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"Of, SCicty ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To ubfcrlb for THIS Paper. All Iht nwi whlto It U ntwt It oar motto. Call In and anroll GET IN THE HABIT Of lirtrtbkii In THIS Paper and jtm'U nmr rotrtt H. Be lla at eace mi kep right at N Devoted to (he Interest of (he Peninsula, (he Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16. 1909. NO. 23 IS Citizen Believes Scheme is a Feasible One NO DRAW IS NECESSARY Hlnco tho furry question has be coino so muddled that there Is but small liopo of obtaining a frco ferry within tho next two years, would It not bu woll to consider tho propor tion of a bridge ucrcrH tho rlvor nt this point, Wlille there la n nutural antipathy against bridge bulldltiK on the tower peninsula, yet If a bridge was built so hUh tho tallest mast could pass tinder It and devoid of n draw It would be no detriment to St. Johns, TJ10 late city cnglnoor, W. V Goodrich, once dlsplnycd complete plans for such u bridge which ho hurt tlrawn at the Institute of a number 0. Portland people several yvurs hgn, when u grand scenic route wus ills cussed .winding around the hills on the west sldo and to cruss the bridge nt tllu point. For one rocsoii or another the project was aban doned and thu proportion fell through. Hut the drawing was 11 thing of beauty and looked quite fouslble. The east approach bosun nt tho city hall and ll.o west ap prouch part way up the hill at Whit wood Court. In this way n fine ok" vutlon was secured, and truffle on thu river was In no wlso obstructed. Mr. Goodrich's ostlmnted cost of such u structure was about $850,000. It Is reasonable to believe Unit with In two yoars It Is possible To secure tho pnsaage of an act In tho legislature providing for such a bridge to bo built by tho county. Even 'if It was a toll bridge nt tho start It soonis like a good prop, osltlon for St. Johns. Tho west sldo Is building up at a rapid rato and It will bo a question or only a short time until tho west sldo Is lined with manufacturing plants and tho bul ness from there could easily bo di verted to St. Johns If suitable melius for crossing tho river was provided. It Is more than likely thnt tho Unit ed Hallways would bu willing to pay a largo percontago of tho cost for the privllego of crossing tho rlvor on tho bridge with their trolley lines. It U only natural to supposo that they are desirous of tapping tho lower penlu sula and reaching out to tho 8wlfl packing plant for business, with tho quick time at their command for reaching Portland It looks llko n pay ing proposition If they went to the ex ponso of building tho brldgo at tholr own cost. There Is no denying tho fact Jlhat such a brldgo would bo a good thing for St. Johns, Tho trado from tho valloy on tho west sldo would be assured and the many men of woulth who would travol over tho routo on tholr autos and thus be come familiar with our beautiful city would eventually moan much for Itu welfare and development. A scene of activity would constantly be wltnota on the streets of 8t. Johns and tho voxod free forry proposition would bo done away with. Doesn't it look feasible and isn't it worth working for? I realize that the prospect of n brldgo at St. Johns Is quite distaste ful to many, but when It would not Interfere with marine traffic, would not cost tho city any more to con struct than Its proportionate share of the tax, would undoubtedly be of vast boneflt to the city, and that St, Johns is tho only place this sldo of Portland where such a natural ele vation could be found and utllUed, the features In favor of i certainly outweigh those against It. Why not take the matter up In tho Commer cial club, and If there la any merit In the suggestion, why not make it our battle cry in building for a greater St. Johns? If any other cit izen has anything to advance along this line I bellve the Ilevlew will be willing to give space to any arti cle bearing on this question, whether it is for or against. Progress. HIGH BRIDGE PROPOSED J, It. Weimer has placed in com million in his drayage and transfer business the finest team of sorrels that ever came to St. Johns. He re cently purcaaaed the team In Clacka ,ia as couBty, weighing about 280O pounds, and are certainly beauties. Mr. Welmer's business has Increased to such an extent that it was neces sary to add two more teams. Work for a Greater SU Joins. WHY NOT BUY