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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.