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ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To iubcrMw for THIS Paper. AU llw iMiti white It It ntwi U our motto. Call In and tnroll GET IN THE HABIT Of adurllilnf In THIS Ppr and you'll iwvtr rgrt Ik De tin at one and kttp rltfat at li Devoted to (he Interesti of the Peninsula, (he Manufacturing Center of (he Northweit VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1909. NO. 18 QUICK SERVICE TO PORTLAND Motor Gars to Run From East St. Johns SHOULD BE EXTENDED THINGS LIVELY AT SWIFT'S Tho electrification of tho North Bank railroad from Vancouver 10 Portland, which will bo complotcd by April 1st, will bo 11 quick medium for tho Inhabitants of East St. Johns Ao travel to and from tho lattor city. The Skeptical One Now Fully Convinced WILL HELP ST. JOHNS ERA OF STREET IMPROVEMENT re a NEW PLANT In the Neighborhood of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars to Be Expended on the Improvement of Thorough fares in St. Johns the Coming Year Manufacturing Company Seeking Location VIM AND ACTIVITY ALL ALONG THE LINE Ito employ so hands vile wretch unknown FOUL MURDERS ON SLOUGH Two Men Instantly Killed With Gun and Axe An orn of street Improvement bucIi ns never before experienced by this city, and seldom witnessed In any II. S. llowltt, well known as 0110 of tho most skeptical men In St. Johns regarding tho operations of Ihn Qwlft mH,i..i. II... tl..l.....l I ...... ....,.., 1 ,., oUlor clJ. of twCo Its population, will una viBiicu, witnessed nnu now no- . . llovcs that operations on n scale ons,,roud 8t' Jol,M8 wllh ,t8 8tlrrl,,K Motor cars will bo used and about greater than oven Imagined by tho 800,108 tn'8 yonr " 1,10 Krentcr part a 20 minute service between East Ht. optimistic have been Inaugurated by of work "mv I"oJctoil nlong this lino Johns and Portland established. A this company. lie snout sovoral """onniizes. tho ntnouiu of labor strong effort will bo mado by tho St. hours there 0110 day last week and "cceBsury to carry this work to Johns Commercial club to Induce Jihh. told the Ilevlow man n few of tho completion will mako St. Johns u company or somo other company to facto thnt como under hln obsorvu- vurjr '"W clt' this "umnior nnd ti construct n lino from tho Swift pack- (Ion. A roadway built on trostlo "co" or activity uch as has novor Ing plant to somuwhero near the cUy work (or n stroidi of 0000 feet. lend- yot bco" wltnossed hero will bo In hall to connect with tho North Hank Ing from Swlnton to tho nacklnit nuBurnld- Knt, west, north nnd road. This would glvo nil our people plant, wob one of tho things that M0Ulh an direction, In fnct, street a chanco to roach Portland In mado him bellovo tho company mennt worK wm "0 11,0 0or of tho day, about 25 minutes, nnd would bo business. Tho foundation of tho Tl10 cl,y council hns boon del n groat convenience In roach- main structure which Is constructed """" i'u"u mr mo grnuing 01 mcrcunuis win reel a decided Impe Inir iim imikinir niimt .iLt..M. of the best Krndo of comont. thrmt ure-oia and laying of Hltluwnllts. A tits In their business, In order to got full benefit from tho fool w'Jo. d oxtonds from 20 foot "P'rlt of progresslveness nnd enter-1 Of tho streots to bo Improvetl I-V. guldo to n city's public splrltednens could bo desired? In no locality In tho world enn bo found n class of citizens so proud of their city, so willing to sacrlflco their time, their money nnd their talents for tho good of their beloved municipality. There nre, wo believe, In tint neighborhood , of twonty streets ot parts of street!! proposed to bo Im proved this year, nnd tlm vast sum