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ll Hittoth ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU to lubKflbo tor THIS Piper. All lh n'ewt while It It ncwi li our motto. Call In and enroll GET IN THE HABIT Of atortblni fa THIS Psftr and job'U nih rtfrtt It. Be t la at aoca and km rich! it M Devoted to (he Interest! ot (he Peninsula, (ho Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1909. NO. 37 LOTS OF STREET WORK ON Council Kept Busy Push ing Matters Along Council mot In regular session Tuesday night, nml again 'street work occupied tlio greater portion of the time, Alt the dnds wore present with the Mayor hi tlio choir. Minutes 'of tlio previous meeting wero rend and approved. It. V. McKeon wns present and addressed the council on the matter of guaranteeing concrete walk. Ho claimed that as a property ownrr ho had a right to hnvo a gimruntco that the walk would endure for a period of at least flvo years, that concrcto walks cost n great deal of money and that tlto property owners should hnvo somo nssurancu that they nro netting their money's worth. 111m ie quest was n -reasonable one and Its fairness appealed to the council, and It wns decided to reiiuest tlio con tractor to furnish it gunrantco for that longth of time. Sovernl weokH ago tho attorney wns directed to draw up nn ordinance providing for n guarantee on concrete sldowr.lk, hut It hnH not yet been presented. In the absence of an ordinance covering till, point, and as tho street In ques tion Ilurr hits been completed on tho block In which Mr. McKeon In Interested, It Is likely that n request uid not a demand Is nil that council ran make ot tho contractor, and If ho hits fnltlt In his own work tho guarantee will no doubt bo forthcom ing Mr. Moo clnlmed Hint tho wnter company refused to supply wnter to his rosldonco on Almn street, and ho applied to council for their aid In compelling thorn to do so. Tho nt torney wns directed to look up tho provisions of tho compnny's frnnchlHO and discover If thoro was tiny wny to compel tho sorvlco to bo supplied. Goo. L. I'errlno wns present nnd stated that ho wnntcd to mnko somo material changes to his rosldonco, and thoreforo tloslrod council to furnish a street grade of Edison stroet so ho would know Just whero ho wns nt In rognrd to grndo. Tho engineer stnted thnt In order to got this grndo n series of grades on all tho streots In that vicinity wns hoc ossnry, nnd thnt It would require nbout four weeks sternly work to ac complish this. At this tlmo tho ser vices of tho engineer cunnot bo used for thnt purfioso ns thoro nro so mnny stroots thnt nro asked for Im provement and they always got prof ere nee, so tho engineer has bin hands full nt tho present tlmo. Mnyor Hendricks, howovor, promlsod Mr Perrlno that as soon ns tho ongln cor could bo spared ho would bo placed on tho grndo work, A proposition from J. Cunningham to loaso tho rock crusher was tablod becauso bids bad not yot been nd vertlsed for, nnd nccordlng to tho charter this Is essential. A call for bids mny bo found elsowhero In this Issue. Tho engineer's nccoptnnnco of por tions of tho sldewnlk on Richmond street nnd passed upon by tho street committee, was accepted by council. Tho viewers' report on Iluchnnnn street was accepted nnd ordered placed on file. Dills to tho amount of $2SS,St were allowed. Tho Investigating 'committee on police negligence reported that P. Hill had withdrawn his chnrges, Resolutions authorizing tho- en gineer to prepare plans and esti mates for the Improvement of a block of six streets In North St. Johns wen adopted by council. An offer for the purchaso of tho now city dock made by tho North west Warehouse Co. through Attor ney Perkins was rejected and a counter proposition submitted. A Little Too Frisky Five St. Johns lads becarno a Ultle too exuberant while on a St. Johns car coming from Portland Saturday night and were arrested. Three of them had to dig up 15 a pleco and tho other two ?10 each. The lesson may prove a timely ono, and tho lads will likely be good the next tlmo thr-y return from "the city of Jews' in the street cars. new plant in OPERATION Modern Machine Works in New Quarters Flvo weeks to a dny from tho tlmo their plant wns destroyed by fire, Murphy & llcnnott, tho bust ling machinists, lind their now plant built and In