Hiforta, shitty ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To eubKribe for THIS Paper. All the new while It It newt li our motto. Call In and enroll GET IN THE HABIT Of advertblni ha Tltlf Paper and yeu'll never regret It. Be lb at eaca and keep right at it Devoted (o the Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 5 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30. 1909. NO. 38 LOTS OF STREET WORK ON Council Kept Busy Push ing Matters Along Council mot In regulnr suasion Tuesday evening with nil members present nml Mayor Hendricks In the cliulr. Minutes of the previous moat Ins wore read nntl duly npproved. A notltlon for tho establishment. nn arc light (it tha corner of llurr street nntl Willamette boulevard was accepted and ordered placed on file. A communication from Mrs. Caplc ramonstratlnir nanlnst tliu second viewers' report 011 Iluclinnnn street was rend. She says their finding was quite unsutlsfactory to hur and Hint tho results nro practically tho sumo ns found by tho firm hoard of viewers. Therefore, hIio asked that now vlowors, composed of practical leal estate men, bo appointed. As tho vlowcra' report lias already been accepted, 110 further action was taken In tho matter except to accept tho communication mid order It placed on file. Ono tld for tho leaso ot tho rock crusher was offered by F, 8. Nannnn, but buliiK doomed n little too high by council, tliu bid was rejected and tho call for bids was ordered ro advertised, mid may bo found elso whero In this Issue. Uldn for tho Improvement of Wll lis boulevard woro then opened. Tho first was tho 0110 offered by T. H. Cochran, as follows: Cut 3Sc, fill 10c, five-fool cement walk per foot 00c, crosswalks 47c, box cutters 47. A bid from J, II. Mooro road: Cut 37c, fill 20c cement walks OCc, crosswalks 30o, box gutters 30c. Upon roforrlng the two bids to tho city oiiKlnoer It woo found that thero was only n slight differouco between tho two, and It was decided to hold tho bids over for a week In order that tho street commlttco might detcrmluo which was tho best bid of tho two. 13111s to tho amount or I ICS wero allowed. Tho wntor and light commlttoo re ported fnvorubly on tho establish inont of an nro light at tho corner of Decatur and llnltlmoro streets which was uskod for by tho Woolen mill people. Tho placement of sumo was grunted by council. Tho light will bo placed about Septombor 1st. An ordlnanco adopting tho engin eer's plat and survey of tho proposed, extension and widening of Fesson streot was passed, and may bo found In another column. V. 8. Ilasoy was present and wantod to know why tho grade of North Edison streot had not, been es tablished, that a potltlon for same hod boon lodged with tho council for two yoars and yet no steps had been taken towonl securing tho grndo Tho mayor tried to explain that tho engineer's services wero entlroly devoted to tho streets whero petitions had boon filed for Improvement, that council had adopted the policy of giving Improvement preference over cases whero grades only wero asked for, and that If a petition was presented to council asking for tho Improvomont of North Edison street It would havo Its regular turn, but Mr. Ilasoy was not satisfied, and said ho would seo that the grado was established. Tho mayor replied that he would bo only too glad to help him If ho could devolve some plan for so doing. This street grado Is sue is bobbing up qulto frequently these days, and it might be well for tho property owners along this thoroughfare to realize the fact that nothing can be done toward the es tabllshment of the grado until the engineer can be spared from tho Im provement of Btreots, as it requires threo or four weeks to accomplish this work since no grade on any street on tho side hill can bo es tabllshed until a systematic survey has been made of all. The finances of the city are In such a condition that tho services, of another engineer layout of tho -question Just now, and it does not seem fair that the en gineer should be taken from streets that are up for Improvement and placed at grade work on a street for which no Improvement Is asked. Yet the people of Edison street are deserving of having their request granted. They have waited long and patiently, and