of $200,000 will likely bo required to effect this Improvement. What bene fit tho city will derive from tho o.x pondlttiro of this sum outside of Im provement nlono Is hard to estimate. Tho greater portion of It will circu late hero and as a consoijucnco tho locution nfthn Rwift rniiitmnv .... ti.n under tho surfaco of the sround to I"10 iu"iior never before ox Peninsula It Is ImponAlvo that somo fot In tho air struck him as bo- i'""oncuu ns laKen nom or our cm on or riillwnv miiinopilim I... mii.l.. Ing exceedingly substantial. Within " ccriniwy a good oiiioji between tho two points. It Is bo- enclosure piling hus been driven nm' well for tho future of St lluvn.t thnt tlm rlaht of wnv c-im bo b closely together as possible right j08 wllu H luhnbltontB with secured wrth little difficulty nnd nt to tho surfaco pf tho ground, nnd up- "uc" oiulnlmlty ornnlzu n crusndo little cost. Tho ulan Is n fenslblo this floor n thick bed of cement ,or ",ruui "iruvomuiu or 1110 mngui I . ..... I I.I.I.. ....... I. I... 1 . I. nun nml hmil.t liv.W unn, tn nnv "OS UOOII Spread. A creditor B uuu UU'"K muiiciicu. Alia 11 eomnanv n. n nrnfltnbii. Inh'iliiitinn. stondlly at work deepening the clinn- "ot 1110 chonpost kind of Improvo If enough forco und energy can bo np- ". "bout 200 men nro omployod "lul ""'i ' poopio nro praying ror, nlln.l I...1.I...I tlm tirnnnaltlmi .... tlin UUOtll tllO plant Mid tt largo COrPB Of 11,11 ot u SUUBIUUIMI ntltl Oil nsrt of tho nootilo of St. Johns there oK,l,ur nro ongngod In laying out during nature In many cases con la dvafv rnnmn 4n ut'n i lint tttn I land for tho various ontornrlsos. croto sidewalks nnd macndnmlzod mntt..r witi im mi,.... n.i.t.mi Preliminary work on tho Immonso M,lroul8 aro asked for. Whon so many ...... .w. ..... - .-..v.. , - l,. ,l. . .', ....... , through by somo party. It Is Im- "w mi" nujowing wo plant is w0n " ""ir muu omo mrJterlul what pnrty or company con- dor way. A tompornry mill Is nonr 0,,lr Pnrtlully paid for, who have .... .... I nillli IllnU . I .. II.. A .1 ,lr.,rt tl.n lino Inst an tlin anrvloo ' COIIBirUClCU for BaWIIlg lUlllUor for l"l,r ,uuor "OI'OUU up t ,.,w,.i n Hti,..,.. i,..t,i' i.nnk tho big mill, nnd tho ttlr is fairly 0,1 for miilntonnnco and to keep up up the Commercial club In lundlng lC0ll"K wl"' nctlvlty In thnt nolgh- "'olr payments on their homes, como tho project. uornoou. flir. llowltt nnvisos any ono ,U1 " " wntiuKiiess nnu nnx- who is uouuuui concerning mo im- ,u u " niruuis irunuug nioit monBlty of dovelopmonts along tho Properties Improved, ovon though slough to make n visit there nnd con-Ho assessed cost against them for vlctlon will onsuo. Whllo ho bollovos I Io Improvomont ronches as high, In Bt, Johns will bo largely benefited omo lustancou, as W por cunt of tho by tho close proximity of these op.vluo of tholr holdings, whut bottorl orations, llko many nthors, ho bo Why Not Construct It In tho matter of constructing n suitable float to represent tho city of St. Johns at tho coming Iloso Carni val, it scorns to us that (this could bo constructed by St. Johns people. Thero aro enough people hero with sonden stands out ns the most cost ly, tho longest, tho widest for Its length nnd tho most substantial of any of tho street propositions pro wilt llflVit in tin nnmlmntiml mt,f. Hia I ..... uu vuiiiibiiiuvu lUI Ul U IIIU I l , . I mnfm-i.iMi.i.t nm. I, ...n.i .1... I 11 cuuiira oi Bucunng Oapnr II nit nitn.1 !t n.l rl, property owners refuse, for various "nthL'r, ,"nuifnct"r'B Pt In tho Dale, CI years old, woro found lying reasons, to dedlcnto tho land nocos- rU, .Lo""ula K'ctrlc Heat, dond( tho v,cllms of tt despernto