve to bo drlvoi for those who will not bo decent and out as evil boast. Ther0 Is not 0110 I thuy should be sent there. Tho III of them but can point her finger to begotten thliigB who flnttnt tho namo some man who la more or lesit res. 'landlady" Hhould be mado to earn ponslblo for her present coiidltlon.Bht their bread by hard manual labor.and therefore deserves some eonsltlorntloi tho rulo 'work or slant" should Lo at his hands. 80 long n there la I rigidly enforced. While there Is llttlt m.u ...uuia iiiif. wj tin not ueiievt UOUlst mt t in mil r.. i,wn,n.,i 1. half of the lies contained In n com. ' being made for political effect If tliu I Cr,l,,tB,,nMk ml llartmnn Btreets wno miiuicnuon irom a manager of one fathom of It would mnk. th.. mimt ron" " 1,10 recorder ami on motion of these dens to one of tho Portland tf u ct thorn take such steps cb will dallies, particularly that tho girls do do Jiibllco ntld lint u-nrlr n prnnlnr In. not wish to reform. Wo have 110 limit- h..i tu, in i... i...- IIrIUIiik purposes last year has be doubt that tho old harr.idan who wax of all good people If however they com cxnn,",cd "0 how arc lights tinvo tnetto unroru.natts out Indls.l""1 " in'u wmi n now wry i crlmlnntely, and scatter them outi mn,, ,n ""-ctMiiboi and a now fund Ih over thoro portloim of i'ortinn.i ..n.i crontotl for this purpose. Therefore sunurbnii towns tit -1 nrc lens protect, cd by tho police, If such places exist, they will earn tho everlasting con tempt of all who know them Council mot in regular session lJInck, recommending the ronnlrlinr of I2.7B nor vnrd fur mndied rock loouoc Tuesday evening with all members sldowalks and cross walks In Beeral too big lor tho council when, as Al- city .was rend and dcriimn Wlndlo stated that gravel could ANENT FESSENDEN STREET The Trolley Company States its Position Regard ing the Widening of This Thoroughfare present except Hunter, who in off portions of tho on a couplo weeks' absence from placed on file. . tho city. Only n small budget of lm- A report for tho month of Sentom Portland.Oro. Oct., 1,1908. M. Ksboii, recorder, St. Johns, Oregon, Dear Sir: with rcrcrciico to the matter of I bo placed on tho streets for f IX.O ' . m)011lMl? " , "11M " "J Per yard after a haul of flvu miles. ' , " ..." . . " portnnt business was before tho meet, ber rendered by tho Bt. Johns trans- On motion of llonhnm tho motion wns ',,1 11 ? ' J"""s ,1vor ,w"lcl Ing for disposal, among which was portnllon company showed that tho tabled for tho present. ), commn "01llB rK"t of way, 01 inu tho opening ol bids for Crnwford, 8n lent and East Darlington streets, A consideration of tho profile submit ted by tho engineer for tho proposed improvement of Itichmoud street con sumed much time. After the minutes of tho previous regular and ndjournrd road unci duly npprov for an arc light at tho M. H. K ke ny wn8 present Vompany briefly thls: .ade application for l!5 yards oft ' ZJ! ' .... total receipts for tho month nmountet to f in 1.10, there being TUT. foot ninth pastengers wlio used the ferry last crushed rock which ho desires to1 month. A check covering tho clty'H uso In tho coiiBlruclton of 11 founda- j percenlngo accompanied the report. Hon on tho west aldo of tho river. which was unanimously accepted, 1 un motion of Wlnillo his prayer was actual work on Kb tracks, not in cluding paving or grading, and whoro ovor excnvaL'on is necessary for Its railway below tho established sub grado of streets It ahall, at Itn own cost do such excavation and shall do tho ballasting of Its tracks, and during tho Improving of snld street shall shift Its temporary trackH so an I to Interfere c llttlo mi dobhIIiIo con. Tho railway company Is willing to Blstcntly with the work of tho street dedlcnto said right of way for pub Ho uso provided, first, that It shall retain all cxcluslva railroad rights UP ' ,f tho previous lllds for street Improtcnient were ' granted,) bo price stated being 11.38 1 .n "n''1 ?ttwl nc "B 'B'l tho samo goes meetlnga were taken up. The first one was from Per yard at tho bunkers. C,!"I,B, fro,n D"lsl ,0 'mWo Irnrk belonging t t rod, n petition William Llnd for Crawford street.' A resolution adopting lh