some of the property owners are desirous of Improving their residences but cannot do so permanently until the grade Is es (Continued oa page two.) may have to "Dlfi IIP" Industries on City Streets Liable to Pay Tho city officials nro finding out nmiio Interesting things- during tho present Investigation as to tho sta1 Iuh of proceedings on Bovcral streets along tho water front that wero purported to havo been legally vn cnted In tho past, and ns a result tho city Is very liable to secure a source ot revenue not heretofore drawn upon. For Instance Inves tigation establishes tho fnct that tho ordlnanco vacating Chicago and Albany Btreots, upon which Is lo cated a portion of 8t. Jolum Ship Ilulldlug plant, wuh never sinned by tho mayor, thus making tho pro ceedings void. 0, A. Cook wns may or at tho time, ntul whether by de sign or accident tho ordlnanco was not signed Is problematical, As a result of this finding tho ship build ing plant stands liable to n pay ment for tho like of tho ground, or iiiny bo ejected therefrom, at tho plcauuro of council, llurllngton street wns also never vacated, and wo bellovo John street nover wns. The St. Johns Lumber company 00 cuplc these two streets, and nloo covers part of Ilrndford street, which was nover vacated. It also stands at tho mercy of council. Tho Ma rino Iran Works occupy part of Charleston streot, which, It seems, was nover vacated. The mayor has Intimated that aftor ho lies secured all tho diitu available, nnd ho finds these plnuts "squatting" on city property, that they will havo to pay for tho uso of tho snmo, or romovo their buildings therefrom. As tho charter provides that tho city of ficials may lonno public property not to oxceod a torm of flvo yonrs, It Is quite likely leases for that porlod will bo secured from tho In- lustrlos using these Btreots, As about 210 feet of wntor front be longing to tho city la covered by thesu Industries nnd wnter frontngo Is approximately worth C0 a foot tho total vnluo of tho streets which nro being used but from which no remuneration Is being received to tals 1 14,400, to sny nothing of ilrnd ford street, if tho city should ro- cetvo ten per cent for tho uso of these streets at tho present valua tion tho tidy llttlo sum of about 11500 would bo turned Into tho city treasury per annum. Whut tho city officials propose to do concerning tho mnttor It Is too early to give any definite Idea, but there promises to bo something done along this lino, It will not bo their purpose, howovor, to work a hardship with any of tho Industries, but slnco thoy havo passed their swaddling lothes days and nro all now paying Institutions, It Is not more than right that tho city should havo fair compensation for blocking up theso routes to tho wntor. No Individual would stand for It. Tho city neods the money, needs It badly, and since It has carried these Industries along hus far "without money and without price" there should arise no murmur 'jn account of tho city at this time asking for its own. All Good Men Here Who are on your school board? Aro they there because thoy have children of tholr own and are In terested in the success of tho schools? Or, perhaps, they aro live, wide awake citizens, intelligent and up-to-date and thus able to di rect school affairs successfully, It may be they are there becauBe they have a pull," or, becauso of poli tics; or, becauso they are ablo to drive a sharp bargain. See how these unworthy things contrast with the more worthy. Do your best to get good men and true on the school board and for heaven's sake do not make your children's welfare the football of petty politics or per toual dislike. Farm News. H. W. Hatch of Salem, inventor of patent process for the cleaning of wheat, spent a few hours with his old time friend. J. F. Qlllmore. last Fri day. His Invention is very meritor ious, and there Is but little doubt that he will make considerable mono) I i I out m iv, GOOD MOVE TO SELL Foolish to Keep a "Sick Horse" at a Big No Hope of Recovery for a Year the Purchase Price Can Be Tho salo of tho now city dock has boon tho chief subject of conversa tion on tho streets and tho loitering places of tho city during tho past week. Tho concensus of opinion seeing to bo that tho council is doing tho