duel, ry. " Manufacturing company. An or a fiendish murder, nt n duck pro- Next In costliness, but of no less . vv , " "l "U,K ,or Bon, servo on Columbia Slough, two miles Importance, will bo tho Improvement , " " l!ltt" to' a, taclmy' nml soulhenst of St. Johns, nt 10:no of Philadelphia street. Whllo this ? . wl T 11,0 t of St. Johns o'clock Monday forenoon. An nx nnd thoroughfare Is but half n dozen Is now being considered. Just whoru a shotgun, lying, between tho bodies, It. I- ..1.1 . .1 . . t nn Innif It in 1... U.H ,l,,a ,n i"?u iiim noi 5'Ul UCOIl s......i .1 ... .v.,ni av iu uiu niuvni mi uui I .1 1 mil i I l.t.i 0 a . 1 iiiiuiivr Ui UUIIIIU In St. Johns, being 100 feet In width. Z Z ' , i o nro auio ,md bcon kllo(1 h , of ,)rJ a , u , 10 Il"r St- Johns has n good chnnto Li...i , .... . .... ... miiuuiit Ul iniiiiK Mill I . .,,. I, i num. incu 1IUIII II Uloltllll'U 1IUO II1U bo necessary and nhout 4000 cubic . . . ! . .. yards of crushed rock will bo needed. .. TT . CHm"ny IH Tho rado will b nl.ont n.n ,.- r lur" oul u,(Jcmu ,ro8 or " ow typo and cement sidewalks will i,n mi.i m,J oUwp w,0ClrIcnl nPPllnces.They from the city hall to tho lower ex- T,. " ,n fnc,0ry lM A,,BoloH' wiiiLii i'iiju)-n n goon tratio in tho south nnd ns far east ns Now York, tremlty. This thoroughfare lends dl reclly to tho now city dock, nml mon traffic will pass over It than upon "m w',,ch1ta twm trade nny other street. Tho handsome 1w,,h orient by Its location. Com- side of his head. Dale's death resulted from a blow h'IIi n sharp nx across tho forehead. Tho boOlos lay Mdo by ildo nnd there wild no ovldcncj of any strugglo. SoomLigly tho two lay whoro they li'td fallen. Ualo was on tho pro- sorv.j ns n watchman for II. L. Pit- ... ... . tOL'k mill P. V. I.rmilln.tli.r new high school will ndom tho eml-1 ' wii p.nco ti.em In 1 llett liad been stn vliiir nenco nlomr tlm t,,., ..! f im.ii. l,08l,lo tu draw u largo trade from . 1 1 10, lm 1,-ooa Htn? "K ........... ......... . . " . . .. .. the northwest nml orlnnt. nmniumni mtervnis nun airs. " "K ". ""..onv,L0.n- Tho electrlo Iron wbh-h ,,..,, , l"'l as .hero with her husband luviiu iiuiiiui ii' iiiirni:iVL'. 11101 ........... , posed. It will extend from tho city i cost of this Improvement will bo not ,0 xmVo ll,ulr "P1'0'"'!)' ' of n dlf- .. lino nt Kast St. Johns to tlm wntnr's rn tr. ..r.nnn ferent construction from others mi 'Mtliouglt tho theory now favored edge not fnr from tho new city dock.l The extension of Itlchmond street 1,10 mnrkul' H Is heated by inenun of ' 1,10 t"orltlCH Is that Dole shot ii win oo seventy reel wldo. mncod- throuuh tlm (iunioK tm,.t .....t njn coil running through tho lower part """" '",m wns umlzed, wo bollovo, Its ontlro length, laying of concrete sidewalks from of 1,10 lro" "nd cn" 1)0 rPlri)d ulto ",ruck "ow '' ''i'Br man nun coucroio sitiowniiis. it wl bolJ.,rK..v i ltm.tfnr.i .i,..i. ,,m i. easily ni nomo. iiui.i.uiu mynuiry pro- " "-"B ftS,V II III If VI llll" I tho greatest boon to tho territory It thnvorses that could bo Imnglnod, and tho cost of Improvement will run woll up to 1100,000. An Immonso amount of legal work will bo neces sary, however, In order to got It Im proved us proposed. Thero nro ovor 200 property owners on this thoroughfare who will bo nffectcd by Its proposed widening and unullnir. nddltlon to n strip flvo feet deep on citizens ns theso numerous petitions ,r' WH,ur I'oatlng appliances. encn siiio or its ontlro length, which for stroot Improvement proclaim. llovns tho benefit would bo far great- or If n street car ran direct from St. I Johns to that point, and would bo a profitable investment for tho com pany