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Newspaper Page Text.'4R. ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To inbacrlba (or THIS Paptr. At) lh Mwt white It k kiwi b oar notto. Call In and enroll GET IN THE HABIT J 01 advcrtblnz In THIS Paptr and you'll never rttrcl It. Dt tin at once and keep rlrfit at It ftM Devoted to the Intereiti of the Peninsula, the Alanufacturlng Center of the Northwest VOI,. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY i, 1909. NO. 8 A LIVELY SCHOOL MEETING Fixing the Tax Levy for School Purposes and Dis cussion of New High School Occurs DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TROLLEY LINE ON WEST SIDE Will be in Operation About the First of Next Month With a Very Handsome Equipment Mora than ordinary Intorcst una manifested In tha school mooting .Monday nlitht. Distend nf three or four taxpayers being present as us ual, thoro wcro botweon 75 nnd 100. The meeting was called Id order by president of tho board, Wllltami, mid tho clerk read tlio call for the mooting. Air. Williams then read an nddrcss to tho citizens nnd Mr.Tnncli road tho report of tho trenBuror for tlio pnst year, which, while It hud been read nnd accepted by tno county superintendent and the board, had not been nctcd upon by citizens nnd on motion of Moxon was ac cepted nnd placed on fllo. CJinlrmnn Williams then stated tint nmniiitt of funds that would bo ro quired to operate tho schools next your nnd ald that It would roqitr 8'inlll tax to raise tho nmnunt. Till enmo ns n surprise to tho vol en who did not oxpect to hear of more than a CV4-mlll tax at tno outside. Tho chairman tried to cxpluln thai there wob n deficit this year or ino thing Ilka 1 0000 caused by tho bllU not being In for the furniture and leveling of tho ground of tho now high school build lug and which was not incluuod In tho $20,000 bonds that hail ueou voted merely to erect tho schuol building and not to furnish tho :imo. It Boomed hard to gut tho audlonio to understand this feature of tlio casu and one gentlomnn suggested that tho length of tho term bo cut from 10 montliH to 0 months and thus snvo a few hundred dollars. This was opposed by nearly every 0110 present, Tho litlxon seemed to realize tho Importance or keeping our standard up to that of Portland because of tho continuous changing from tho one city to tho otlior, and tho Inconvenleuco nnd hludranco that would result to tho pupil by n fuiluro to do so. Tlio discussion then con tired upon whuhcr or not wo would I ttvo an 8-mlll tax or a ujx mill tax. Tho formor would curry tho scnool dUirlct through to Juno 1910, winio a G-mlll lovy would not do so by set oral thousand dollars. Tho vote v. as takon first on tho 8-mlll tax which wa votod down, tho vote bo ln 25 for and 29 against tho tovy. si, oral no4 voting. Then tho o'her proposition wm prosented and tno volt on the C-mll'. lovy voted with 3 for nnd 10 against. It sooms that tho majority of the ct'lzons woro In favor of tho board borrowing tho nocossary funds to carry tho district through tho nchoo) year rather than having U10 lovy mado large onough to avoid this H Is simply a question of o conomy, whether It would cost less to pay per cent on $8000 or $10,000 for tho six or eight months that will lo necessary after our funds havo been used uutll the funds can bo roceivort from 1909 levy, than It would to levy onough to carry tho district tnrouBn the next 18 months and permit that large amount of taxgs to Ho In Un ban without earning anymlng. Wo woro particularly pleased at tho sentiment expressed at tho meet Ing that wo did not wish the term nt school shortened nor ue balury ot the teachers lowered and wo bJitevc that our people tako tho rls't vow of education. Tho best that ve can secure In the commodity of lniruc tors and the longest term during tno year that wo can safely hold coubio erlng tho health of tho pupils, Is tno very least that they deserve and tnat wo should preparo for them. U wo keep abreast of the most advauccn lines educationally, our children win never bo ablo to censuro us for their failure should they not mako a sue cess of life. It will