operation. Situated on the comer of Tacomn nnd Urndford street, tho now structure Is Idoally located. Tho building Is commodious, ncnt nnd especially adapted for work long their Hue. A number of mn chines of various descriptions hnvo jccn placed nnd there Is plenty of I'oom for business on n largo scale. cozy office has been fitted up In the northwest comer and n good jlzed hlncksmlth shop hns been aroctod nt tho rear of tho machine shop. Adjoining, on tho east, Is their foundry which Is roomy nnd nicely laid out. A pleasant brcezo .'onstantly nrlxliig from tho river nnkes It n pleasant place for tho vorkmon to labor. At tho present Imo n dozen skilled mechanics nro Miiployed, nnd more will lo added 'rom time to tlmo. Tho Modem Mn- :hlno Works will continue to bo made mora modern, model nnd up to- Into nt time 300s on. !oth Mr. Mur- ,)hy and Mr. Dennett are hustlers of J10 first wnter, nnd conduct their Jiiblnesn along tho most approved modem methods. Having unbounded faith In tho future of St. Johns, they are now prepared to supply tho In creasing wants of our peoplo In their lino with quickness and dis patch. Orders uru coming In In a nlenslng manner and tho firm starts out In their now plant under tho tnort' promising auspices. Contributed Tho baby show nt tho Electric Tlientro wound up Sunday ovonlng after a strenuous and urdorous cam paign on tho part of somo of tho par ents nnd their friends. No mothod ar scheme wns overlooked In tho rnco to sectiro votes for tho off springs. Children woro stntloned nt tho box office nnd nil through tho thontro soliciting Votes for cortntu babies, nnd life was almost mado miserable by their ImportunltloB. Tho evldont object of tho show was do feated, as tho merits of tho candi dates degenerated Into n secondary consideration and was finally lost sight of. The parents with tho long est pocket book and tho most hust ling abilities had tho best of tho ar- zumont throughout. Whllo tho nf- fnlr wns fnr from bolng n success as a bnby show, It wns certnlnly a paying proposition for tho manage ment. It Is said that somo of tho fond parents spent us high as JSO in furthering tho causo of tholr bnblos. Spectator. An Ideal Boat House Among tho numoroua boat houses on tho St. Johns water front ono In particular should not pass unob served. That Is Mr. Lovons boat houso. and It Is a flontlng palace In many particulars. From outside ap pearances It does not present any rent attractions over tho ordinary boat houso, but In tbo Interior Is whore tho workman's skill Is dls- played. It has all modern Improve ments. hardwood finish, hot and cold water, nnd eight air tight gal vanlzed tanks. The tanks are a safety valve, as It woro, In keeping tho houso afloat and preventing tho sinking of tho house through leakage or accident. Tho .post complete Is In tho neighborhood of 3,000. Will Build at Whitwood L. M. Mills has moved his family from Grand Ilaplds, Mich., and aro for the present making their homo with a daughter, Mrs. Richard Shepard, at Whitwood Court. Mr, Mills will still hold his position as traveling representative of a large drug firm. Ho expects to erect a largo and modern residence &t Whit wood this Fall, whero he is a heavy land owner. new DOCK If the Deal Under Way Goes Through Deal to the City, and St. Johns Will Get the Full Benefit Tho new city dock thnt hns cnused qulto n good deal of anxiety on tlio part of tho city fathers, nnd which hns been looked upon In tho nature of n "white elephant" by many of out people, now promises to become n blessing In disguise. When tho dock wns first proposed tho city council had assurance from tho railroad company thnt they would put In n spur when It wns required, nnd with thnt nssurnnco they went ahead and brought tho matter before tho peoplo. Tho project carried easily, and utter tho city had been bonded for C0,- 000 construction wns started nnd tho dock finally completed. ltldn for tensing thu same wns nsked for, nnd in tho Northwest Wnrehouso Co. of fered tho best bid It wns accepted. It contained a provision, however, that n spur must bo contif",,od there with by tho first ot September, or tho offer would bo null nml void. It was then up to tho railroad peoplo to mnko good and construct thu spur. Several committees at various times were sent to confer with tho railroad company