AT HOME Too Many of Our People Trade in Portland WHAT IS THE REASON Why Is It thnt n greater propor tion of our people do not do their trading In 8t. Johns? Thoro no denying tho fact that at least halt tho trade that legitimately be lonjts to this city goon to Portland. This being true, theru must Lohoiiic iiood Bubstnutlnl roasou therefor. What is It? Are tho prices of tho local merchants loo high, Is tho qual ity lacking or Is tho nssottmeht In- idequatoT It is not natural for home uoonlo to favor outside business louse to tho exclusion of their own, There Is sutely no good rensou why nir merchant cunnot successful) compete with outside competitors A'hlle tl 0 greater volume' of buslneis lone Ly the Portland homes I ne nilvnntnRC, yot tho cheaper .outs obtained hoio should olfsol 'his feature. Tho freightage fron. Portland Is an item, but the i'ort- land houses prepay freight' to pat .ous hero If they make no delivery v wagon. looking nt thu question from almost any point of view It looks very much as If our merchants were In n fair way to compote iim- cessfully with outside con. petition If this Is true, tho question arises, arc they doing It? Wo hnvo Inter viewed several business men on this score and they claim they nro ready and willing to meet prices quoted by Portland merchants on tho samo dais of goods, that many of thu bargains offered by Iiousch In thnt city nro on Inferior goods, jtoods that n man who cares anything for his reputation would not carry. If this Is true It booiiih to us that as long as tho people deslro this class of goods why not aupply Ilium from St. Johns Instead of Portland. Our morchunts and our people should surely get together, and nrraugo It somehow that tho great bulk of pat- ronago remains hero, There are ul- wova a few who would not buy at homo ovon If tho price wus low.ir than abroad, but tho great majority arenot built that way. In order to make St. Johns grow and flourish as It should some method must bo .dopted to secure homo patronage to a much greator oxtont. If the Portland merchants can hnvo special salo days to advantage why not St. Johns? If 0 choapor class of goods aro better sellers, let us have thorn. Anything within reason should bo adopted to keep as many patrons hero na possible Whether It Is the attractive ads In tho dallies that take tho people away, or whether It is be cause thoy can really do belter In a financial way Is moro than wo can toll. That there la something that draws them away no one can dony. It does not speak well of St, Johns whon the delivery wagons of Meier & Frank and other houses of ortland mako dally trips to this city laden with all manner of pro- Inder. And to seo one of their wagona stop almost dally In front 0' . J . ono of our noteia anu uiuuau groceries proves that there lo some thing serious tho matter, what is it and how to remedy It Is something that should be threshed out and threshed out without dolay.Any com munications regarding tbla proposl lion would bp welcomed, and "per hapB some good suggestion would thus be adduced. Population Increasing Ira Hutchens and family, Melvln Huffman and family and Everett Huffman, all of Vanton, Wis., ar rived In 8t. Johns Sunday over the North Dank road and will make their homes here. Until they get lo cated they will reside with A. T. Boldon at 222 Hartman street, who Is a relative 0? these Eastern people. Mt. Boldon Is responsible for at least four famines coming to St. Johns the past few months, and if evury other citizen would do as well the population would increaso at an ruios'ug rate. Subscribe for the Review and be nappy. ' ' NEW OFFICIALS ARE SWORN IN Ringing Out the Old and Installing the New Take Place and Council is Now in Shape to Look After Munici pal Business in a Thorough Manner NEW COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY MAYOR The Into city council worked con siderable over tlnio during thu clos ing days of their administration. An adjourned meeting was held Inst Sat urday evening, The principal sub ject then dlscursed wna tho salary question, its It was necessary for tho 8. C. COOK Councilman Second Ward outgoing couucllmen to set thu sal aries of tholr successors according to tho charter. Thuro wan quite 11 diversity of opinion over this prop osition. Couuellmen Hunter ntul Johnson believed that n raise nil along tho lino would not bu moro than right owing to tho lucreuslug business that tho