eiigln.,' l'i'ri","t"; -'ross.overH, switches, say tho con.in. :ho corner of ills estimate for grading was for TilW plans Hpcclflcatlon and estimate I n"'1 ' r KhtH to erect tho samo p es rich off tho poor girls she has In her clutches would strongly object to reformation, but wo tlo not be llo"o it cf all the poor girls In theao dens, and If but one Is saved and be comes a pure good woman j worth more than nil the cost and wen tho eontB per yard, nnd IL'.:'." per yard and deeming It necessary to Improve for crushed rock. .Mr. Mud also pre- ltlchmond stieel by laying cement sented bids for Snlotn and Kant Hurl- tddownlk not less than six feet wide As tho tax levy mndo for street Ington streets, his bid'-on the former from the street car track to the rail- being; cut, 75c; crushec. rock f-M'B. road track, and a board walk from On the latter cut,".'. coiiIb; sidewalk the railroad track to tho ltlchmond orc:, crosswalks C.'c; crushed rook, street cluck was adopted. of Davis was accepted and placed on flic poles for stringing trolley wlrcH.und Htmn wires, feed, telegraph ami other wires along the curb lhio of said contractors. With reference to additional grounc" for widening of snld street, whero through Cedar Park, this company, beg to pnny doBlres to bo placed position with reference to this matter oh any other property owner along itald street from whoso land additional ground wilt bo taken Bryan Denies Mak ing Such Statement In an Intervlow given Monday of this week William Jennings lirynn Bad for St. Johns If Rumor is True If after you had been told that tho plana for tho St. Johim depot on tho all potlllons for now arc lights can only be plau-d on file and taken up In their turn when tho fund Is re plenished nnd becomes available. A communication from tho city at torney, who was absent from tho meeting mado glad thu hearts of tho aldermen. It staled that tho Goodrich caso ngaln.t tho city had been dls- I2.7S. Tho only othei bid received wuh from W. T. Hwnn on Crawford and Snlem streets and wnH as follows: , Cut 10c; crushed rock I.7A Ilu put I In no bldn for Hast llurlliigtou stroct, 1 On. motion of Davis Mr. Swans , bid was nccopted.all voting yes ex cept Doble, who claimed the bid was were then .7fi lllltti against tho city taken up as follows: J. It. Welmer, hnulliig coal..f Judge O'Dny services In tho (loodrlch eano 2UU.UI Portland (I.IC.Co, light IK'J.oo 0. l- Moffatt print cloth 2.UU J. !ongnn rod man 10.01 UcndritkH Ildwro Co. suppllcH ll.'.H IMiuoudson Co. ntipplluH 2,75 too hli'h for tho crushed reck, since St, Johns Kumber Co, lumber O.07 donleo that ho over mado a speech or, O. u & N. had Leon niinrovci nnd or wrote an editorial against tho that In ti short (Into work would be granting of pensions to tho soldiers, 'commenced on tho snmo nnd you mlssod. As this case Involved over t,0 rcrry 0i0 i.,i nuroed 1,, trans ttnO.1 tit.. "IK. .In.lu liml r.tiiami Cf, fflel ,.t li - ul ' T.vwv,.u ti..... .V.1..W.. t u lum HLlunB iiiu liter Il'l Kind Hint tho Judge decided that Mr. thes0 two streets at one-half tho reg- Goodrich had no caso ngnlnst tho Uur ,,rlce. and tiio city had agreed Total t:iU7JiK On motion of llonhnm bills were ' allowed, nil yes. city. to furnish rock at tho crusher nt Tho treasurer's report for tho A communication was received from -IGo per yard. While tlie bid did seem , month of SoptMiiher was prwsonted ti tho board of county commissioners high, council had no other alternative ! tho council, utile); accepted tho doc IKraUtltli; tint rltv noriilluHlmi In Inv uIiipa It In linnoriitlvii Hull tlmiio twn I linwnil im.l l-Afiirrii.l It In lh tl uus ueon niiiKoi. on tho coutrttrTw-re-lcil to anticipate great things uldewnlk on ltlchmond ""street. As strocts should b0 Improved at once nnnco commlttoo for vurlflcatlon. II l llltinflm flint nil IiIa itliit tnviam 1 B iltii t a. . . . . I . . . I i i" . i . " cor our iitcio cuy.uion to imvo tho this street lu owned nnd controlled nnd Mr. Hwnn.e bid was much lower1 On motion of llonhnm recorder wit .... pvuHwii nnct ui.il no iwo ci.i enemies Illll and llarrlmnn by tho county.lt was necessary to than Mr. I.lnd'tt. i Instructed lo notify tho O.It.