give them th very best opportunity to makj the best of life and If thoy do uot profit thereby, our skirts aro clear, Tho other question that was of great Interest to the citizens a tno meeting was tho matter of cnool houses. St. Johns U growing, and the present, urospecU aro that h will double within the next year or two, and U requires constdarable foresight and planning ahead In orde to be prepared to tako care of too little ones who will be brougbt In by the newcomers. It Is anticipated that there will bo 500 pupils come In to the eastern part of St. Johiu where there are sot more this a Ccea now, within the next year "f two. There were a number of cltl zons who wanted a scaoolhouso built there. A larger number wished to take advantage of the offer of the trustees of the James Johns estate and erect a good high school on the block offered for that purpose, 'more waa a varied and lengthy discussion of this subject. When It came to a vote on tho hlghschool on motion of Downev Hint It was thn BonKo of t nicotine that wn voto bonds to orct' (n xou.uoo nigh sciiooi on tuis moot io motion carried 25 to 17. Of courso this was only n Mraw vote Tho matter avHI have ,0 be presented to tho rotors of tho city Tho offor of tho trustees of thlt cBtnln Is that they will deed l.il" block oppboltc tlio city hall on llnyn street, with boiiio $G0O0 In cash which thov now hnva on hands and an other block Is sold will Increase i-.i rush in any whom from S12.UUU '.: 915,000 besides tho lot on which (.tin lioiiflo Is to bo built. This deed will be given only on the condition tlmt a lilish school will bo built horo Bouio do not wish to build this house now. There has been so much Ions to tho district through 'tho .nnnipiiln tlnn of this Jninou John estate. ie cording to what has been written un( said on tho suoject, that It noonis to UK tlio part of wisdom to iako ad vnntngo of tho offer of tho protein board of trustees who boom 10 bo wilting to do tlio rljht thing and meet them, it Is truo that thoro will bo about 100 high school jopila by the tlino school Is built It ll .11.. itiinn in imiiii thi tnoBJiii sum mer, which Is not an Impossibility. Hut our present schools tiro crowded and taklne on these 100 pupil will Rlvo room for Hint many moro In the present building. It was argued thnt tho location was not n fit one for a high t.chool because It was In a business sec tion of tho city. That Is tho host part of tho rlty fur n high school. It brings tho young mind In touch with tho actual business llfo of (ho city nt n tlmo whon that mind should bo taught the things It will hnvo to con tend with a fow years Inter. It win mako It moro convonlont for tho Instructor to mako applications of tho principles taught to tho actunl occurrences of llfo thoy nro supposed to onublo tho pupil to meet. Tho lo cution and situation of tho lot in admirable I'uplls of an no to at. tond tho high school are old enough to bo ablo to walk from tho enM sldo of thn city to this building and tho walk will do them good Is tho very exercise thoy need. In regard to tho school houso for tho pupllB of Hast St. Johns wo will suy that thoro should bo n building orocted there, and as soon n tho sotllomont begins which lirother .Monahan doclnros Is coming, thoro should bo stops taken to provide thorn with a school home. This can bo dono nt any tlmo by tho board of directors, for the law gives them tho power to oroct nocessory jchooi houses at anytime. If It becomoH Imperatively necessary as wo hope It will for a building thoro tho board has tho powor to build ono, but thoy havo not tho power to place bonds uuon tho city to oroct a wgn school or for any other purpose. lirothor Downey says St. Johns Is going Into Portland noxt April and what wo do wo must do qulckl. Kv dently ho realizes as well as tho rest of us after wo got Into roriianu we need not expect anything In tho sliapo of appropriations from tho big city. Two gentlemen high in commercial circles were In St, Johns lust week and during tho conversa tion tho matter of St. Johns annexa tion was brought up. Ono of these Kentleraen Bold: "Whatever you do, get all your Improvements