that constructs such a lino. Hoi Gas For St. Johns Tho city council mot In regular sou good, original and tasty Ideas of how 8on Tuesday ovonlng with nil mom .l.l..u ...... ,1 It ...!.. l'w.iw wi. -" I , . , .... . . .. .o v ui, Bwafcen (0 aeslrablllty of a trolley u,ur 'ruH0"1 " n'r unco in tno lino to tho plant nnd thnt stops should w,r Aiwrony router was nuseni bo taken at once to help tho matter P"1" t0 tho fact tlmt ll wns along. ter than ono who has oxhaustod his Ideas on moro expensive floats. If a flout costs 500 would U not lo better to put the full amount Into tho projoct ,than givo a high priced decorator 1400 for his services as supervisor and flOO for tho work? All the flowers necessary could no doubt bo secured here without coat, the mechanical work could be dono Take in More Territory victim of a slight attack of tho grip. Aftor tho minutes wero rend and approved, n roport from tho 8t.!0ioctlon was n.iontoit .! n,v i. -ullI10 iru...,.oriu.iou company was fouUli olsowhoro In this Isbiio. ordlnanco twice nnd sixty dnys must elnpso beforo final passago from tho dato of tho Introduction of tho frnn chlso, no further notion wns taken. Without doubt It Is tho fairest prop osltlon that has yet como before tho council In tho gns lino, and thero Is little doubt but that tho franchise will bo given by tho Incoming council. A resolution cnlllng for n Konornl Death of May Shepard A Pleasant Event read, which showed that 2098 foot passengers, 114 single rigs and 88 Iteport wub accept- A movement Is on foot to embrace tho past month bv some of our best mochanics. and I''10". Whltwood Court nnd tho ed. tho ladles of St, Johns would be mon Jtorrltory lying betwoon within tho neport of Judgo Webstor nnd than willing to lend a helping hand. I'111'18 ot St, Johns. Wfth free forry county commissioners regarding tho In this wnv a float could bo worked service una tho rapid rato in wiucn forry proposition wus read, In which out along original lines, what money lnnt Part ot tno country is bulldlrc the claim was mode that tho boat reoulred for its construction would UP l 00K8 ,,K0 a Boa move, we i in Its present condition was not sat be loft here, and wo doubt not that should have a West Johns its Is factory, according to Mutt Welsh's the float would compare favorably we 08 8" Ea8t at- JohnB' How tho opinion. Communication was nccopt peoptu on mo west sine teei uuuuiieu. the proposition is still an unknown A petition praying council to brlug quantity, and as It Is up to thom to up tho matter at tho April election ot decide, no definite steps will be issuing bonds in tho amount of 1G, (taken until their feelings In the mat- 000 for the construction of a now double rigs had crossed In tho ferry a as Light & Heat Co. will bo enlor. with many of the far moro expen slve ones In the procession. Will Build More Houses tor can bo ascertained. W, P. Plummer, tho contractor, closed a deal on Monday with Harry B. Wagoner, formerly of St. Johns, for 6 new houses to be built In tho Holbrook addition In St. Johns, of Improving Plant ferry boat to bo operated from tho foot of Pessenden street, contain ing 74 signatures, was read, As ac cording to charter it is necessary to reject tho purchase of tho present I boat before the proposition of con The St. Johns Ice company Is get- structlng a new one can be submit tine In flno shaDo to handle tho Ico to tho people to ballot upon, no tho bungalow shape. These houses 0U8,neg8 here tbe corang season. A action could bo taken other than to will be i and room nouses steam engne ba8 Deen installed, now accept tho communication and placo will nave electric lignts, cuy water, atiam