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HfifotleaJ Sec'ttly ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU TombtcrRM for THIS Paper. All tht imwi white It U ntwi U ear motto. Call In and anroll GET IN THE HABIT Of aJmtblag la THlf Pap aa4 rM'U aertr rttrat K. Be laa at mcs sad tutp rlgfct at M Devoted to (he Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 2. 1909. NO. 34 LOTS OF STREET WORK ON Council Kept Busy Push ing Matters Along All moiiibcrs responded to roll call nl tlio reculr nieotlnc of tho city council Tucsdny uvcnlng with Mayor Hendricks In tho chnlr. MIiiuIcb of the provlous meeting wero rond and approved, A communication wiib read from Mrs. Nancy Cuplca in regard to tlio opening and extension of Hlclimond street throuult tho Copies tract. Mrs Cnples stated that sho bollovod tho riHHOHHiiiciit mndo by tho vluwurn wan Inonultablo. and that tho property adjoining Leonard street should hear nart of tho burden. Taking Into con slderntlon what sho had dedicated to tho city, sho hellovcd her assess, nieiit was entirely too IiIrIi and bo lloved a now deal was In order. Up on motion tho communication was accepted and ordered placed on file. Tho viewers report on this street was road. 801110 discussion followed, and u communication read from tho Sovoruneo heirs objecting to tho iltini iw;es placed upon their trlnugulnr strip of laud condemned by tho city. Thuy claimed that tho $750 allowed by tho viewers was too little for tho ground and tho $50 allowed on the building would not pay for removal of same. Thoroforo, they, also, bo. lloved a now deal was In ordor. This communication was also accepted and placed on file. A communication was then read from M. L. Ilolbrook stating that ho hud no objection to tho assessment placed ngulnst his prbporty, but hoped that work would bo pushed with dispatch on thin Im portant thoroughfare. After somo consideration It wan decided to refor tho matter back to tho viewers for readjustment. Tho viewers arc I. Illll, Chns. Unqulst and Thos. Coch ran. A communication was rend from A, M. Stearns regarding tho niattor of Willamette boulevard. Ho stated that tho affair was still unsettled, but that tho Wostorn Cooporngo Co. of ficially ngroos to placo comont sldo wolks along tholr entlro property If n nomproiuUo could bo effected mak ing tho boulovtird SO foot wldo. This together with Mr. Stourns property n front of which ho also agroes to luy cement walk In tho ovont of a tompromUo, would mako practically n continuous cemont walk on tho river side from Plerco street to tho cut provided tho boundary be estab lished at eighty feet. Communication was accoptod and ordored placed on file. Geo a. Cnrhart, who Is vitally In forested In this thoroughfaro, then took tho floor and among other things stated that according to tho records through tho Caples, Adams and Miner additions the stroet was made 100 feet wldo In tho same viewers' report, and that tho report ws adopted by tho old Alblna coun ell. Mr. Carhart was very emphatic la declaring that tho property own era along the eastern side of tho stroet would hold out for a hundred foot boulevard, oven though It blocked Improvement at the present tlrao. A. Mr. Sparks from University Park was present and entered an ob Jutlon to tho placing of an apron' or entrance on the back part of his lot on Hayes, between Burlington and Lyvltt streets. Ho said that hU deed called for 100 feet, and that no provision had over been made for an alley. Therefore, he asked that tho approach be removed anu a regulation curb bo installed Instead. Upon Investigation the fact was brought out that the engineer . had tho contractor place the apron there upon the Instance of Thos. Cochran and others who claimed provision for an, alley had been made. The mat ter was referred to tho street com mittee for adjustment, but tho fact is patent to all that the approach Is more of a, benefit than a detriment because the lot Is a business ono and the party who places a structure there will no doubt want a means of en trance to the rear of his building, but Mr. Sparks, apparently, cannot seo It that way, A communication was read from the Portland Gas Co. In which they accepted the frauchlso granted