officials. At first .Mr. O'llrlon wnn ubr.ont In Chicago, nnd tlmo was lost nwnlllng his return. When ho wns finally Interviewed ho couldn't think of putting In tho spur, ns It wns ngnlnst tho rules of tho company, ho said, nnd It would es tablish n poor precedent. Ho would tnlco It under advisement, huwovcr, but offered no hopo ot tho company constructing tho spur. Mnro than that thu officials tried In every wny to Induce tho Northwest Wnrehouso Co, to locnto nt Alblnn, that tho rail road company would thoro construct! tliom n dock sultnblo for every pur poso, nnd Mr. Coemnn stnted It Expect a Gusher Soon That fortunes will soon bo mndo In tho oil fields surrounding Vnlo, 1 (ho county seat of Malheur county, Oregon, Is n fact saya tho Vnlo Inlndonlor. thnt Is now not to bo donled by tho most pessimistic of her citizens, much u- they hooted at tho Idoa only a fow short months ngo. In an intorvlow with Mr. It. V. Eumos, tho efficient mnnnger of tho Mammoth Oil Company, as well ns tho Eastern Oil Company, which ad joins tho property of tho Mammoth on tho oast, tho Mammoth Company owning full twelve sections of oil lauds lying In tho northwest corner o: township twonty, Itango 45, West, whllo tho Eastern Oregon Company owns about as many sections of oil lands. Just to tho oust of tho prop erty of tho Mammoth company, that gontloman said: Tho Mammoth Company is opera ting a standard rig, is now down about 830 feet, nnd whllo tho well was down about 700 feet tho showing as so good, having passed through 70 foot of oil sand, that my head driller, suggested that wo dynamtto tho well, nnd gunranteod it ten bar rel n day woll at that time, but tho nresldont of tho company decided to continue tho deep sinking, as tho In dications pointed that thoy would, In few hundred feet moro of drilling, open n light gravity body of oil on a paraflno base, tho very host Illumin ating oil 011 tho market, besides strlk Ing, lower down, a high grado lubri cating oil. worth moro on tho mar ket todny than tho ordinary. As soon tho men return from their Fourth July outing, wo will redouble our of efforts to break through Into oil In paying quantities before tho bad reather comes upon us, and bellovo, that with good luck on our sldo, wo Hi have a "gusher" for a Christ mas present. 'At tho Eastern Oregon Company's ground, we expect to start a standard rig on the 20th of July next, and sink as rapidly as possible. That ground also has a most excellent showing. "In tho same neighborhood, so as to speak, is situated the lands of tho Columbia Oil and Gas Co., a Spokano company, they nro operating another standard rig and are now down 060 feet. Their showing is also very good, and their manager expects to strike LIKELY TO BE SOLD Without any of the I would bo hotter than anything St. I Johns could offer, thnt the long haul I from St. Johns wns something they I wanted to avoid, nnd that It would bt 1 bettor for nil concerned not to go to St. Johns. Tho council in connection with tho Commercial club tried various plans to push tho matter through. Mayor Hendricks and Attorney Perkins were especially active In tho tnnltor, nnd spent much tlmo nml wont to a srunt donl of trouble to bring tho matter to n focus. An tho hope of n spur seemed to go glimmering coun ell decided thnt It would bo ndvls nblo to mnko nn offer to sell tho dock outright, nnd' Mnyor Hendricks submitted 11 proposition to thorn. Tho Northwest Wnrehouso Co. said they would consider tho matter, nnd on Tuesday night, through Attorney Perkins tlioy mndo tho following prop osition: Thnt they would assume th( fCO.OOO bonds nnd pay tho city J20, 000 for tho dock If tho city would provide n right of wny. After dls cussing thu inntter thoroughly, on motion of Councllmnn C. It. John son tho proposition wns rojectcd. Al derman A. W. Davis then mndo tho motion that a counter proposition bo offered, viz: 'Hint thu company ns sumo tho bonds and pay tho city 1 1 r. ,000 nnd securo tho rlrfht of wny themselves, ns It was a sorlous problem what n right of way would cost. This motion carried and tho recorder wan Instructed to notify Mr. Irrklns of tho decision, and hnvo him notify thu company. Tlio chance's nro very fnvornblo that tho company will accept tho proposition since It Is qulto probnblo tlmt they can securo 11 right of wny for $5,000, nnd