cuVtert. to harve8t . Ice and " on le. VMca waa aone- nd plastered, and will run In price I ar ni,.rn nnf, .nntoua machln- B'"a to the amount of $154.02 wero of about 1600 to $700 each. U U our ery aa been p,aced ,n order t0 allowed. understanding that they will be of- handle thelr incroaBed business with Engineer and street Commit. fered for sale on the easy payment LutcUne88 and dispatch. H. E. Har- te0'8 cceptanco of two blocks of nlan: even as small a payment nsLla ,hu nrnnrlNinr t,HH mnr ronfi. improvement on Oswego street was $50 cash being accepted with bal- denco , the fture ereatness of St. accepted. ance same as rent. There is noth- Jobn8 tban eye and ,8 8parng no A resolution to Improve Wall lag that will build up St. Johns fast- exDange t0 ,ve our DeoPi0 the very 8treet from w,u'8 boulevard to er than new homes. Work will com- be8t geryce pMe. Dawson was adopted. mence at once, . Al1 bids on tho sldewalking of Scales & Curty. the progressive Richmond street were rejected on Henry Snyder of Portland, who re- Cedar Park grocers, will soon begin motion of Councilman Wlndle, and ceatly purchased the 25-foot front- the construction of a large and com- pew bids ordered advertised. The agw-oa Jersey street adjoining the modlous store room at East St. bids received were not specific First National Bank building from Johns. enough for intelligent letting of tho C. Norton, will begin the erection , . contract. of a handsome brick structure there- Foss Urothera have purchased a lot An amended ordinance granting on within the next month. Wo un- with a 77-foot frontage on Columbia tho Portland Gas company permls- derstand the lower floor has already boulevard and are now busily en- slon to use the streets of St. Johns been- leased as a store room. gaged in getting It in shape to erect for the laying of gas mains passed la modem and substantial dwelling first and second readings, as it is Preach tae gospel of 8t Johns. I thereon, 'necessary to puuusn tno proposed I tnlln A 1.1....I.... .... II.... otlu.r urnnt Inmmvn . O.I ACCOrtllllg 10 tllO proSOIIt 1) nils Of " 'r ... fuuiimir IHCIH Johns. Tho total cost of this work 11,0 co1"!""')' '"tend to estnb- ""rround tho case nnd tho theory of will oxcoed $10,000. 11 Pmnl wl,lc enn turn out about " "UUI "uiwcen urn two men Tho linnravoinont nf vnrin... n.i.nr 200 Iroim a day and to employ nt P n)t 'ut nccoploa without streots, whllo tho dost to tho prop- ,on1 c0 M10 "l,a boys, Should tho 'Hiostlon. orty owners Is loss, their Innmrinni... uohwm grow tno compnuy plnim tn- 1 1,0 ")' wore Known to nnvo timr In tho wav of mnkltnr St. Jolma lnrKlK tho plant considerably and reled over Mrs. Illutt, hrldo of loss city of flno streots Is Just ns great. Probnbly putting In n foundry. At tl,n " yur. Thu troublo over tho Kvory Improvement on tho thorough- P1 1,10 custing work will bo lot out woman occurred just neroro Christ fares nnd hlghwnvs of our cltv im. "t contract nnd only tho wiring, nnd nlnco then tho men hnvo Tho streot railway company hnslprovos tho annoaranco of tin. rltv eleclroplnllng nnd polishing dono at seemed to bo friends again. tiodicntod Its right of wny, but their as n wholo. Tho city can congrntu- 11,0 fnctory. Tho company will ul- alo is known to hnvo said liu remains a strip of fifteen foot iloop'luto Itcslf upon hnvlng such n nro. 1 80 ninnufacturo electrlo soldering would mpnrn(o tho couplu whloh In front of nonrly overy lot, lu grosslvo nnd public- spirited body of ', stoves, brond toasters and eloo- lends color to thu duel Ihoory. On tun other hand, two valuable shot- KUiih, belonging to Mr. Iindbottur, nro missing from tho clubhouse. Dale, too, Is