right thing by soiling tho struc turo outright nnd that our pcoplo should congratulnto themselves up on getting out of n hole In such a satisfactory mannor. Uut there nro a few unsatisfied ones who claim It would bo bolter to keop tho dock and pay tho heavy expense Incurred In doing so, that tho dock would double n vnluo In n few years, nnd that at tho present tlmo It Is worth mora than tins been offered for It, Theso snmo pcoplo, howovor, havo boon kicking nbout tho high taxes now provalllng, and would bo tho first ones to put up n "howl" If it was noeoosnry to still further raise tho number of mills next year In order to carry this burden along. Tho worth of nnythlng Is rilways determined by what enn bo obtained for It. Thero Is no other way of finding out the truo vnluo ot land, buildings, or nnythlng else. If a man owiib a certain plcco ot Innd and holds It at n certain price, and nobody of fers him that amount for It, It Is not worth It, becauso ho cannot got that much for It. Tho principle works tho same along nny line, whether It Is real estate or groceries. That being truo, when tho council nccoptod tho highest prlco offered for tho dock, thoy woro soiling It for all It was worth to them, becauso tho prlco offered Is nil thoy can got for It, apparently. What It might ho A Drinkless Drink Maxim's noteless gun has been out dono. Tho drlnkloss drink Is now on tho market In tho shape ot an ovaporntod drink of whiskey mndo Into a pasta. This latest thirst quencher la not yet on tho market In Hurley, but probably will ho a llttlo later on should tho local option law go Into effect hero. This condensed drink was seen hero tho other day In tho sample caBes ot a whiskey sales man, who stated that efforts woro being made to induce liquor, dealers to ordor them for tho trado In Geor gia and other dry states whero tho ordinary moist drink Is barred by law. Tho tabloid "drink" looks llko a cherry golatln nestling In a salvo box. It smells n llttlo llko old ryo. It can either bo chowed or drank. It Is guaranteed to reach tho right spot and produce tho desired offoct olthor way, To take It dry ono has only to turn tho box upsldo down and catch tho geletlno as It drops out, If a wet drink Is desired the gelatine can bo dissolved In a llttlo water and makes a man's size. Tho effect tho tabloid Is going to havo on tho whiskey traffic cannot bo prognosticated, Instead of going out between acts, tho thirsty ono can chew n tabloid and havo all tho effects without leaving his sent. Tho possibilities are too numerous to mention, Hurley Bulletin. Keep Right At It Did you over reallzo that plant ing advertising is llko planting fruit trees? You couldn't expect a whole wagon load of apples the first year. Neither would you tear tho tree up bj the roots at tho end of tho sea- ion If that load of fruit wero not forthcoming. Yet you run a big ud., and expect a carload ot sale, and Just because you didn't do as much as your neighbor over In tho other orchard, who has been tend ing his trees for years, you yank your advertisement out of tho paper and say "Advertising doesn't pay." We wouldn't expect you to get married to advertising tho first time you made its acquaintance, any more than we would expect you to marry the girl who winked at you on the street. Ex. Work tor a Greater St Johns. worth years from now Is difficult to dotormlno nt this time. It nil depends upon tho growth of tho city. Pcrhnps $200,000 in flvo yonrs, nnd perhaps n million ot dol lars In twenty years It Is nil guess work. Tho purposo of Its con struction wns to obtain nnothor In dustry for St. Johns, and this pur pose Is fully served on tho salo as proposed, Hotter than that, tho city gets back nil It advanced and thou sonic. Therefore, why not sell tho dock? Why not have n building teeming with life and activity In stood ot a desorted structuro going to decay from want of uso? Tho streets covered by tho dock nro not Included In tho sale, becauso the city cannot sell streets, Whllo not officially vacated, thoy aro never theless vnented In fnct. Had the city kept tho dock tho value of tho streets covered by tho snmo would hnvo been nil, nnd so they are when tho salo Is consummated. Their value to tho traveling pub lic was lost when tho dock