If this Is tho enso It An Inhuman Girl Tho Urooklyn pollco hnvo In cus tody n 13-yunr-old girl who Is charged with committing a most re mnrknblo assault upon n lad of her own ngo whllo n crowd of torror stricken people looked on. Anthony Itomnlu, 13 years old, had slapped tho face of thu llttlo brother or I.ouu Mlelano, nnd tho Inttcr, In revenge, slnshe'd tho fnco of tho boy Into rib bons whllo nn older boy held him. Lena summoned Philip Mnzzn, 17 years old, to her ussistnnce, and whon thoy found Itomnlu, Philip srabbod his nrms from behind while tho girl drew n rnzor from tho folds of her short skirt nnd commenced slashing nt tho fnco of tho young lad, Ono stroke of tho ruzor clipped off an car, another left tho noso hanging by a thread and others opened tho scalp nnd cheeks In mnny placos. During tho vicious nttnek Anthony tried to free himself, but tho youth holding him wns too poworful, and all ho could do was to movo his head from sldo to sldo In nn effort to avoid tho onBluught of tho enraged girl. Women In tho streets screnmod, and a crowd quickly collected. As n policeman nppronched Mnzzn dropped Anthony to tho sldowulk nnd ho nnd tho girl tried to cscnpo, but wero enpturcd. At tho pollco stutlon Loua's comment was that no ono could whip Iter young brother with out paying for It. Doctors say that If Anthony recovers at all ho will be badly disfigured. oil within another thousand foot or loss. "The Columbia people nro In whnt Is called nn eruptlvo formation, but have oil In smnll quantities through tho "cap" at times now. "Tho .Malheur Oil Company, with headquarters in Union, Is operating In Sand Hollow, and tho last tlmo heard from over there, tho we.ro said to have reached a depth of 1500 feet. They aro In a good marlno forma tion and aro llablo to open u gusher almost any day, having pnssed through tho hard basaltic formation. "Baker & Malheur Oil Co., with hoadquarters In Baker City, owns six sections of oil lands, Is drilling right along. In soveral different spots, and has a good showing so far as tho company has gone." Preach the gospel of St. Johns. it Will Mean a Great Expense would bo practically tho samo ns whnt they offered tho city. Thnt Is, the cost to tho company would bo tho same. If this offer Is accepted It will pull thu city out of n rather bad hole. As It now stands tho city Is paying nbout $10 per dny interest on tho bonds, nnd tho Insurnnco and de preciation tit valuu of tho properly Is qulto an Item, nnd tlio city 1 do riving no benefit whatever from tho existence of tho dock. If this com pany gets tho dock nt tho price slip utntcd It menus thnt tho Richmond street dock can bo placed In first class condition, tho rock crusher nnd road machine bo paid for, and n neat balance will bo left In tho truss 11 r for any contingency thnt mny arise. Thu dock Instead of present- lug n deserted appearance will bo full of life nnd nativity nnd tho city vIli gut tho benefit of tho employ meut It will furnish nnd tho trade from thu ships thnt will stop hero to tnko 011 cargoes. Tho tnxes tie rived from tho enterprise will mnko n nice drop In tho city treasury each )ror, nml It will have 11 tendency to. attract other Industries to St. Johns, Tho proposition looks like a vury diifil ono to us, nnd bullovo tho city fathers will mnko no mistake by push lug tho thing through, Whllo the price is somewhat lower thnt wns first anticipated, yet It scorn's tlio best solution offered, lly hooping It ten to twelve yenro n Inrgo prlco might bo nhtnlucd, but In tho mean time whllo tho peoplo nro struggling lo mnlto it first class city of St. Johns it Is not woll to bunion thorn '00 heavily to nld posterity that will bt' amply nblo to look out for them selves. Soon to Be inlOperation Tho rockpllo 011 tho I.lnnton road will bo rend for operation by August 1, according to tho estlmnto of Com missioners llarucn uud Ughtnor. Thu sub-Jail, with 11 capacity of about CO prisoners, Is completed, and work men nro now employed putting thu crusher In place. Tho Jail Is of wood, lined with steel, so uh to ren der cscnpo practically Impossible, Tho now rockpllo Is locntod on property recently purchased by tho county, about half u inllu south of Clnromont Tuvern. Tho crusher nnd quarry aro Just north of tho subjull, In n canyon, Tho Commissioners purchnsed thu land on