&N'.Co. is lit rnvor of a liberal penslqn poll, got togoher and nrrnngo for a Joint socuro this lierilllaslmi liOfnr.i tho U'illlllni l.lml'H Mil nn I'nul ltlli'ltlli? tlnit n ilrnln illl'lur llll'li- trnrbu mi city was at l'berty to go ahead nnd touwns rejected because It was entire llurllngton street nnd to ask them to hnvo tho work done, ly too excenslvo and far beyond tho ! ttiko euro of It, A report from tho chief of pollcov engineer's estimate. His estluiato of i Adjourned. cy. Ifo says: stntlon at Maegley Junction and cut My nttentlon hns been called to n out St. Johns, wouldn't It J.tr you? clipping from a republlcnn paper That Ih tho way tho land Hon now, which purports to bo an oxtract from and wo arc elected to hnulo'-r frelaht a. spoech on tho subject of pensions, from Mnegley Junctions mllo awny, dcllvorod by mo In cougress.nnd tho ditto of tho speech Is fixed at Novom bor IS, 1892, In tho purported spoech' I am accused of criticising tho appro prlatlonsfor ponslons and am charged with using Inngungo unfriendly to tho pensioner. I desire to say that I nev er used tho lnnguago attributed to mo cither In congress or anywhere else. On tho contrary my rocord shows that I favored liberal ponslons to tho surviving soldlora and to tholr do pondonts, ' Congress was not In session In No vombor 18 1892, as any one can ns. certain by examining tho records.Tlio first session of congress ndjournod in tho summer of 1892 and tho sec. ond session did not assombio till Do cembor of that yoar," It will bo remembered that wo pub lished a clipping making this samo chargo against Mr, lirynn last week. Wo said then that wo did not think Mr. Dryanhad said such a thing ovon if ho thought It for tho roason that It would bo a foolish thing for him t do when asking for the franchise of the people. We do not expect to vote for Mr, Ilryan's doctors, but wo do llko to glvo the dovll his duo and soo fair play. Wo havo no apology to niako for the Individual who perpe trated tho slander. Thoro are men In both parties who nro none too good to do so, and this Is to be re gretted, but when tho falsehood la so apparent, there should bo no hesl. tancy In denouncing It, Give the Child a Chance Bomo of the citizens living on No. Ivanhoo nro complaining about tho way a woman there seems to delight In abusing her children, the agonizing screams of whom can be heard for blocks away quite frequently. It is said the children are whipped often for apparently no reason. Strange how some women take out htelr 111 humor on their children, when a lit tle milk of human kindness would go much further In making better and more obedient children of them. It Is a well established fact that the children who aro whipped the most Invariably turn out the worst. It docs not pay to make brutes out of the youngsters. from a Joint stntlon with no comjioil Hon, Sweet, Isn't It? What will tuir huslucro men do about It? Let tho railroads do ns they pleaso and Ilay horse with us until kingdom como? Wo do not blnmo Maujloy Junction. They have n Hvo set of follows out thoro. They nro up to snuff nnd have an active push club who went nftor thin plum nnd I nnd oil It. If nil our morchauts would ro. ftiBo to ship a pound of freight ovor, cither tho Hill or tho llarrlmnn roads after our clock Is lu until they glvo us tho facilities wo need they would bo forthcoming. When this dock Is finished it will bo in tho powor ot our merchants to do that very thing. Another thing so long as Portland and Portland papers systematically Knock St. Johns ns thuy aro doing we should buy our merchaudlso else whoro, Thoro nro othor Jobbers and whoksalo houses than thoso of Port, land and such as will bo willing to equalize rates if our merchants will patronize them and wo will not have to ship olthor ovor a IUI1 or Harrl man road or ono of tholr boats for our dock will accommodate any boat that floats. Our merchants will do well ti thoroughly organize and fight this hnttor out. It Is tho only way the) will over bo able to accomplish any thing, for tho railroads and Portland would Just as well have pasted it on ono or aur big billboards that they In tond to glvo it to us In the neck Just ns long cs wo will stand for