wns constructed, nnd will, continue to bo lost so long as tho structure standi), whoever owns tho dock. Wo hnvo heard tho former council censured fur having n dock built with no guarantee of n spur being built to connect therewith, but thoy wero not to blaino nny more than every citizen In St. Johns who voted for tho bonds, Tho council only brought tho mnttor Wore tho peo ple In n legal wny. They did not recommend that It bo built, but lot tho public docldo for Itself. Thero Is no doubt of tho fnct! A Busy Rascal Tho editor of today has to get his noso down 011 tho grindstone and keop It thero sixteen hours pur, day and 305 days In tho year or ho fnlls by tho wnysldo. Thero aro' mon who quit work Saturday night and rest until Mondny morning. They lay nsldo business cures at flvo or bIx o'clock ovory evening and do not rosumo thorn until hovoii or eight tho next morning. Not so with your editor. Ha hus no do guut lolsuro. Ho knows no hours, no Sundays, 110 nights. When ho goes to a party, or to church, or on u ploasuro trip, It is all In tho Una of duty. Withal, your editor Is a cheerful, longsufferlng soul, go ing about doing good In his humble way. Ho returns good for evil. Ho writes long puffs for church soci ables, and In return thorcfor uc copts a hunk of cuko thut would sink an Ironclad, Ho notes tliu arrival of all the babies In tho neighborhood nnd otornnlly perjures his soul In telling how pretty thoy are. Ho rejoices with tho gay and mourns , with those who aro sad. Ho booms ovory enterprise which makos his community rich and goes nbout himself clothed In gunny sack coats and ono suspendor. Ho glories over tho fortune of hlu neighbor, and meekly cats his own repast of boiled com cobs and colored labels off tomato cans. Ho can write u sermon, nn account of u prlzo fight, a political speech, an obituary no tice, poetry; split wood, pitch hay, wash dishes, preside at a camp meeting, curry horses, quoto law or gospel or anything olso at a mo inent's notice. Ex, Making a Big Stir P. A. Dredeen and family and John Dredeen, a brother, spent last week In taking In the sights and scenes at the Seattle exposition. P. A. states that tho fair compares favorably with the ono recently held In Portland, but It Is more largely attended, Ho says that tho amount of money bolng spent for street work Is something Immense. Croat hills aro being leveled oft and things aro being conducted on a laree scalo. The "Seattle spirit" Is evidenced on all sides and thoy aro making a etir lu tho world. Uut what will tho taxes bo THE DOCK Expense When It Has or Two and Secured Hint It would havo boon n flno heir loom to lenvo to posterity, but tho cost Is too much to retnln tho leg ncy until It becomes n paying prop osltlon. Tho progress of the city Is not In tho lenBt retarded by the sale, but, In fact, Is healthily pro promoted thereby. It matters not whom tho purchasers are, whether tho railroad company Is Interested In tliu deal, or whether It Is simply , n private corporation, so long ns ! tho dock Is utilized to Its full ca pacity. Wo need tho Industry nnd wo nil want to seo It doing business Instead ot lying Idle, nnd whllo It would bo belter for tha tuturo generation to keep tho dock, It Ih better for tho present generation to dispose of It to tho best advant age. Many cUIch would give ns high as $10,000 In tho shape of a bonus to secure such 1111 Institution, ami slnco wo can secure It by tho outlay of not n penny, why not let tho heavy burden roll from our shoulders and bo glad It Is so? So why complain about tho matter now? Hotter to congratulate tho council for turning n good denl nod let It go nt that, it was n great big elephant of whitish hue when they woro sworn In, and they certainly deserve cr-idlt for crack ing "tho nut" so well. Let us then glvo them their full meed ot praise, and congratulate ourselves upon tho fact that taxes will bo reduced next year, that tho dock will ho doing business very soon, nnd that the general outlook In coiiNequonco Is much brighter than It wns n couple short weeks ago. The Hold-Up Game Public-spirited citizens of St. Johns aro highly Incensed nt tho attitude assumed by owners of waterfront property In that town, Tho high prices asked by thesu men for Innd along tho