them by council several weeks ago. A check for $5,000 as an evidence of good faith and the faithful carrying out ot the provisions of their fran chlse was also enclosed. (Continued on page two) Bie plant seek SITE HERE Prices of Water Frontage Almost Probatory Tho St, Johns Commercial club met In their comfortable rooms In tht Ilolbrook building Wednesday evening and an interesting meeting ensued. It wus decided to reduco tho number necessary to constltuto n (Uorum from ten to soven, as some of the mumbcrn nro slow about arriving at tho hour when tho bob slon should begin, and therefore If tin quorum Is reduced tho meetings generally can begin on time. A ommunlcntlon from n Portland party seeking a slto of uhout twenty acres with water and rail facilities for an Industrial plant costing $31)0, 000 and employing from 300 to COO employes wan taken up and discussed No ono present know of such a slto except at an exorbitant price. Wo huvo plenty of water front hero In Km virgin state, but tho price asked In somo cases Is almost ridiculous. For Instnnco ono party asks $230,- 000 for 14 acres near tho woolen mills, and n little farther down $260,- 000 lit asked for CO acres. Prices like these nro enough to discourage any plant from seeking u location on tho water front. It was suggested Hut tho assessor bo notified ot the cmiunous prices asked for this prop erty and request that ho mako his am'Msmouttt In accordance with tho value tho owners place upon their holdings, in thin way tho city treas ury would bo n substantial gainer and the small property ownor whoso house nud lot Is nsscssed to tho limit would bo placed on nn equality with tho Inrgo proporty owners, If the) had to pay several thousuml dol- art- taxes each year perhaps tho prlco might bo placed somowhero within reach of industrial plants. Tho commltteo on dnnclug In tho ikw city dock was not qulto ready to submit n report, but expect to bo able to announco tho date noxt week. The good of tho city was discussed and It was decided that morosmoko slacks nro needed on the wator front and tho ways and means will bo sought to socuro somo more. Big Time at Whitwood Whitwood Court Intends celebrat ing tho glorious Fourth In a fitting and appropriate manner. Thomas Glover has chargo of coromonloB and he claims tho day will bo celebrated In a mannor nover beforo attempted, horso racos. dog races, cat races, pig races, running and Jumping' con tests, pie eating contests, polo vault Inir. nail driving, steeple chatting, hill climbing, stono rolling, dancing, picnic, boat racing, motor racing, flroworks and many othor attractions '111 bo In evldonco If Tom's schedule goes through. Ho says, howover, that tho Chinook will not onter Uu boat race, as ho had hoped for. Peninsula to Celebrate Preuaratlons for celebrating tho Fourth on the Peninsula havo been completed. The Peninsula Band will dodlcato the new park, and there 111 boabasoball game Sunday morn ing and another In the afternoon, at which the band will play. Monday morning there will bo a parade, headed by the band, starting from Union avenue. The Declaration of Independence will be read, an ora- tlon pronounced, games and races will be Indulged In, and a ball game In tho afternoon. There will also be a danco both afternoon and evening. Can Do Better Here The Hendricks Hardware Co. this week secured several large orders for material from Portland parties. If It pays Portland people to como to St. Johns to trade, It certainly does not pay St. Johns people to do their trading In Portland. The sooner our citizens realize this the better U will bo for our city. Vnn eet fuU weight and first quality at the Central market. Just ST. JOHNS While Times Are Not Booming Here Particularly, Yet There is No City of Its Size in the Union That is Mak ing a Better Showing. Stay With It Wo havo heard a number of com plaints about tho quietness of times In St. Johns lately, and sovornl pes rlmlsts aro doing their best to dis courage tho people by croaking about still harder times to como before tho nuinmor Is over. Wo bollovo ovory ono will concedo that there Is plenty of room for Improvement, but thoro In no re a no 11 for giving up hope. If times do Room rather alow In St. Johns