before you come Into Portland. You win rwu It like pulling teeth to get anything Bfter you get In." This Is the ono thing that our people must uo. max MU8T SECURE SCHOOL, TIES before they go Into Porllaud or thqy will liave to sena tneir mgu school pupils to Alblna Instead or havlne a high school of their own. The Central school grounds belong to district No. 1 and not to tnis dis trict as many Imagine. The title to this property was never changed, neither did this district receive some 1300 that was due tho district when it was set off from district No. 1. The proposition for voting these bondn will probably bo advertised In this week's Issue, and every citi zen who wishes to secure for St. Johns educational facilities equal to that of our neighbors should vote for these bonds. While wo do uot think it would be tho part of wUdom to eo Into Portland for 25 years yet, there Is no telling at what election we ,may be forced to do so by tne voters who do not care whether v-o go Into Portland or not, and who do not own a foot of land or uonar s unrth nmnnrtv. It Stands US In " . w jr' hand to see that Portland wlllbeodlig- The City Dads Convene and Transact Their Usual Budget of Municipal Business in a Satisfactory Manner Tho common council mot In tegu Inr session Tucsdny evening till prosont. Petition for electric light nt corner of Crawford and Plurco strcots signed by A. W. 8tcarn nd others was read nnd on motion of Ooblo was accepted nnd placed on fllo. A deed from Nancy Copies ion- vcylng tltlo to the extension of Ult'li moiid street through tho Copies tract wns rend and on motion of Hunter was laid on tho tablo pending luvoi: ligation, A representative of the Burroughs adding mnchlno company wan pros out and mado 11 proposition to ho 1 1 tho city a mnchlno on Installment plan, 25 to bo paid Fob. 10, llitw mill nine payments following montnly of 25 each aggregating $250 for tlio mnchlno. On motion of Duvia t'10 proposition was accepted. All voting, yes. Communication from the cltv nt. tomoy giving IiIb opinion at to tin time from which tho application tor saloon licenso should run was loud stating Mint In his opinion tho .'.PPll cation sliould run from tho nppoul of ordinance 183, which will mako Wt date of probation oxplro Jaminry -I, 1909. On motion of Ooblo tho com munication was accepted and placed on fllo. 'liio fluniu'o committee nubmlitoi. tlio following report on tho matter of tax lovy for tho coming year: St. John, Ore.. Doc. 23, 1908. To tho Honorablo Mayor mid Conn. ell of tho City of St. Johns, Ore. (Jon t lemon: Your committee to whom was referred tho subject of I'nx Lovy for tho oiisuliig year begs to report as follows; From tho figure furnlshod us by tho city treasurer, covering expou. dlturos for the various departments from Jnnunry 1st, 1907 to Jnnunry Int. 1908, wo find that tho current oxponsoo for the different depart- monts were nppioxlmately as follows, to wit: Uoneral fund, $ll,212.biJ wntor, 707.00; light, 1,789.13; salary, 11,809.29; total, 120,518.22. Wo find tho expenditures necessary for tho year 1909 to bo as follows, lutorost on city dock bonds, $3,G00; Interest on city hall bonds, Q00; firo department, 600; Interest to cover od to pay as largo a proportion of taxes for our Improvements as wo will have to pay Portland for Uor big bridges, tunnolB, etc. Every tnxpayor should think of this sldo of tho ques tion, We do not wish to go Into Portland nnd pny hundreds of thous ands of dollars to build bridges and tunnels and not havo sufficient hcIiooI facilities to oducato our children at homo, but havo to pay to tho r.trot car company and city of Portland for tho privilege of Bonding our children ovor thoro for their dura tion. Let us hnvo our educational In stitutions nnd othor public Improve, monts at homo. Then If wo must go Into Portland we may go In on nu oven footing. Raises Big Turnips Oharllo Arnett from Clncka- mas county about eight miles south Portland was In the city last woek and brought down with him somo of tho finest turnips wo have ever soon. 