city water front hns been tho moans of keeping much capital from tho bustling llttlo city. Several uttompta to secure manu facturing sites havo beou mado In St. Johns ot late, but tho exorbitant prices asked by tho owners ban pre vented any Hales being inado. Ileal ostato men from Portland who aro acting for Eastern manufacturers have repented'v tried to make pur chases of waterfront property for their clients without avail. It is understood that tho Commer cial Club of St. Johns will tnko soma action to prevent tho city from got ting the black eyu through tho ac tions of tho water front sharks who play tho hold-up gnmo, Peoples Press. Meeting With Success A, S, Douglass, formerly ownor of a saw mill in St. Johns, und aftor his mill was destroyed by flro, established tho Douglass planing mill hero, lutor took up tho prac tice of medicine und is now n full fledged chiropractor with tho title "Dr." prefixed to his namo. Slnco taking up tho now calling Dr, Doug lass has mot with marked success, Ho has successfully treated a num ber of local patlonts and their num ber Is constantly Increasing, Tha uso of knlfo and drugs aro dispensed with, and his methods aro applied right at tho seat of tho dlsouso. Ho has recently secured rooms In tho Ablngton building, Third streot, Portland, but will nlso treat pa tients at his homo In this city morn ing nnd evenings. Tho now doctor Is a flno gentleman, conscientious and entlroly devoted to his profes sion, and ho deserves to succeed well. M. F. Loy, after undergoing a ser ious operation at tho hospital, Is ablo to bo around a llttlo onco raoro. It Is to bo hopod that ho will honco forth rapidly lmprovo in hoalth. Mrs. E. 8. Wright has returned from a ton days' visit at her old homo at. fiatlln. Wash. attains a ripe OLD AGE "Daddy" Maple Passes 88th Milestone Robert Mnplo passed the SSth mile stoiiu lu tho Journey of llfo Sunday laBt, and his friends hope ho will pnss many moro beforo ho la called to his long homo on high. Horn lu Stoubenvllle, Ohio, July l'S, 1821, ho cnuio to Oregon In 1SS2, and to St JoIiiib In 18S7. In 1807 ho wns united In mnrrlngo with Eliza Pago at Vnnvotivor, WiibIi. Ilo Is n skilled innrble cutter by trade and for many enrs followed this occupation. record ho hns kept of his work shows that ho hns lettered 20,000 tomb-Btones, which l certainly re mnrkablo. What n vast army of poo plo this represents whoso nnmu nml ago ho has recorded on mnrblu slabs. "Daddy" Mnplo, us ho la familiar ly culled, Is n well known figure lu St. Johns. Ills sprightly gult belles his ngc, and ho In qulto active for one burdened with tho weight of so many years, llo is well Informed, nnd hns 11 fund of stories und ro mhilscciiscH nt hand that nro both In teresting nnd amusing, Ills skill lu marble cutting hns not deserted him, and at times may bo seen busily nt work at his Fciiaendon street homo chipping marble with Ills faithful chisel nnd mallet. Mny hu llvu to bo u hundred, nnd then some. Not Worth the Effort Those people who nro no anxious to ecruro honwntonds that thoy' nro taking long chances by going to Spo kane nnd registering will find that they aro running up against 11 sung oven If they nro lucky, or rnther unlucky, uuoiigh, to draw 11 home stead. Ono of our citizens who ex pected to tnko 11 clinnco at tho t'ceur lo Alone lauds found out tho following beforo ho bought hla tick et to Spokane; Thut his expenses would bo about $35 for registering, that ono-thlrd of tliu valuation would hnvo to bo paid down, that tho val id Hon of tho propurty Is mndo ac- cosdlug to adjoining property, that the Indians havo secured nil tho I'Uid adjoining tho streams, leaving tho rest very dry, that no timber tin ho cut until flvo years' resl residence has beou established, mid Hint a person had 0110 chnuco lu about twenty of securing n piece of land, owing to the vast nrmy thut nro daily being registered. Ho de cided It would bu far better to buy a pluco of adjoining propurty, as ho would not havo to stay llvo years thureou und would not havo to pay moro for It than those who secure tho "freo" Innd. Theso land draw ing affairs aro not whut thoy aro cracked up to bo when tho fuels are simmered down. Japan Outclassed Tho Woolen Mills bull team put It all over a