both sides of tho canyon, so thnt blasting can bo dono without Interfering with private property owners, Tho rock In thu qunrry nt tho now rockpllo Is .said to bo of butter quality for road making than tho rock at Kelly Ilutte, nnd nlso onsler to quarry und crush. Tho Kolly Ilutto quarry will contlnuo operations with county prisoners under Sheriff Slovens, as nt prosont. Tbo rockpllo on tho I.lnnton road will bo operated with city prlsonors, uudor tho direc tion of tho County Court. The I.lnnton road quarry Is within n fow rods of tho lino of tho United Hallways, which must haul tho crushed rock for tho county frco of cost, under tho terms ot tho fran chlso under which tho lino wns was built on tho J.lnntoii road. At Kolly Uutto tho prisoners have worked tho rock away from tho crusher so fur that much tlmo Is lost In wheeling tho rock from tho bluff to tho crusher In barrows. Tho Commissioners havo decided to lay track und Install curs at Keny liuttu, thereby enabling tho prisoners to movo larger quantities of rock and get out moro crushed rock In a given period. E. A. Llebscher, of Sonoma, Cal., was arrested last week on a chargo of cruolty to his 13-months old baby. To stop tho Infant from sucking Its lips It is alleged that Llebscher plorccd tho child's tongue with a needlo and sowed a button on either sldo. When arrested tho man was carrying tho baby In a barloy sack, but tho buttons had been removed from tho tonguo. Work for a Greater St. Johns. SPREADING THETHEY NEWS AFAR Local Business Man Tells of Conditions Here Wo publish tho following iottcr written by h. 11. Wilson, nnd which recently npponred In it Attlcn, Knn bub paper, to show that nt least ouo ot our business men Is doing what ho can to bring St. Johns nnd tho North west to tho nttcntlou of tho outBldo world. Moro of our peoplo might further tho cause ot St. Julius by writing descriptive letters to tho newspapers published In their former homo towns. It linn n wider scope nnd wilt no doubt do moro good than it dozen personal letters would be cause ll Is read by moro peoplo. Tho letter In well written nnd very Inter eating, ltend It: St. Johns, Oregon, July 3, 1009 Editor Independent, Dear Sir: Mnny ot my ncqunlnt iinces In Kansas requested mo to write to them nnd toll them nbout thu cllmnto nnd tho products ot Oregon, I hnvo decided thnt thu easiest wny to mnko good my pro mines Is to write 11 letter to your valuable paper, which 1 know Is rend by it majority of tho pooplo who mny bo expecting to hear from me. After residing hero it llttlo more than ouo year I am ready to say that In my Judgment thoro nro many worse places than Oregon. To begin with, tho cllmnto In healthful. All mem burs of my family hnvo had good health ami wo nro well sntlsfled. Tho rntuy season cnused us no distress whntover. There wns, of course, n grunt deal of ruin during tho winter, hut there wns also much nice weather. Orogoulnus seem to like tlio rain. Tho Btimmurn In Oregon nro delight ful. Tho duys nro seldom extremely hot nml tho nights are always cool und pleasant. To ouo who hns seen tho rapid trnnnformntlnu of tho prairies In Kansas nml Oklahoma, the devel opment ot n region llko tho great Northwest seems slow. When tho first settlers enmo here, tho hills and vnlleyn wero covered with u heavy growth of timber. lloforo farming operations could bo com menced It wns iiecossury to chop down tho big trees nnd to remove tho stumps. To do tills of course required patience and persistent effort. For many years tho pion eer settlers lived In log houses and wuro content to add it fow acres lach your to tho tlllublo nren of their farms. Hut in duo tlmo their ef forts woro fully rewarded, for tho Improved fnrmB nro now vory vnl- unblu. Tho principal products of tho farms In tho vicinity of Portland nro potatoes, hops, oats, hay, garden vogetnbles nnd fruits, Cherries, struw berries, blnckbcrrlcu und raspberries aro abundant and aro of excellent quality. Wheat Is raised vury exten sively in tho upper Willamette valley mil al bo In tho eastern part of tho state. Oregon apples nro always In demund In every Important fruit market In tho country, and whllo speaking of Oregon products, I must not forget to mention thu roses, To people who npproclnto bouuty they hnvo grent vnluo nnd aro u constant source of pleasuro, At tho rose