now officials will havo to transact, whlfb DuvIh and Doblo objected to raising any sal aries outside of TreiiKuror, whono pay is very Inadequate for thu time and labor It requires to perform his dutlos. A deadlock resulted and tho mutter wus deferred until thu follow ing Monday when an adjourned meet Ing was called for. Mayor Ilrlro gnvu the council 111s proclamation declaring tho charter amendments In effect from the tlnm thoy carried, Tho annual roport of Chief of Vo- llco Illatk was rend, Tho report shows lCU arrests, 45 of which wore drunks, Mr. Illack stated that thu day service Is lit adequate, and with tho now territory annexed, will bo moro so. Ho also recommended thnt tho city socuro u good rowboat or launch for use of tho department on tho water front. Tlio offlco has turned into tho treasury $G1G from various sources, loavlug the net. J. W. DAVIS Councilman First Ward cost of the department to thu city for tho year $1700. A meeting was held Monday at 1 p. m. to verify the count of tho ballots on the annexation question, After this was done an ordinance was passed taking this territory In to the city, V. W. Hanks, a Portland attor noy, addressed the council and urged the passage of a resolution asking tho circuit court to permit Sam Cochran to continue tho salo of liquor in St. Johns until the caso was disposed of in the supremo court. A vote upon tho resolution resulted as follows; Johnson, Hun ter, Wlndle and Doblo yes; Ilonham and Miller no, Mr. Davis was un avoidably absent at thla session. av?inSajBK aKl- BVaBssW aH i' 'fSaB- rbaBLLv VaBHRBaSiBBBBBBPBB VaBBwlBBBBBB& aaaaw aaaaaa ialBw ' ssmst m .1 ' aBBBM JOR sB'!?Hll J Hi&- .'JHbbLbW fi BBLBB iLvBBBBBBBBLBH TI10 resolution amounts to little, how ever , ns It Is purely n mntter for I ho grand Jury to decide. j Thu salary question wus then tak en up, nnd after n short discussion n motion wait made for tho council to meet ns n committee of the whole uinl thrush tho matter out In private conclave. The motion carrying, thu body left the council chamber and met In n down stairs room whom their nrgumcntn nnd discussions would 'not become, public property. ' flor deliberating for an hour or more, they filed back Into tho coun cil chamber, nnd nu ordinance with I tho following provlnloiiH was passed: The salary of the mayor shall be fl per night; coiincllmon $2 pur ill (lit 'or 6 .'cry regular fcosidon; recordiir 1 9100 per month; treasurer $33 per ' nonth; attorney $73 per mouth; uii ;lnecr $112.30 per mouth; chief of j oollcu $83 per month; night police ! )70 pur month. Meeting then ad journed to 8:110 p. m. to put ti e new I jffleluls tltrounh tho "ihlrd degree." Monday evenlug the lam meeting 3f tho lite city council took place, mil tho new officials wore sworn In. As ti token .of their esteem ami ad miration for Mayor II. W. Drlco ho was presoulud with n liandiiomo and oxponslvu chair, by tho old officials. Tho new city council imiflii tholr flri.1 regular meeting Tuesday night A. W. DAVIS Councilman at Large with a full attendance. Tho time was partly tuken up In becoming familiar with tho progress tuken 011 vurlous matters and outlining plans for tho futuro, A resolution was tuken up for tho lmnrovomonl of Moutleth, now HayoB Btreut, from lluehunun to Id.i, but It was deemed wlio lo delay further progreea until the cross streets wero Improved, as u heavy fill U noitsBury and surplus ogrth from the croea streets would lessen tit coct considerably. Attorney Collier stuted It wight ho ndWu-iblu to secure an nbslrucl cov ering WlllumottQ boulevard, as thuro was a good deal of uncertainty ub to Just how wldo this thoroughfaio J. E, TANCH Cty Treasurer was, and It would not bo wlso to go ahead with tho proposed sidewalk on the west sldo of this street until Its width had been definitely settled, aW2aBBBL I He, In company with Mr. Wlndle, had searched tho records In Port land, but could find no documont proving that tho street had been 'dedicated any certain width, but found uvldenco In thu way of plats thnt nt least an eighty foul thorough F. R. DROWN B7 Councilman First Ward fnro had been Intended. Tho ru corder was directed to get In com in tin Ictit tun with 11 computeut nbstrnc' tor and nscertnliw what an abstract would cost. A communication was rend from l- 0. Kimcs, county Inspector if fruit trees, nnd ho slated that there woro 11 number of trees 011 vacant streets In tho city containing