Japanese) club that wun al leged to know how to play tho Na tional game lust Sunduy. Tho local boys had an easy thing of It nil tho way through, and It wua soon evident to tho spectators that tho Jups, while they might wlpu up the earth with tho Russians, thoy hud no show with tho mill workors. They could hit a straight bull lu a woukly mannor, but a curved ono scared them to death, and they would either stretch out for It llko u lion Touching through tho fence for u grain of corn, or full down whllo tho ball wus skipping over tho plato. Their work In tho field wns not so uwful bud, but they have lots to learn with tho stick. Tho mill boys put up their usual good gamo and won by a score ot 10 to 2. Tho Gerinuntown road on tho west sldo of tho rlvor Is now ono of tha finest thoroughfares lu tho country. Tho county has spared neither time nor monoy In placing this county rond In tho very best condition posslblo and tho fact Is grontly appreciated by tho pooplo who travel this route. Wantod First class hand Ironor at 'St Johns Laundry. holmes lodge INCORPORATES Pythian Temple Will Hustled Along At tholr meeting Inst Friday even ing Holmes Lodge, K. of P., decided to lncorpornto under tho Chnrltablo and Honovolcnt Act, nnd tnko over tho biiulnosH of tho Pythian Hall As Moclntlon In ordor to fncllltuto tho building of tho proposed Pythlnn Tomplo on tho corner of Jersey und Chnrleslon Btreots. A long Ioobo at n good prlco hns been secured for pnrt of the building, and there Is fair prospects that tho ontlro building can readily bo leased. Tho officers ot tho now corporation nro tho chancel lor coiuinsiiiilor, keeper of records nnd seal and tho threo trustees, in ad dition, n building commlttco wns se lected by ballot, resulting lu tho elec tion of O. P. Wolcolt, J. E. Illllor, J. F. Hendricks, A. W. Vincent and B. C. Ilurlhert. This commlttco la to report to tho lodge every mooting night so that uvery moinber In at tendance mny keep himself posted ns to tho progress mndo mid nlso innko suggestions or objections, ltnpld pro- glean toward construction may now bo looked for. Building Permits No. Ifi To II. L. Ilyors to erect n dwelling on Willis boulevard, be tween llrtinswlck nnd Oswego streets; estimated cost $000. No. 47 To fl. II. Lemon to erect u dwelling on Hartiniiu street be tween Crulkshiinkaud Meyers streets; estimated cost $100, No. 18 To It. L. llurk to con struct addition tn building on Tyler street between Portland boulevard und Jersey street; estimated cost $00. No. 41) To A. Flnlay lo erect dwell ing on South llnyes between Hu- chnuiiii uud llurr streets; esllmnled cost $1100. No. CO To Mrs, C. Peterson to erect dwelling on Scott nvuiiiiu ho twoou John uud Charleston streets; estimated cost $S00, A Handy Man Harry .Mansfield, tho veteran bar ber, hus onco moro demonstrated his genius In tho cabinet-making lino. Ho has Just finished an leu chest and drossor that are models of ueutuess und skillful workman ship, uud uro enough to oxelto tho envy of seasoned muchitiilcs. Witli tho crude tools Hurry has to work with tho result of his labor Is all tho moro remarkable. Slnco ho has never taken any Instruct ion lu work uloug this line, it Is apparent thut ho missed his truo culling when ho took up tho razor lu perfereuco to tho chisel and saw. A Light to Their Path Tho woolen mill pcoplo hnvo re located the establishment of nn aro light part way up tho hill lending f 1 0111 their plant in ordor thut on dark nights their employes may bo guided urlght, As many ot their ompluyes uro ot tho gentler sex, tho lequest Is qulto reasouublo nnd coun cil wll'. havo tliu snmo placed lu September, Sluco 110 street Improvement has been dono ou swots leading to most of tho Indus- tiles, providing u light Is tho loust tho city can do. Count Us In, Too Tho Telegram In giving n list of attractions that Portland visitors should seo might well havo Included St. Johns lu Its collection. Sluco Wllsonvlllo. Forest (irovo and Hills- boro uro singled out tho big dally Is discriminating when It loaves out St. Johns, becauso any fair minded person will Instantly coiicedo that this city offers moro and bottor at tractions than either or ull of tho points above named. Kindly glvo us what Is coming to us, Mr. Tologrnm Mail,