and but llttlo life and activ ity In apparent upon tho streets, no ono should bo discouraged, however much at times they may feci that way. St. Johns Is doing her very best, under conditions now existing here, and whllo thlngn nro not as flourishing nn wo would nil desire, yet tho namo state of affairs oxlst in other localities, whoro In many Instances times nro much worse and more depressing. Reports from tho nst nltest that times nro exceedingly dull nnd llttlo or nothing doing, nud It Is tho same from nil points of the compnsn. Much an wo dcslro to disguise tho fact, there Is no deny ing that times throughout tho na tion nro now nnd have boon for somo tlmo practlcnlly at n standstill. Tho big guns nnd capitalists or tho country may proclaim that times nro rnpldly Improving everywhere, yet wo all know It Is far from tho truth. They an, In fact, llttlo If nny better than thoy wero a year ago. Wo believe, howover, that times nro on tho ovo of Improvement and that tho next fow months will wit-tit-US n revival of buslnoss along nearly ovory lino, Aftor tho tariff question Is sottlcd and tho capital- sts know Just where thoy are at, times will begin to Improve. There s llttlo doubt but that tho tariff will bo placed Just as high or as low a they deslro It to bo, and ns soon. as 1.... .... .I..nlnl1i mm f tills tlli.ri, ' will bo no reason for not expanding An Obliging Official "Lut 'um kiss tholr heads off: glvo 'ont room,"" was tho gist of an order handed down to tho pollen ot ittsbuns by Supertondeiil Thomas McQualdo when asked for u decision n spooning In tho big public purks In that city. Aa a result McQualdo Is perhaps tho most popular police or flclal that has ovor been In Pitta- burg. What Is still bottor. tho great American prlvilogo of tho young man to take his boat girl Into tho parks and there kiss her if sho Is willing will not be curtailed In thla city In spite of the protests of tho eldor- ly women of Pittsburg, who havo been to see the chief of pollco to have lovemaking stopped In tho parks. The pollco have been ordered not to in terfere. "I don't like tho lovers' lanes In the parks thoso long dark ways when lovers have been In tho habit of hiding but favor more benches, where tho light is subdued enough not to embarrass the young pooplo In the park." said Chief McQualdo, If I can assist the young roan and young woman to an hour's quiet tlrao together In our parks, am going to do it. Let 'em kiss, sure. And, what more, wo want to glvo them better accommodations than thoy have at this time. We want to put In more benches, where more kissing parties can bo held, If a fellow wants to take his best girl to tho park, and there give her a Ht,lo squeeze and few kisses, and she Is willing why, more power to thorn both. "I'm their friend, and down witn the calamity howlers. More light, more benches and more kissing in me parka looks lino a pretty good plat form." Getting in Shape The stove works .at the foot of Richmond street are rapidly getting la shape to turn out stoves and ranges at a rapid rate. About 30 hands will be employed at this in stitution and it bids fair to becomo very Important industry for St. I Johns, IS GOOD AS tholr business to tho utmost limit. Then tho crops never gavo a brighter promlso than thoy do now, which will mean tho bringing of millions of dol lars to' tho Northwest, So wo oliould take heart, oven If wo nro barely making a living, because thcro aro mnny pcopla In theso United Stntes who nro not doing thnt. St. Johns, by reason of her environments nud natural ndvnntagen, will bo nmong tho first to take on now nfo and hustlo. Whllo tho lull Is on It will not pny to seak another location In tho hopu of finding times moro flourishing, be causo that placo docs not exist to day, unless It Is experiencing nn oil or milling boom nnd In up today nnd down tomorrow. Ho It Is better to stand pat. Stay with St. Johns and It will not bo long until you will bo glad you did so. liven the worst pessimist wo have will con cedo that as far an tho ultlmnlu outcome In concerned, nn city has brighter prospects. Portland, In her younger dnys, panned through many depressing and discouraging times, but tho onus who stood by It nro numbered nmong