festival held In Portland recently there woro roses In tho yards, roses In tho windows, roses on currluges und nutomobllos enr loads of roses everywhere. The most Importuut Industry In Oregon Is lumborlng, Many mill ion feet of lumber aro shipped an nually from points on tho Willam ette uud Columbia rivers to all parts of tho world. Tho output of tho saw-mills Is perhaps u llttlo less than It wns a fow yenrs ugo but tho slight decreaso seems to bo duo to tho fact that fewer orders nro bolng received from tho east, und not to any decreaso In tho demand nearer to tho source or production. Portland is tho groat commercial metropolis of Oregon and porhaps It is not stating It too strongly to say thnt it ls.snd will contlnuo to bo, tho most Important city lit tho Northwest. I know thoro aro many peoplo who will dispute this state ment. Sonttlo is a poworful rival In tho rnco for commercial supremacy, and in tho trado with Alaska It may (Continued on pago two.) MAY RE "STUNG" Doesn't Look So Allur ing As It Did Tho peoplo of Mount Scott dis trict recently voted to ho annexed to tho city ot Portland nnd they nro discovering n thing or two thoy bad not counted upon. Tho district con tains somo 15,000 peoplo nnd ono rcgtilnr pollccmnn will hnvo tho Job of looking nttor tho entire district nccordlng to reports. It In posslblo thoy may securo wnter by connecting with tho Mount Tnbor reservoir, nml It Is possible thnt they mny not. As to to better flro protection, It Is snld thnt nn engine now In uso nt n down town flro station is to bo trans furred to tho Mount Scott district, Tho biggest rub is on tho sidewalk question. Tho city council of Port land last week passed nn ordlnniico providing that thoro shall bo no sldo walks laid In tho city limits of Port land other tlinn those of coniont, pressed brick, concrete or stone, nnd ll makes It practically Impossible for tho peoplo ot tho Mount Scott section to put walks In front of their places tho cost ot cement walks bo lng so grent thnt In mnny canes thoy would exceed tho vnluo ot tho lots, In speaking of tho proposition tho Peoples Press (East Side) says: "Already somo ot thu people who wero most fnvornblo to unnoxntlon nro beginning to wonder If they hnvo not been 'stung'." Still Too High ' Tho ro-ndvorlised for bids on tho new high school wero opened Thurs day of last week, nnd It was again discovered thnt nil bids excooded tho amount on hand for tho purposo of constructing this edifice, and thoro. foro none could bo accepted. Thoro wns 11 material roductlou In somo of thu bids over tho previous ones, but not enough to talk business. As tho matter now stands thu nrchltuct will either hnvo to alior his plans to cuino within tho limit, or plans ot somu other architect will necossarlly hnvo to bo sought, It Is qulto evi dent that Architect Hurggrnf did not estimate his material nml labor nt Portland prices when ho mndo his estimates, but based them on condi tions existing nt Albany, whore lo cal contractors claim labor nnd inn terlal nro Hourly 26 por cent lower than hero. Mixing Things Up I married it widow who had u dnughtor. My father visited our Iioiihu frequently, foil In lovo nnd married my step-dnughlcr. Thus my rathor hocomo my son-ln-lnw and my stepdaughter my mother, bocauso shu was my rnthor's wire. My stop dnughtor had nlso n sou. Ho wns of course my brother and nt tho snme tlmo my grandchild for ho wns tho son of my dnughtor. My wlfo wns my grandmothor bocauso she was my fathor'B mother. I was my wife's husband and grandchild nt tho samo tlmo uud us tho hus band of a person's grandmothor is his grandfather, I was my own grnndfuthor, Ex, A Good Suggestion Itocordcr A. M. Esson this week presented tho Ilovlow otrlco with a fow splendid spoclmons of wheat grown in North St. Johns. Tho stalks wero cousldorablo over four feet In longth and filled to tho muzlo" with tho largost and flnost grains of broad makor that wo havo over seen anywhere. Tho Itecordcr tritely suggestB that tho vacant lota In St. Johna bo sown to wboat In stead of thlstlos, as thoro is a dif ference of 3 por sack botweon tho two. H. a. Odgon, wire and daughtor, Miss Jeanotto. ot Dayton, Oregon, mado a short visit at tho homo of It. W. McKean tho lattor part or last week. H. O, has doveloped into a typical farmer. Work tor Greater St. Johns.