scale, nnd 11 h thoy wuru 11 menace to other ireos In the Immediate lclnlty, ho 'irderod council toelthor hnvo them cut down or sprayed, Matter was roforredto tho street commttteu with ,iowi'r to act. Illlls lo thu amount of $K310 were allowed. Mayor Hendricks then appointed tho following members to borvu on thu v.irluus committees: Streets and l)oel:r K. It. Drown, (.', I,. Johnson, S. C. Cook, Mconso-1. V. Davis, J. K. Hlller, V, It. Drown. Water and Light 8. C. Cook, A. V. Davis, l h. Johnson. Finance A. V. Davis, 8. h. Doble, P. It. Drown. J. E. HILLER Councilman 8econd Ward Duildlng and Grounds . L, John son, J. W. Davis, J, B. Hlller. Health and Police 8. Doblo, J. W. Davis, S. C. Cook. J.lquor License J, B. Hlller, A. W. Davis, C. L. Johnson, Tho mayor then appointed Chan. Andrew as engineer, and upon ballot tho appointment wau unanimously confirmed, A. W. Vincent was appointed city physician and unanimously con firmed. Charles Dredesun was appointed chief of police, and tho ballot showed S In favor of thu appointment and '1 against, the appointment carrying. J. W. Dunbar and H. McKlnney wero unanimously retained as night police. 8. h. Doblo, upon voto of council, was elected president of the council, A. W, pavls, tho othor nominee, de clining tho honor. Ho stated that Mr, Doblo was tho oldest councilman and was entitled to this distinction. .aiSB.wBl2h4 'JLV NEW OFFICIALS ELECTED F, W. Valentine President 0. P. Wolcott, Sec. CLUB IS IN GOOD SHAPE Tho election of officers took place nt tho Commercial club nt tholr meeting last Thursday evening. A fair representation of members- were present nnd much Intorest was aroutcd. J. b Hendricks, although earnestly requested to servo for an other term ns President, declined to do no for thu reason that his tlnio was so taken tip with various mot ion that ho could not give tho btiBlnusi of tho club tho attention It deserves. It was only after he positively do cllned tho nomination, thnt thu names of P. II. IMIefseu nnd P. W. Valentino wero presented ns candl dates. A ballot taken resulted In thu election of Mr. Valentine for president to succeed Mr. Hendricks Willis Moxon was unanimously chosun as Vice President, tleorgo .f Perkins, who has served for throe years as Secretary of tho club, de clined to servo longer Ho stated that his time wna now so fully oc- copied with his Increasing buslnoss that hu could not do Justice lo thu office, nnd also n change might bu beneficial to tho club. O. P. Wo'cott was unanimously elected to fill thu tuition. For Treasurer John N. l.'Pef mi, who has served so well In that capacity, was re elected. No muru careful, obliging' and upright young man could bu found for this poHltlon. With thu Intorest of tho club ova nt heart and very faithful In hli i.tttndnnco, tho members cer tainly mndu 11 wlso move when Mr. Bdlrfheu wus elected to succeed him self, Tho following directors wero cliot.o'i by acclamation: A. C. (Jos ler. f. A. Wood, J, II. Cllllmoro, P. Hill our1 C. (I. Hock. Tho outgoing presldont, and sucru till') havu inudo u record to bu proud of. They leave thu club In Ik 1 ler shnpu than It has over boon, t.ml their efforlH wero largoly re sponsible for this happy statu of af fairs. Mr. Hendricks mndu a splen did presiding officer, nnd overy atop taken was considered well before It wus udopted. Harmony was brought out of chuos, and thu club Is now tin honor to thu city. (lenrgo J, Perkins, with his long record ns Socretary,, was untiring In his efforts for tho advancement of tho club. At times whon It was very difficult to keep a spark of Interest alive ho was thoro trying as host hu could to fun tho ombora back In to life. While almost discouraged nt times ho never gavo up, Tlmo and agoln when only a handful of mom bom wero present, with words uf eii'.'nuragoment and guoi cheer hu 011 deaurd to instill Into tholr hearts 1; lei Hug of hopcfuluc3 and enthus iasm. An uphill struggle ull tho wiy through ho stood manfully by the club, sparing neither tlmo or monoy In an eudeuvor to muko It a factor for much good to thu city of St, J0I11111. Now that his efforts, In coi.junctlon with thu other officials, have boon crowned with splondld success hu can retire to prlvatu miika feeling that he hau dono as much for our beautiful city as any iiu.r In It. Doth Mr. Valontlno and Mr. Wol cott, tho now President and Secre tary, aru enthusiastic bollovors In thu futuro of St. Johns, They