tho wealthy men of that city today. So It will hu hero. II may requlru pluck, determination and tenacity to hold on In some cases, but It will pny. It la bottor to take nn optimistic view of things, nnd If wo do so wo will find that times It) St. Johns nro not so bnd as many Imagine. Moro street work In under way than linn ever boon tho caso boforo, employing many men nnd many tooniB; tho factories, mills and other ludiuitrlas aro all working; nlmost every di rection you may look now buildings nro springing up; now tracts nro be ing opened up, roads nnd streets nro being laid out; many men aro em ployed In cutting cord wood; very few men nro out out of employment, Child Buried Alive A dispatch to thu Journal from Modesto, Cat., Juno 25th, contains tho following statomont: That he burled his G-yoar-old brother, Theodore, allvo In tho hog pen 011 his father's ranch, was con fessed today by 12-year-old Frank Hopkins, son or n rancher of this place. Tho boy's back was torn lllorally to shreds by u charge of No. 4 shot, fired by tho oldor boy, Frank nd milted tho crime when questioned by tho offlcors. Tho discovery of parti clos of sand and mud In tho nostrils and throat of tho dead child led to a further Investigation on tlio ptrt of Coroner Ilowkor. Under tho questioning of tho coroner, Frank horrified tho officers by unuouucliig that Ms baby brothor wob allvo whon he dragged him to tho hog pen and covered him with thu filthy earth. ( "Whon wo wero eating lunch myj brother wnntoa to pin egg nnu augur on his bread," said the boy. "I didn't want him to, so I hit him In tho head with a knlfo. "When ho wont out of doors, I got tho guii and shot htm, I carried him back of 'ho house and burled him. He wiggled whllo I was throwing tho dirt oVer him." Didn't Like the Color When a bottle or hair restorer turned Mrs. Koto J. Moesofs hair Into a bright green sho sued Charlos H. Grlmley, the manufacturer of tho tonic for damages and a local court In Now York City gavo her a ver dict for $500. Tho manufacturer's do fenso rested on tho testimony or a man and his wiro who declared that they had used tho restorer with per fect satlstactlon, but when It devel oped that they had received compen sation for writing testimonials tho court threw tbo evidence out and gave a verdict for damages. J. S. Downey will leave next week for Douglass county, this stato, where he Is Interested In a gold mine. Sam will likely como back with his pock- jets bulging with "yellow boys." THE BEST nud wo hellovo notio need bo, and, In fact, when It In all sized up times are realty not bad In St. Johns. Many cities of Its slzo would bollovo a boom wan 011 If ns much work was In progress nn wo havo here, and 1 whllo wnges aro not an high ns thoy 1 wero sovernl yenrs ngo, yet thoy com !nnr fnvorobly with any other city I So do not icnock tho city. Tell thu stranger It Is bettor than nny city of Its slzo anywhere, nnd you will not bo strolchlng tho truth to any great extent. It will help somo nud the visitors will havo n bottor Impression thnn If you told him everything In dutid, Pcoplo llko to got Into 11 live town, nnd If every body nro opttmlntlc, oven If buslucsn U rather nlow, it in 11 great drawing card. Keen smiling nnd do not grumble nud complain. If local con ditions aro not to ;your liking, don't brenmo discouraged and begin to croak. Tnko off your coat nnd got out among your friends and holp to Improve thorn. Pcoplo nro generally willing to bo shown, and If you enn Hhow thum whoro an improvement can bo mndo they nro ready to help. Public sentiment him much to do with giving n situation n bright color ing, if ovory 0110 you moot begins to complain about how hard times arc nnd what a dull summer wo nro going to havo It soon begins to tnko nway what llttlo enthusiasm and am bition ono might have, nnd ho loses honrt. A cheerful word, it hopeful lone and n making light of ndvorso conditions can do moro good for St. Johns than thousands of dollars worth of advertising. 