It, Important Notice to Our Subscribers Fine Cement Blocks Made by V. M. Mason For tho noxt flftoon days all old sub Recives Patent on an Ingenious Invention mieui nun mo iMiicjuig or mo con- ror tho widening of tho street. u dulls for tho enrrylng of said wires other words, in regard to tho strip of under said street, together with such ground to bo tnkon off of Cedar Park other rights pertaining to Its rail way or powor business as may bo necessary or convenient for carry ing out of tho corporate purposes of tho company. Provided, second, that snld street the company desires to bo reim bursed mid assessed lu thu samo man nor Hint other owners of prlvato property on Bald ntreut aro assessed and reimbursed, If nn ngrccmout Is reached In tho when laid out should not be less than 0 ()f t,0 nm)Vo proposition It 1, seventy feet In width. f courso conditional on tho posslblll- Provided third, that thu railway coir Ity of tho dodlcutlou of said right of pnuy will not, nt uiiy tlmo bo sub- wuy nnd tho grinning of tho rights Ject to any costH or nssossmeuts for to tho Itnllway Company, mentioned grading or Improvement, of said street above, being covered by proper legal to bo mado ngnlnsl tho abutting prop InstrumentH ncceptnblu to tho nllor- orty In tho mmo muniier uh on thu noy of the Company. streota whera tho railway company , llei pectfully yours, has no trucks. Thu railway compouy Portland Itailway, Light & Power Co. to bo subject only to tho cost of liy , Fuller, Vlco President. Bumper Crop This Year Tho com crop HiIh year from (ho present outlook, will yield 2,'70U,0U0,. 000 bushels, which at tho September I Need a Few More Tho (Ilnry class of tho llaptlst sun day school hold a shadow social Inst Tuesday evening nt the church. They option prlcu (Ti .:cntH)vulucd nt over realized nearly ten dollars which will Charles aJidsmiiu of Cll Ivanhoo Wo havo boon criticised for hnvlng acrlbora may pay up tholr back sub so much to say nbout Ilood Itlver nnc streot has invouted nnd received leu scrlpllons and renew for as uiuuy thu fiuo clncs of peonlo they hao Iters patent for an Ingenious wheel yours as tuoy iiko at tho rato of ono there, but what la a poor fellow to dollar por year. TIiIh offer Is mado do when tha occasion comos? Wo can In order to got subscribers In nrrouiB te n Ho with our llttlo hatchet nnd to settle up and start anew with wo cannot Iguoru uor old friends who their paper paid In ndvnnco. if wero good 'o ub In advorslty. Hut you uro In doubt as to how you stand to provo to our people tho truth of tho Just note tho iabol on your papor. statement Hint wo havo so often made Wo doslro to koop nil our subscrlb- that tho peoplo of Ilood Itlver huvo ore and mnko this special Inducement 1 an eyo out tor tho very best of all so it will bo easier for thorn, No that Is going, wo (rust our crltlcnl citizen of St. Johns should bo with-1 renders will pardon this other refer out tho local papor, as it contains onco to tho people of that garden of Mrs. 01 af Sbepardson and two chil dren, who have been visiting at the residence of E. S. Wright on South Hayes for tho past couplo of months departed last week for tholr homo tear SteUa, Washington, Coming to Oregon. D, S, Swengel, special agent for the Columbia land company, which is In terested In Irrigated lands In Umatll la county with headquarters at Echo, left Monday evening for NorthDako ta after several weeks spent very pleasantly among his friends in St, Johns. Mr. Swengel has been Instru mental In Interesting a number of Dakotaltes In the land which be is engaged In selling, and he says he ox pects at least thirty families from that cold part of the country will ml grata to Umatilla county in the com ing spring. The telegram is certainly making a great fight against the advertising curtains at the theatres In that city, and in Monday's edition nearly every oricle wound up with: "But they still keep up the advertising drop curtain at the Helllg." in many instances the effect was quite ludicrous, hows that can bo found nowhere elso Even If a nowsppaor does differ with you In Its opinion of somo of tho leading questions of tho day is no good reason why you should refuse to take It. Wo