'hey were like Longfoilow's turnip hlch ho told about In his first poem, 'hey "grow and thoy grow as long s thoy woro able." And when they ere gathered In tho largest ono measured IVi inches thick tho flat way, 10 Inches the wldo way, and 28 In circumference, and wolghod 64 pounds, The next In slzo was built a little different, was thicker and not quite so large around and weighed Just 6 pounds even, ibeso mammoth vegetables wero lett tor the delectation of tho printers, und they have been enjoying turnips In several different languages ever since That Clackamas must bo a great country for vegetaules. Do not forget the meeting of the Commercial Club next Wednesday. This Is an opportunity to place St. Johns on a footing that Will keep her abreast of the surrounding commun ities. Do not neglect It. Mr. andMrs. c. W. Arnett ppout Christmas with Mrs. Arnotfg brother J. C. Aiken. loss on Imp. Uonds, $100; Install ment on tho .Macadam Holler, $100; lutorost duo on balance of roller Pay ment, $48; Installment on rruHhcr, lU0; interest on balance duo 011 cniBlier, $120; salaries, $10,UUO; street Ushtu (10), $2,t0t); flro ny jdrnnts (2G), $1,092; ono copy dlrcc. lory, $C; unlanco duo on (10) curds I of wood, $100; ono adding machine, $2&0; Installment on stono quarry, $100; lutorost on balance duo on quarry, f 48; . printing (tins yenr ji.I.71), $1,000; prl!itlng.(blntiB and Job work), $10; wood for city hall, $15; total, $21,081.00. Wo havo estliuntcd the sources of revenue, out sidu of the lax tovy t bo as follows, to-wit .MlBselniieou (licences, police, etc), $!.nt0; duck rontnl, $2,000; G percent Architect fees 011 $35,000 saved, l,io; total, $5,300.00, leaving tlio amount to bo covered by tho tax levy as follows, $10,381.00. Total valtintiou of taxable properly. $2,U97,82a.i0. 5 8-10 mills will bring this nmount, $15,01738. Ituspoclfully submitted, s. u. noun:, II. C. 1IUNTEII, A. W. DAVIS, Chairman Flnnuco Committee, After a lengthy discussion It was decided to retrench n lltllo along somo line nnd on motion of Davis tliu council voted n levy of 5 8-1" mills which under tho present asses sed valuation of $.5,097,825 will furn ish ia,017.38 to carry 1..0 city through tho yoar. Tho Wlllammotto boulovard Is still In the nlr, so to sponlc, Tho platting and vacating and roplMUtiK has mlxoc up tlio bouudorles bo llint no ono seeniB to know- whuro they aro and tho moro It is examined "nd tried to explnln tho more mixed It bocomot After nn extended discussion It vvnB decided to havo tlio city onglneer run tho lines of tho street according to tho original field notes whlsh aro in the pobbobsIoii of tho city. This was dono on motion of Doblo. large number of little bnlnnccH In favor of nnd ngalnst the city woro tabulated by tho city recorder and a balnnco struck showing a bal unco of $13.70 deficit In tho stroot fund. Those balances havo boon ac In a Serious Condition Comrndo T. It. Wlsboy wns In .Mon day and says his noighbor.Mr. Hill, who was recently Injured by a fall Is still In a vory serious condition. That the fall elthor broke somo of his ribs loose from tho back bono or broke them off closo to tho vorto brae, as thoro Is distinct sign of fructuro there, Mr, Wlsboy snya It will bo a long tlmo before ho will be ablo to work again. Ho say too that ho Is not ablo to do much him self for tho family, but will do all ho can, for ho wont when In tho Union army during tho civil war for a week on nothing but common corn mulo food and had to steal that In order to get enough to eat ami uh long as ho has anything ho cannot see any ono go hungry. It Ib Just such experiences as theso that Vn'ako us appreclato an abundance. Wo trust that our frlonda will uot forget to seo that this family 1 supplied with food. A Pleasant Party A vory pleasant party was given Christmas Evo by the Misses Gallon and Perrine at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Qatton on Mohawk street. Tho ovenlng was spent with music and games and refreshments wero served at 10 oclock. Tho remainder of tho evening was spent In dancing Everybody roported n good tlmo and they could not do otherwise at this homo and under the supervision of these bright young ladleB. Tboi present wero Messrs J, Calloway, i)lck