80 let us till hear with tho present so-called dull period ns best wo ran. Lot tho newcomer fool Hint ho In among cheerful, hopo fill pcoplo who nro In lovo with tholr city nud bollvo thoro Is nothing hot ter on earth, and all will bo well u llttlo later on. Swallowed a Spider A spider hwnllowod by Knlherlno IKgon, tho 0-yonr-old daughior of II, C. Degun, or Louisville, Ky., Is believed to havo caused tho llttlo girl's death which occurred early In tho morning. At dlntior she uto a saucer or strawberries and whllo eat ing tho fruit remarked at tho tablu that shu "thought sho had swallowed something." Two hourH lator sho was taken Hi and died desplto nil the efforts of physlclaun to save her. Tho lattor bollovo tho poIboiioub In sect caused her death. According to tho child's grand mother, tho strawborrlos wero being proparud for the tablo when sho dis covered a spider in tho fruit. Tho lorries wore wnshod several times, but tho spider was not found. Tho prnndmothor bollovos tho Insoct was among tho berries sorved to thu llttlo girl. Made Things Lively A gron' rovlval In progress at tho Uaiitlst Church ut Huston. Gu., wns broken tin by tho swarming of yollow jackets, which had built nests back of tho pulpit. Tho services woro at hlish tonsion. tho proachor being en- guged '11 cnlpng sinners to tho mour ners' bench, whon tho hornets began to dart out from tholr nest and sting saints mi'' sinner alike. Women screamed and many or tho men said things that had no churchly sound, Then tho congregation broko Into a panic and bolted trom tho church, leaving thu jackots In possession. Re-elected School Clerk At n mcetlnu or tho school board Juno 21th J. B. Tanch was unani mously re-elected clork ror tho en suing year. Mr. Tanch haB made a careful, painstaking and obliging official, and tho board wisely decided to retain his services. All tho latest Inventions In tho way or fire works can bo round at Frank Clark's. build fourjwill run via BRIDGES North' Bank Will Install Fine Structures Pinna for thrco of tho four Rtocl viaducts to bo eroded by tho North Hank road over the big Peninsula cut hnvo been npproved by tho brldgo commltteo of tho exccutlvo board, Theso plnnn provldo for bridges nt Depot street, Dawson street and Willamette boulevard. Plans for tho fourth brldgo, which In to cross this cut at Columbia boulovard, havo not boon approved by tho brldgo com mittee, pending somo changes In tho foundation to moot tho city on glnoer's requirements. All thrco brldgon nro to bo CO feet wldo nnd 1)0 root high. Thoso nt Dawson street nnd Wlllametto boulo Mini nru to bo each 337 root long, nnd tho 0110 nt Depot street ir7 foot long. Tho driveway on all tho brldgon will bo 10 fcot wldo and tho comont nldownlks 011 each sldo or tho driveway 10 root wldo, The foun dntloni, piling and abutments nro to bo reonforced concrete with a four Inch surface of asphalt. None of tho approaches Is to bo over four per cent. As prepared by tho North Dank on- glnoor, the plnnn or thu bridges show that provision has been .made for four tracks to bo laid In tho cut, which will necessitate widening tho cut from 1C to 25 root. Those bridges nro to cost about $00,000 each, and work or building them will begin as noon ns the con tracts can bo lot by tho NorJIi Unnk company, ill Try It Again All tho bids which woro re ceived up until Thursday or last week ror tho construction or thu high school In this city worn rejected, ow ing to tho fact that thoy wero too ox ct'Hslvo for tho amount of money on hand for tho purpose. Evidently the architect nuido his estimates too low for this' socllon or tho stato, Down In tho valley where labor and ma terial can bo obtained at about 25 per cetit less than here, his oBtlmutct may havo boon mot, but according to tho contractors It Is Imposslblo to orect such a building us thu plans call ror hero at thu estimate mado, Another effort, howover, will bo mado, as elsewhere In this Ihbuo may ho found n cull for new bids, closing Thursday, July 15th, A Strange Malady In James McFaul. a streotcnr drlvor, Hollovuo Hospital In Now York city, has ono or tho strangest cases that has como under Its obser vation In many years. About a year ago McFuul'a skin commenced to turn black, and It has continued to do so until now ho Is as black as negro nil ovor tho body, with tho oxceptlou or the right sldo or his face. Close observation Indlcutes that 'ho transformation may not af fect tho right sldu or his fuco, which Is a rosy white. Nono or tho doc tors In Ilellovuo has been ablu to dlagnoso the troublo, excopt that It Is an organla affliction duo to tho softening of tho tissues. Big Cherry Show Salem Is making preparations ror tho fourth annual cherry fair to bo held In the Capital City July 8 and 9. 