cannot all hold tho samo opinions, and you wouldn't havo much admiration for a papor that was afraid or too timid to ex press Just what it thought. In that case you would have Just roason for calling it lacking in backbono and attempting to carry water on both shoulders. Tho Ilovlow la an indopon uont paper.und not a neutral ono, as somo Imagine. Wo bollovo In bo lug frank with the peoplo and not try to keop thorn in tho dark con corning how w'o stand on mattors beforo tho public. While our views may not coincide! with thoso of many and in a number of instances may bo ontlrely wroug, yot wo aro willing to reason and aro open to conviction. It is not the purpose of the manage mentto injure any, ono's feelings In any manner whatsoever, and really thoro Ib no roason for anyone's fool ing Injured because the sentiment ex' pressed in the paper differs from tho view tbo subscriber holds. Wo want to help St, Johns to progress and de velop and stand ready at any and all times to do our very best to ac complish that purposo. The only wa; this can bo done successfully Is to help one another, and not knock. Prompt paying subscribers aro a great encouragement to an editor, and induce him to get out the best paper possible. Therefore kindly loo up your date, and If you find your self In arrears, remember now is the accepted time to mako good Note th label on your paper. tho gods. Wo aro indebted to tho Dally Abstract for tho following; Ait'hltoctn Goodrich & Goodrich rocontly completed plana for n hand some rostdouco for U, 1), Woodworth now tiudor construction at Hood IHvo It overlooks tho Columbia and will be ono of tho handsomest homos in tho groat applo city.. Mr. Woodworth states that It will cost hln nearly, If not quite VJCOO, and ho expects It will bo ontlrely o omplotod and ready for occupancy by his family by December 10. It will bo boated with hot water nnd equipped with tho lat est sanitary plumbing. It will bo a holghth of two Btorlos.and will havo sleeping porch.Modorn Ideas In furn Ishlnga will provnll throughout. 'Tho contract for the cement block was lot to V. M. Mason of St. Johns. Mr. Mason.ln making his blockB.usos a wet mltxuro. His facings aro com-1 posed of Band and cement lu equal j parts, and the "backing'' comprises two parts o'ravol, ono of sand and ono of cement. Ho good humorodly wa gered a hat with Mr. Woodworth that any of his blocks, ton days aftor mal ! Ing, could be dropped ton feet with-j out tho slightest Injury. Mr. Wood worth put ono of tho blocks to a far moro sovcro test than that. Ho drove a heavy transfer wagon with five tons, or 10.000 pounds over tho block. It showed no tendency to disin tegrate under this crushing weight. Ho Is ontlrely convinced of tho non breaking qualities cf the blocks, and this particular block will bo used in his dwelling. Mr, Mason uses a spe cial brand of cement which is hand led by W .1. Fuller & Co. of this city," scraper, tho puwor to operate which will bo a doultoy engine. It Is so mounted on n wheel that It can ho guided vertically or laterally euabllui tho operator to take tiny depth cut to Kb capacity and to work to loft or right nt will. Tho capacity of tho Hcraper will io from two to throo yards of dirt nt a load. It Is so ttrougly built Hint It will wrok In nny thing In tho vhnpe of soil oxcopt sol id rock., it will provo a groat boon to railroad contractorH.oxcavators and all engaged In that kind of work. Soo his ml asking for assistance) to promoto tho mauufacturo of tho machines. Have Gone to Idaho S. L, Klllu and family loft yester day for Cambridge, Washington coun ty, Idaho, whoro Mr. Kills has takon u claim, and whero they will mako their homo for souio tlmo, Mr. Ki lls hns tho Ituvlow follow him so that ho mny keep In touch with St. Johns, and wo will confidently look for him to roturn at no dlstnut day and again take up his abode in St. Johns, Civic Enterprise Vnncouvor, Washington, ono of tho old pioneer towns mado famous by having General Grant and General Sherman locut-ul at tho Darrackr thoro' i giving bomo of the newer town? n Bamplo of civic ontorpn Net jatisflod with putting down hard curfaccd pavement. , on liiht Saturday they celebrated tho completion