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Devoted lo (he Interest! of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest
VOL. 5
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, -FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 1909.
NO. 42
MAKES A GOOD
SHOWING
Resume of Building Per
mits and Street Work
Tlio total nmount of St. Johns
bulldltiK permits slnco Jnnunry 1 is
$57,0.10. or this nmount, $51)00 Is for
28 ponnlts of less than $500 cncli,
nnd tnken out In nunrly overy enso
to in uk 0 alterations In buildings ul
ready erected. Ono was for tlio $10,
000 school now building In tho oust
ern pnrt of tho city, nnd tho remain
Ing 32 worn for residences, of which
tho average- cost Is over $1400 each,.$50 and tho winner to tako tho "pot."
While this largo amount of building
has been going on tho City Council
has had to work until midnight ono
night each wook and sometimes mora ;
In order to keep nnywnoro near
caught up with tho street Improve
monts asked for, nnd Is now deluged
with petitions for work which cun
not poss'bly bo completed this Win
ter. Sovcniy-flvo thousand dollars
have been spent this season on 1
streets, which urn In various stages
of Improvomuut. Oswego street has
six blocks Improved at n cost of $1,
200; lluchauun six, costing $1000;
I'lttsburg, Sulum and Crawford, one
block each, at a total cost of $1000;
Wall street, four blocks, $6800; Staf
ford street four, $5 HO; nlno blocks
of cement walk on West Itlchmond
street, which Is n county road, at n
cost of $0500; Portland bouluvard Is
being Improved from Fossonden street
to Duchnnnn street, n distance of 13
blocks, at n cost of $12,000; Willis
boulovnrd Is being Improved from
Fossonden street to St. Johns avonuo
six blocks, to coot $3300; and Alio
ghnnoy street Iiob cost $0500 for Its
four long blocks. This mnkos a total
of 70 blocks, somo of which aro 450
feet long, upon which work Is under
wuy or has boon finished this season.
In addition Improvements huvo boon
asked for on numorous other stroots,
nnd contractu will soon bo let for
nearly $75,000 mora.. This docs not
tuko In tho Intondod Philadelphia
streot Improvement, tho estlmatod
cost of which Is $33,000, or that of
Fossonden street, which will cost
$100,000, nnd which oxtonds from tho
Portland city limits to tho WlllamotU
river, n dlstanco of 11 nillo and n half
and which Is to bu nlacndainUod tho
full width for tho ontlro longth.
Telegram.
See the Elephant
Tho harbor shops of St. Johns all
closed Tuesday nftornoon In ordor
that tho whisker nmputatora might
bavo an opportunity to tako In
IUngllng Dros.1 circus at Portland.
Tho shops havo all been kept so
busy lately that this bit of recrea
tion was sadly neoded by tho harbor
fraternity and It was enjoyed to tho
fullest posslblo extent. Ned lerapu
ado, glngor bread, peanuts and pop
corn were taken In copious quanti
ties and the boyhood days lived over
again. Tho tonsorlul artists returned
to their labors Wednesday morning
greatly refreshed and gave vivid tales
of tho great things they had wit
nessed to their unfortunato patrons
who were unable to be In attendance.
Selling Fruit Land
Harry C. Hunter Is now handling
exclusively Linn county fruit lands
and reports that ho Is meeting with
marked success. The land Is located
In tho Willamette valley and Is
cut up mostly Into five acre tracts.
Tho tracts sell for $1270 on the easy
payment plan, and for this sum tho
company agrees to plant It to trees
and take proper care of It for a
period of five years when It Is turned
over to the purchaser a commercial
orchard. "Happy" has his head
quarters at 302, 303 and 30f Lum
bermen's building. Portland, where
he may be found by any one desiring
to talk over the fruit land proposi
tion. Dr. Muaford will speak at the
Evangelical church next'Sunday morn
Ing. Ho Is an outgoing missionary to
China and is d very interesting
talker. His wife, who will accompany
him next month to the Celestial king
do, will also tako part in this
service.
LOCALS DEFEAT
-GRESHAM
Heavy Stick Work Lead
ing Feature of Game
Tho btiso ball fnns of St. Johns
wcro treated to an Interesting ex
hlbltlon of tho National gamo Sun
day afternoon, Qrcsham, which was
second on tho list when tho Intorur
ban teaguo closed, wore- the oppon
ents of tho locals who woro second
In tho Trl-Clty league. The contest
was purported to be played for n
purso of $100, each sldo putting up
, This Incentive was tho moans of at
trading qulto a number of lovorn of
ih0 Rj,ort to tho local grounds.