'Iho peoplo of Salom mako a big ovont every year of the cherry show and the foto this season will ocllpso anything or the kind over hold thoro, according to thoso In chargo or thu programme Tho fair will bo held at tho tlmo of tho Midsummer moot ing of tho Stato Horticultural So ciety at Salem. Thoro will bo addresses by prominent orchard Utu and specialists and a trip through tho orchards about Salem on Friday, July 9, will bo a foaturo of the gathering. Fruit growers of tbo stato aro making plans to attond. For rare bargains in all kinds of roalty boo P. Hill. ST. JOHNS Passenger Trains on 0. R. & N. From Seattle Robert Wakefield and tho Paclrlo Engineering compnny woro awarded the contrnct for tho construction or tho tunnel nnd approaches to connect tho U. It. & N, company with tho Spokanu, Portland & Sonttlo railroad across tho ponlnniiln. It In probnblo that work will begin nt onco on con nection, nnd It mny bo n year beforo It Is completed. The work Includes tho excavation of a tunnel SI25 root long, nud 8500 feet or approaches connecting tho wont npproach to tho tunnel with (ho O. It. & N. track nt Mock's hottomn nnd the eastern end or the tunnel with the North Unnk rond at Oregon slough, near tho Swift packing plant. The amount or tho bid placed by Wakefield nnd tho Pnclflc Ilrldgo company wan not nnnoucud but It wns stated that tho two flrmn would work Jointly. Until tho tunnel Is completed thu llnrrlmnn lino trains between Port- laud and Seattle will ho run by way of the Trnuldalu lino iicronn tho peninsula nnd through St. Johns. Preaching Oregon "Oregon In tho plnco for you," hits been tho slogan brought to thu attention or 5,000,000 pcoplo or the country through a big ndvorttsoment In thu Saturday KvtuilngPoBt, placed by tho Portland Comorclal Club, and thu sumo mossngo him been sont to I.OOj.OOO moro through othor publi cations, ItouBQiin why Oregon In tho stale or opportunity huvo boon pre sented. The 02 commercial bodlus or 'ho stuto having mombershlp In tho Oregon Development Iiufcuo havo boon given an opportunity with out cost to thum to answer Immedi ately thousands or now Inquiries nhout Oregon, Novor boforo has Oregon boon so well known and In terest In tho stato so generally aroused. All that Is needed to get the best rosultn Is for tho commer cial bodies to tuko advantages or thu opportunity nud maku these houio-suukurs familiar with their sec tions by Bonding them llturnturo nud answering Inquiries, An Immense Showing Mnnv nooiilo do not roallzo tho enormous amount of freight that goes out of St. Johns each day. Dur ing tho past month approximately eight hundred cur loads wero shipped rrom St. Johns to dirroront parts or the country. This Is n Bhowlug that aiiv city might well feel proud of, and thosu pooplo who Imagine St, Jolum Is n dead ono should, tuku u walk down to tho (). It. & N. tracks una L-nzii noon thu enormous amount of traffic that Is being hauled over this lino dully, Prospects Very Bright J. W. Davidson, vlco prosldont of the Eastorn Oregon Oil & Gub Co., wua lu tho city Monday. Ilo states that prospects woro nover brighter for discovering oil lu largo quantities In tholr field. Tho deeper tho wella havo koiio down tho stronger tho In dications nro bocomlng.Threo months moro will likely BOttlo tho question boyond tho shadow of n doubt, and thou tho people will know whothor thoro 1b oil in commercial quantities In tho Malheur flold or not. A Hobrow was killed In n railroad uccldont, and whon taken to tho un dertakers It was discovered by an address in his pockot that ho was tin sonlor member of a largo clothing houso In Now York, so tho under taker telograpliB to his partner, In Bending homo tho body, if no siiuii embalm It for $50 or freozo It for 125. Tho partnor answered, "Freozo him from his knooa up for $15, ns his foot woro froat bitten last w Inter." Ex. For tho queon of chorrlos noyal Anu Soo A. Carl Nolson. trr It awhile.