Perrine, Mr. Collins, Mr. nnd Mrs. O. Churchill, tho Misses Anna and Georgia Perrine, Nelllo Cochran, L. VVIlkerson, tho Misses Clara and Elva Pope, Mr. Gall Perrine, tho Misses Gatton, The happy ghosts retired at a late hour and declared their fair hostesses Jolly good enter tainers and tho Gatton home " good place to spend an evening. cumulating slnco tho year 1 and havo now been cleaned up to date on all streets thnt have been completed. On motion of Hunter thuso balances wero convertod Into general fuud and pnld out of tlmt fund, thus cleaning tiia record to (Into. Profile for tho Improvement of Stafford street waB presented nnd notion deferred until next week. On motion of Doblo It wns decided to draw wnrrant nKulnst tho city dock fund to tlio amount of $300 covering n portion of tho engineers fees, the Bnnie to bo turned Into tlio general fund. Councilman Doblo hero brought up J tho matter of Hiirllugton Htreet hill ! Tho street on tills hill I In n nhnmu I fill, even dnngerous condition, doing down the street In tlio dnrk unless 0110 Is well acquainted with th' ' . ... ,,,... ... I Htlll Olil'l'l OIIU IB 1I11UIU III UU UIBUl damage occur, for which tlio city of course would bo liable. .Mr. Doblo suggested that the street should bo Improved or fenced up so that thoro would bo no danger of tho city get ting Into trouble. Wlndle thought It would bo a good plnn to plow up tho center of tho street nnd grade It so as to drain tho water off each wny nnd uot permit It to run to tho curb, but pnrt wny between tho center ami curb. Other councllmuii thought that all tho loose dirt occasioned by plow 1 11 1: would iro to tho bottom of tho hill witli tho first rain Ono suggested planking tho Blreot nnd compared IIubhoII street with It. On motion It was loft to tho street commlttou to do what thoy thought best In tho matter ot fixing tno street and putting It In a safe condition. Councilman llouhnm reported n request from ono of tho Ongo vogo. tablo peddlers that hi license bo re. ilticcd ono half, but there was no nc tlou taken. Mayor Hrlco then appointed his committee 011 revision of tho charter as follows: Alderman Davis, douio, citizens. H. C. Cook. I Ion. IC. C. Couch, II. T. Leggelt, nnd ho further remarked that ho wished Iho undi vided support or tho entire council In tho work ns well ns that of tho city nltornoy. Tho committee was requested to meet in Collier's office Thursdny noxt. Handsome Windows Tnko a look nt tho windows of our ndvertlsers whon you uro trtU.'itf In tho city. Every 0110 of thorn pro. sents u lovely appearance. Thoro mo the windows of tho 81, Johns Hard ware company, for Instance, To tlio lovers of mechanical tools thoro Is nothing equal to them In the city. P Just makes a mnn's mouth .viuji- 10 look nt tho beautiful liiiploiuontn. Thou in Honhnm & Currier's windowi note thero tho displays. Thoy nro ai. ways enticing and It is bo with all our advortlsors, Thoro is something pocullar about It. Tho heavier nd' vertlscrs always havo tho bost Wi dow displays, In other windows the goods will bo urrunged as If imowii In thero with a shotgun. Just tnko a note, of tho advortlsors and tli-m tnko a look at their windows and wi If wo aro not right. Pleasant Visitors Mr. and Mrs. llort Rand of Untvr Blty Park witli their little son woro callers at tho Itovlow Offlco Tienuay. It has been two yonrs bIiico Mrs. Hand was lu St. Johns and slio sees many changes hero. It Is thosa vl' Itors hero who bring us to a realiza tion of what Is going on In St. .lahr.n. Wo who havo been hero nil tho time do not notice the steady, oven giowlh of tho city, but whon ono of Huso neighbors come In nftor n year or two of absonco and oxclalm: ' Why, how Bt. Johns Is growlng I hardly know tho place!" Wo then boijiii to roallzo that wo aro getting to bo somebody, Now that tho holiday season Is ovor It Is Just tho tlmo to gut n that now advortlsomont. Thero Is no gainsaying Advertising pays. Ask our best advortlsors If It does not, J, C. Brooks of Forest Grove, om ployo of tho Forest Grovo News was homo for a Christmas visit with his paronts, returning Sunday ovenlng. Tho people nlong tho west aide of