reputed to have had cousld- orublo money burled on tho pro sorve, Thu propoiidornuco of ovl- On lVldny of last weok nt tho denco points to tho belief that .each ino snu inioiiigouco readied St. boautlful honio of Mr. und Mrs. Pan- man killed Jho other, but tho uuthor- Johns Wodnosdny uftornoon Hint May sal Hill, CIS North Jorsoy street, ono Itles nro In nowlso satisfied that tho snopnni una passed to tho groat bo- of tho swolloBt affairs of tho week two woro not murdered bv others j oim in meson, Arizona, wniinor sue took place. Tho docorutlons con- Mrs. lllott, tho comely young brldo ii.... kwiio in mo nopo nml a urier i slsted of v olotH und Oruk-ou u-rni.u. nvor wlmm tl... tu-.. ....... i.nv.. .1lin... u.nxl.l l.n l.,..,M..I. , .....I,. . .. . .. I " " rrogressivo wiust was tho leiidlug ruled, wub tho ono to dlscovor tho health. Tho newt! cast n pall of glooir ftmturo of tho ovenlng, after which it two bodies. In company with her IS- to settle over this city where she lwolvo O.clock dlllIl0r( C0llsUl,IIK of yonr.0,( ,)ro,hu calM, M U'flU KJ WiAl lllrU.'tt ntwi (in iinlt'npunl. ... i .tr. , 7 . r'8"1 cour808. was sorvod. Uvory wont to tho duck preserve In senreh i . v-.w.. u. i.imin omovou tlm ovonlni? lmmniiBnlv. I r.r i.n. .,.u. ...... n.. .... .... .... nlmrml.... n.wl wnnl.. .1 1 u .. I . I., . ' . . . Z " " "v' . 0 H " , " "-'""". ana -Mr. nnd Mrs. Hill proved them- hor Sunday morning In Alhlim. suy soivea to no royul entertainers. ng ho wns going to sco Dulo and In nvlilnm-n nml nhn hnil n nlnnan.it I . I " n""'h l" " wnr.l fnr ..vnPvho.lv. I "SJ, L ' .V'0 B"8 8 .Pr(!BOnt WCr0i T' n,d that 1.0 WOtlld rOtUn. to hor l.y 1 P. .. , , I M rs. U. II. Itnv.l Mr. nnit Vrn I d Iw ii,,. . i-n. i,. : - ' . i. . , , no wnoy, Mr. nnd Mrs. II. 8. Hewitt, uiuij, iiiuui tuiuoio. uiiu lUUV fiur f- Mji 11.0 D. ..III. ... a r . chances of shaking off tho dlseaso n I f n m " SPCtaCl 8" raot M"0,',M " was growlnK slimmer and sllm.ner ' l)' ?.Ir n'ul .Mr.8.1. CoX' S rHl clubhouse, which rests In n thick i I;, ii'. nnv ,tira ir mpkiihuiv isti i . ... ... oach day, yet tho choorful smllo nnd L ' , " ' "" "' n, " "' ciump or nusiies, a Hundred yariis bi.i ... Oamblo, Mrs. a. W. Dunbnr, Mrs. rrom tho duok ,uk(. 0ll. ... frnil, ... Adjournment to Thursday ovonlng when an ordlnanco of tho St. Johns talned. A Glowing Report John A. Collier, secretary and treasurer of tho Eastorn Oregon Oil & das company, roturncd Sunday from a vllst to that company's oil holdings In Malheur county. Ho re ports prospects exceedingly bright foi striking oil in lurgo volumo upon tholr land, and that great excitomont and enthusiasm provnlls In that terrl tory. An expert oil man accompanied Mr. Colllor on tho trip and ho uu hesitatingly stated that without tho shadow of a doubt that oil In vast quantities lies underneath tho land of tho company, Mr. Collier mado arrangements for tho sinking of a woll and looked after olhor business connected with tho company whllo there. Many of tho residents of the Valo district have so much confi dence In tho discovery of oil thero that they have put all the money they could scrape togcthor to Invest In land In the supposed oil belt. It Is possible that Ht. Johns may enroll still another Industry to Its rapidly growing list. E, C. Hurlberf, combination salt and popper shaker genius, is making experiments with sand to be found hcreabputn and if he can find the proper quality will at once begin tho erection of a glass plant In St. Johns for tho manufac ture of bottles and shakers. Ho says that prospects look bright for securing sand with enough silica mingled therewith to mako it adapt able for this