of an electric ttroat railway system wnlch roaches well Into tho suburbs. Note the label on your paper, An electric theatro Ib latest attrac tion to bo added to St. Johns, It is located in tho rooms recently vaca ted by Owens liros., as a pool room, Ab a conscqucuco tho nickels In tho pockota of the- youngators aro bogln ulng to burn, 2,000.000.0U(l. Tho wheat crop, with an Indicated yield ot 07,000,000 bush at UIlo a hiMhol amounts to 1027,000,- 000, Thirteen nnd n half million bales of cotton, which lookH likely to ho this boiisou'h yield nt tHy cents u pound, tho present prlcu, would mako OII,2&0,000. Tho oata and liny crops, now out of dnnger, nro record break ers In quantity mid quality. While tho combination of cropH this year will perhaps not ho tho largest lu quautlty.tho price that will probably bo obtained for thuiu It Is estimated amount to moru than 18,000,000,000. Tills ImmoiiBo crop Is hut a small showing compared to what will bo mado 10 or Co years heuco, when u vast population will cover the broa states and Intensive farming hits buun moro generally applied; but thoso fig ures do not mnko us hunt for a pluco to hldo away from a money panic. bo used lu furthering the Interests of (ho class. This enterprising class organised u short time ago under tho now movement pliiu with 1 1 mum borri.Thuy plaiiuud to got B0 members by Chrlstmni. Thoy now havo l and when tho 60 urn hcouiuiI will hold n banquet. All young peoplu not attending any other Sunday Buhooluri cordially Invited to Join. Kva Clark, See., John Koulor, touch or. Annual Fire Loss Thu firo losses or tho United Statui this yoar Involves n waste that ns suiiiob tho proportion of it national calamity, In tho past three years tho lossoa by firelu tho United states havo amounted to $850,000,000 u yoar This year, oven boforo tho groat Chelsea flro, tho average loss por day was nearly 1000,000,000, If tills avor- ago is kept up through (ho rest of tho yoar, tho total loss by flro dur ing 1908 will bo ovor 2,000,000,000. Exports ostlmato that at least 7& porcont of the annual loss by firu In tho United .States Is proyenta- Had Big Day Sunday Tho St. Johns Forry peoplo had n big day Sunilny. Many slghtsoorn from I'ortlnnu took advantage of thu superb weather and cauio to St. John and thu mnjnilty of thorn took a trip iiorosH tho river to uoto (ho progruss of tho now oluctrlu Huo nnd rovul in tho picturesque acoouory nu soon from Whltwood Court, Whltwood, by tho way, Is steadily progressing and Iota aro being sold ovory day. Noth ing butter than this property au uu Investment can bo found auywhoro just now. Uses Lots of Coal Statistics collected by tho govern ment indicate that tho nation has consumed nbout 7,000,000,000 toua of coal up to the present tlmo. Nearly half of thla Iiiih boon used In (ho lust ten yours, , At thla rato of luuronsu In thu consumption ot coal, tho sup- lllv u-lll uwni lm ovllfitltttml II itrfllltil hie. Tho peoplo of tho United States ' ' havo tho reputation of bolng tho moB . wasteful people on tho globe, and this Is ono of tho instances thoy got tholr figures from, Building Permits No.SC, to 8. W, ilugbeo to oroct a residence on lot 7 block I! luAdams boat of tho buu lu sumnior to bo usoi lu tho winter, Now a Country Squire Lauronco Throndyko, who has boon holding fortli lu tho wot and windy city of Astoria for somo tlmo, has ills addltlon.frontlng an Mohawk.botweon caruoa ,,, OBUoa (hero and baa Hayes and Grosnam. tou, bo circuiIltlnir nmontr hl friends No. 87 to Kerr & Son to ro-roof ,lor . aovornl days. Ho statea building on lota 7 and 8 block 1 St. tlint ..... w i,.. i 110,v com. Johns addition, fronting on ltlchmond fortaMy located on a largo ranch In between Bradford and Wlllatnotto Virginia, and la woll ploasod with hla boulevard for tho Marluo Iron Works. I10 )lomo 300. I No.88, Kduioiidson & Co. to erect. Tramp (whlnlngly): "Mo poor old brick building on lot .1 block C P. T. i mother hasn.t soon mo faco for years Smith addition, fronting on Jersey between Kast llurllngton and I.uavltt stroct. For P. H. Wht to bo used as a heating plant. $1000, and " Lady of tho houso: "Well, why don't you wash It?" Note the label on your paper.