tho river nro delighted with tho pros poets for a trolley lino along thero In tho near future The lino wilt bo put In operation, It la thought, about February 1st, and tho United Kail way lias already flvo elegant cars ordered for this lino, Tho cars nro 57 foot long will sent CO passongers. They nro divided Into three compart incuts, baggage, smoking nnd pns tt'iiigor; bo that tho smokers will not cod to put out their smudges rgct off, which will mnku theso cars very popular with that class of tlio travel. Ing public. Tho cais havo been ordered from tlio American Cnr company of fit Louis nnd will hu forwarded Nome. tlmo during tho coming month. Tney vill bo very heavy ami of I'uliunu construction. They will bo finished liisldo with tho maximum degree o( comfort ns to seats nnd general ac ceminoilatlons. There will bo lour motor to each car and tho control lers nro bo arranged thnt four or .ore cars may bo operated from tno one controller, when It I desired to run trntus of more thnn ono cnr, The four motors under ench cnr will Klvo great motor power nnd it will bo possible to mako tlio high spoeil dozlrcd without nuy strain upon tno tutor force of the cars. Tills will be a great factor In the making of tiiuu when the current for any reanon bo- comes weakened, for with nil four motor working tlio car will uo ablo to move along lively, whuro i.oy would havo to stnud Htlll It thero wero but ono, Tlio length nnd weight of tho cnr too, will i.inko tlio running very smooth and com fortublo to tho passenger. This lino will bo sure to find favor with tho general publla once It Is In tp(-rn-tlou. Tlio service will bo but 0110 cnr ench wny ouch hour nt tlio start mid ns the traffic Increases more cars will bo put 011 nnd the tlmo be tween cam shortened up. Tho '.ruck Is completed us far as Lliinton and ready for tlio cars uud tho section of track between Lliinton nnd 1 lot brook I ready for tho steel, 'hero uro Buvoral hundred men working every dny on that portion of tho lino mid It Is thought that It v,-i bo rondy for tho curs by tho tlmo thoy nro horo , This lluu runs 011 thioiigh to Forest Grovo nnd travorses somo of tho finest country west of port- land, It will In time hu ono of the most valuable pieces of lute, 111 ban lines In tho state. Forest (invo Is forging to tlio front ns n rnllroi.l cell ter. When this line Is completed to! thntpolut H will mako two i.ljclrio! ami onu steam line eoiiuuctln Dial Bennett's Lament 'iiio following from n pnpor renti by Kdltor lleuuett of Tho Dulles Opti mist before tho Oregou.Iduho Doyol. opmunt Convention, shows tlmt tliu Old Mnu" Is onto his Job with both feet and has bcou through tliu iii"' Old Muu lleuuett" gets out tho bust paper In Wasco county und his llul" talo of woo proves our recent asser tion that thero Ib not n man In town but can skin tho editor nllvo In get ting out u good paper In his mind. I urn only a small fry In tho news paper field, Tho 15 years 1 uuvo spent In and around newspaper nun printing offices havo been wasted, thrown away, dissipated, lost, for I know absolutely nothing about n weekly paper, and n blamed sight loss about a dally paper. I do uot ask you to tuko my word ior this. All you hnvo to do Is to go to tho places whero I am running papers and ask the peoplo of thoso plncos. They will tell you that Tho Irrigator and The Optimist aro 110 good, and their editor less, I tako groat priuo In those papers. Thoy havo a wldo rep utation, I glvo them tho best thoro Is In mo, but tho peoplo of tho towns whoro thoy uro run will toll you (with tho exception of a fow choice souls who uro too good for this world and will soon bo In heaven), tho peoplo as a rulo will tell you that my occupation ought to bo that of digging post holes or shovolmg smoko, Of courso I go to otnor points, other towns and cltlos, and tho peoplo wluo mo aud dlno mo and got mo full of palousors and say 1 am 'IT" In vory largo typo; but my neighbors know mo for the fraud mat I am. And In thus stating my position 1 havo given tho moat and kernel of city with Portlnnd, Thero hns boon considerable worry on tho pari of somo of our good citizens in St. JoluiB