both know tho valuo of a good, llvo Com mercial club, nnd aro prepared to take up tho work at Us present stage and materially aid tho club to con tinue to flourish and prosper. With thu united support of Its members there Is every reason to hope thut tho St. Johns Commercial club will becomo tho greutust Institution us a city builder that bus over been or ganized. While theru nro now 63 good boosters for St. Johns enrolled on Its records, there Is plenty room for more. Tho more members the greater force and Influence It will havo. With 100 members or moro any request or demand the club may muko of uny corporation or busi ness man will receive respectful at tention at once, whero no heed would bo paid If bucked up by a small fol lowing. There Is no good excuse for any respectable citizen not Join- ST. JOHNS NOW LOOKS GOOD Option Said to be Taken on $6000,000 WORTH OF OUR REALTY St. Johns Is enjoying a steady de mand for business property at fair prices, Bays tho Sunday Orcgonlnn. O. P. Wolcott, C. K. Unlloy nnd W. H, King nro especially sanguine as to tho outlook for good btilsncss tho coming summer. Options hnvo been secured on over $000,000 worth of wntorfront nnd fnctory slto property. No definite Information ns to price or location Is given, but dcalorn In torestod say that tho entire matter will bo mndo public shortly. Cedar Park, ono of tho old landmarks, Is being cleared up nnd will bo sold out In town lots, C. N. Drnasch Is n firm bellover In real estate ns n means of making money quickly nnd easily. Ho has Just sold his Clackamas County farm for $30,000. ThlJ Is thu property for which ho traded It Ht. Johns lots n jtnr ago. Itesldciicc nro going up on every hand. N. J. llalloy has Just completed - flue six-room cot tago for F. W. Whitney 011 North Ivnnhoo, and will shortly havu his furniture fnctory In running order. Thu Modern Mnchlnu Works has nearly completed Its now foundry building 011 thu situ lately purchased by It on Hradford street, and uvory carpenter In town Is overrun with orders. Bast St. Johns la especially uctlvo In tho building lino. Scnlos Dros' largo storu Is nearly completed, ground Is being cleared for tho now housu In bu erected by Mr. Ited man, mid that of It. (I. Driiud la nearly ready for tho plastorurs, I). II, Wyaut Is securing bids for ex cavations of thu bnsumuut for thu main building of tho Oregon Sienna Mlnoriil Paint Company 11 ml thu Pltchless Lumber Company Is push ing work on Its largo ilry-kllua nnd engine-rooms. J. II, llolbrook says thut over 100 lots weru sold to homo builders during thu mouth of March and that business Ih good, On thu west sldo of thu river things aro beginning to move Hwlftly, nnd real ostato Is changing hands rapidly nt good prices. Over 20 houses nro to bo orected In Whit- wood and many othora In Clou Har bor in tho next fuw weoks, Tho Weat St. Johns Land Company, own ers of tho Whltwood tract, la making extenslvu street Improvements at that point and tho Uultod Hallway is erecting n commodious depot there. With thu now carlluo lu operation, this truct will bo only 13 minutes' rldu from Third and Stark nnd will bu n popular rosldoncu district, both becausu of thoru being 110 bridges uud by reuson of Its wonderful menle advantages. U, C. Warren litis sold his gener al storo nt this point to Mr. Hliniioy felt and huu gone to Busteru Oregon. Indications urn that thu big modern oluvator suou to bu erected will bu built either on tho railroad laud ad joining thu North Dunk bridge or at (lieu Harbor. This will bu of great benefit to tho entire west sldu. The rullroads uru at lust giving thu now St- Johns city dock somu at teutloii. A polutor showing which way tho wind blows Is thu fact that Peter Autzon, president of thu Portland Munufucturlng Company, bus pur chased 18 lots In Miner's Addition, ull being river view lots. Ing thu club. It will bu uf benefit to ull to coiumuuu with tholr fellow citizens 011 thu various public ques tions thut arise from tlmo to tlmo und au luslght will thus bu ucqulrcd on ull topics beurlng 011 thu building for u Uruator St. Julius. Join thu club. B. O. Monnlch, tho urtlstlo decor ator oxecuted a Job that ho muy woll feel proud of whon ho finished tho Interior work iu tho homo of Thomas Whltnoy on North Ivunhoo, It Is ccrtulnly a thing of beauty und should prove a great advortlsemout as to Mr. Mouulch'a ability along this lino. Do a HOOSTER for St. Johns.