purpose. Hero's hop ing he may find it In abuudanco. even If n tinge of sadness, llko the "'"j '' f'Tl' I ' w tho cabl"' b""ll " fra,,,u Mlt shadow of Impending death, did nt " ''"j "t n , for tho ',tor"K, of wom1' M,,u umtly times become manifest. '.. . . .. .. .. ... y' . ' "tumbled t.vor itliu bodies of her hus- May Shopard was aged about 21 years and had boon a sufferer from tuberculosis for somo time. For a yoar or moro sho was employed as stenographer at the St. Johns J.um. Iliitaway, Mrs Markwell, Mlsu Crab, band , , , , , llaa lrkiirlnu Xflau Hf nVn h 1,1 If t. I Miss Cowlcs, Misw McDonald, Misa Dunbar, Mi a Cation, Mrs. neynolds, bvatorlci(U 8oild, or brotllor ss aeorgla Porrlne, Miss Itoblson, Miss A. Perrlno, II. Simmons, A. . . , . ,'. . llowltt. Mrs. Markwoll won tho first prize, a boautlful roso Jar, uud Mrs. McKlnnoy socured tho consolation i I ono. ii, E. llowltt won the gentle. man's prlzo ot an Ink woll uud II. her Co.'s office, but wns compolled w . ' nrwl Hn.i' H,, remained by tho body Irt nlinmlnn jl, I,, , . I I wfVIHIWV Ml 4ltU I V II tho confinement. Tho following mem bers of hor family aro left to mourn tholr great loss; Itlchard P. Shopard, father; Willard, Richard, Oscar, Clar- (men filiarlPH Wnltur. TlinrniiH. brothers; Mrs. W. W. Wlndle, sister. P' 8ln"nons tho consolation. As was her wish, tho remains will bo taKon to iiuisuaio, lowa, ror i paatft AnoitlnKc burial and will bo laid to rest besldo W DcllCr yUancrS her mother and brother. Thus pass- es from llfo in the flowor ot her youth ono of tho finest young womon Tho Voguo Millinery has romoved Killed tho othor aftor rocolvlmr tho sldernble courage and did not boi'umg to he Plato Is n quurter of it mile distant, of har husband until llorgur nrrlvud, Sho wus crouehud besldo thu ghttsU ly object, crying, whon llurgun name. Ho sunt hor ttwuy nt onto and she said sho would go to tho homu of her mother, Mrs. l It. llushor, 1017 Lively street, St. Johns. Sho also asked that Hlutt's body bu sent thore Oregonlun. An nutopsy ovor tho remains has sliico developed tho fnct tluit It wns Impossible for either man to hnvo that ovor graced St. Johns with her this week from thu Petersen & Noco f,llnj WOiuid, and thoreforo thoro presence, iingui, nccomptmueu, tov- Duiidlng to ho second room north Boum to l... .m .lm.ht thai hnth mur. Ing and genial, her pleasing porson- of tha postofflco In tho McChesnoy Lors woro committed by a third parly allty will linger long In tho memories block. This popular establishment wi,0so Identity Is as yet unknown. It of those who know and loved hor so wlt now have moro room to display a moro than likely that tho affair well- to better adVU!ltnKO tho lttrgO Stock will cn ilnwn In tlin nnnnla nf hlstnrv I I " - - . of millinery that Is arriving dally, as another unsolved mystory. Attorney Geo. J. Perkins and B. When fully arranged this new mil- C. Norton, tho pioneer real estate llnery emporium will compare fuvor- Tho Thlmblo club met with Mrs. dealer, have removed their offlco ably with many of tho Portland es- miller Thursday afternoon. Tho la- from their Jersey streot location to tabllshments, llcforu buying Knstor dies present weru Mrs. A. V. I-ourn-tho Holbrook building. Tho slto of headgear It will pay you to visit thu ed, Mrs. Otis Lourned, . Mrs. M, Ppt- tholr formor offlco will bo occupied Voguo. hard, Mrs. M. Weeks, Mrs. E. C. Hurl- by a modern brick building, and thus , , bort, Miss E. Ilrnnsch, Mrs, Uroghor, tho march ot progrosa has forced Louis Holrl of Astoria Is a guest of .Mrs. E. F.Day, Mrs, fj. H. lloyd, Mrs. them to seek now quirtors, I Mrs. J. Stark at present. 1 N. Uammol, Mrs. I.. Lathrup,