lost this road would wkk a hardship on tho commercial inter ests hero. We do not nntiolpnto my such effect. In fact wo bollovo thnt with a frco ferry and this lino into Portland there would bo nn hut aw In the business here, for tho rotiRot that wo would secure ns muc'i in. erunso In trndo from tho West Hldo us wo would loso from tlio cltv. lie sides thnt It will glvo nn Imputes tu homo building ns tho facility In. crenscs for quick trnnslt uoweon Portlnnd nnd St. Johns; moro city dweller will come hero for 11 inre pleasant plnco to live at i-educoi runts nnd they wilt trndo hero moto or Iosb. Wo would really like tp uo this done, n frco ferry put lu nnd connections made with this lino. Th trolly lino 011 our Hide of tho liver Is n fliio one, nnd tho St. Johns pnplo hnvo received splendid treatment nt their hands. They havo glvuii us uverythliig that wo havo asked for. Wu think they will continue to do bo nnd wo think thoy nro dosorviiM "f tho hourly suppurt of our people. Wo bollovo Hint our trolley lino v mid not looso nny of It patronao tor buiiio runsou thnt there will bo nu loss to our merchants, thnt (ha m- creaso In the trnfflc by those citizen of Portland who go out for 11 trolley rldo from ono to three time a weok who wouly como out to 81. John ono wny nnd return tliu other, und when they cnu swing around I ho clrclo In this wny there will bo three como nftur to ono before tho connec tion Is made, nnd tho ninny now ros. Idonts who will como to St. Johns to mnku their Iioiiiuh will nlso add l' tho trnliic of our own lino, bomunm thoy will often go over Hint roiito too. Wu do not bollovo that aiiytlilnp? Hint wilt mid to tho facilities for transportation will do any r.ront harm to any 0110 In St. Johns, nnd it will ndd greatly to tho couveiilonco und comfort of thousands of com. mon peoplo who llvo hero; mid thul I what wo nro nil working for, or nt least should ho working for tho greatest good to Hm groutest num. her. If wo nro not doing Ihls then wo ought to gut off tliu earth. It will bo particularly good for tho clilzoiis of Whltwood Court, our en terprising lltllo neighbor 011 tlmotluir sldo of tlio river and to l.lunloii n mllo farther down tho stream, giving them quick transit between their lo cutions aud tho big city, and It will furnish n regulur merry-go-round for tho trolloy rldor of the big city for thoy can como nnd go In oltlmr dlroc tlou, taking Bt. Johns In on tli r i". my nrgiiuiont, und thnt Is tluu tno peoplo of nlmost overy community In Oregon keep pretty huBy uusslng tliu locul paper mid itn editor, nnd won. dorlng how a man cun sloop to puu. lish such u measly sheet. Tho uvorngo community Beoins to think that tliu locul paper Is n pnra. sue, something to bo endured but not encouraged. Thoy will point across tho lino, to tho next county, to tho neighbor city, to uny old Pl'r in any old place, und tell you whut a good paper It I nnd how fortunnta tho community Is to hnvo such a sheet; but thoy will nt tlio sauio tlmo tuko trout pulus to toll you that tlm papor lu their own town Is plumb cultus, uud tho editor n man who does not know tho flrht principle of tho newspaper business, Whut would you do without your newspaper? How loug would It uo, If your proBon papor should ulou down, until you would ho flirting with somo other nowspapor mnn to como to your town, and what prom ises you would hold out, but how yn would full down after ho got out his, first Issue. I know all ubout you. I havo seen tho thing workvd to n fruzzlo lu Oregon, and know that tin newspaper man is, ns n rulo, tliu last paid, tho poorest puld und th most grudgingly paid of ull. Tho work of opening up tho w tract butweon St. Johua and Mtt9C Itv Junction Ib KOlng on rapidly. Charles Foss has boon clouting a largo truct of land thoro aud N. A. Ceo has been ouonliig up n number of streols and things look Hko to brglnnlng of a now city lu mai nelKhborhood. Three or four Houses havo already beon built and occupied Mr. Foss aud Mr. Goo nro rusuors iiiul whon thov cot sturtod oil n Job, nlthough working Independent of each other thoy get a bis siniiB or work out lu a wondoifiilly short timo.