(Jrcsham was fairly represented In n
fandom way with qulto a sprinkling
0f tho fair sex In ovldonce. Tho ilia
nxiKi or lM0 Mcr w'l011 tliulr chain
,,01, miu0 n ,,oor vay wnn cx,
pressed In an emphatic way, and whet
St. Johns carried off tho gamo their
disapprobation was loo deep for
words. Tho font tiro of tlio gamo was
tho heavy batting proclivities of tho
locals. Singles, two baggorn and
triples emtio so rapidly that they fin
ally co.'sed to nrotiso comment.
Pitcher Olncy, Stone, Summers, Pem
broke and Behuffer wcro there with
tho goods when It enmo to stick
work. Pitcher Olnuy had tho gamo
well In hand throughout, nnd on only
ono occasion did tho Urcsham lads
look very duugcrous, and that was
when tho scoro was 0 to 5 In tl'.D
local's favor nnd tho bases wero
filled with Oroshnm runners. Tho
next hatter, howovor, was retired on
an easy chnnco to pitcher, making
three out. Schnffer was a llttlo off
color at short and had several errors
to his credit. His good batting, how
ovor, offset tho damage ho was re
sponsible for In tho field. Adams
played a good game at second. Stone,
howovor, at first, was tho bright star
of tho gamo. Everything that catno
hla way was gobbled up In a man
ner uovor vxcollod In 11 major league
game. Wild throws nnd grounders
hot off tho bat all looked nllku to
htm and ho gathered them all In
without an error. Stupid and III ad
vised base running on tho part of tho
locals kept tho scoro down much less
than It would otherwise havo been.
Tho most stupendous act along this
lino was when Poff was on third
with no ono out. Heavy hitting
Schnffer was at tho bat at tho tlmo,
and the conchor gave tho signal for
a hit nnd run play. Tho battor,
never a success In tho bunting line,
attempted to do so but missed tho
ball and Poff was put out at homo
with ridiculous easo. Tho Greshatn
catcher was tho most accurata
thrower seon hore this year nnd
after a couple of local runners had
mado a dismal failure of stealing sec
ond, tho coachor still advised thorn
to mako the try, but not one sue
coded In purloining tho base uuless
there was a runner on third. Tho local
outfleldors had nothing to do, not oue
fly being captured nor an error
mado by them. The scoro at tho end
of the game was 9 to 6, In favor of
the locals,
These two clubs have now each
won a gamo In tho series of three.
Tho final game will bo played in St.
Johns Septorabor 12th. It will bo
well for the fans to bear this date In
mind, as It will undoubtedly bo the
most Interesting and exciting of the
throe.
After Many Days
The proposed Improvement of
rtlchmond street through tho Caples
tract has now reached a point nearer
consummation than has yet been the
case. The viewers' report has been
accepted and the matter will be
pushed as rapidly as possible from
now on. It Is likely that the courts
will be called upon to decide the
matter, as It Is an Impossibility to
satisfy both Mrs. Caples and the
Severance estate however the assess
ments mlsht be mado by any body
of viewers. Tho Improvement has
been pending In council for several
years and the people are anxious to
have the street go through without
further delay.
BlUood & Cole aro now nicely lo
cated In their new market on North
Jersey la the Turner stand. Drop in.
COUNCIL HOLDS LONG SESSION
And Burn a Little Midnight "Oil" in Effectually Disposing of
the Rock Crusher Proposition and Looking After
the Details Connected With Street Work
Council met In rogulnr session
Tucbday night with all mombers
present. Tho Bosnian was ono of tho
longest that him yet occurred. Con-
nM.trnliln m u-no tiiknn tin In ills.
cussing tho provisions of tho rock
crusher contract, and In looking over
now nroflles of streets unon which;
li. rrovomont Is desired.
After tho minute vrro rend and
approved, tho contract for tho op-
peratlon of tho rock crusher by N.
a. Nolso wns takeH. and after several
nlieratlons and changes woro mado
Hereto. waB unniilmnusly accepted
by council. 1
A remonstrance registered by Mrs.'
W. li. Ashbcy mid presented by W.
H. Ilasscy against B. C. Hurlhcrt as
vlowur on tho condemnation as -
si-cMnents on Fossondun street from;
Jersey street to the Wlllamotto river
was rend. Tho rlmrrn uinde was thu
thu said viewer was a real estate
agent and was distasteful to somo of
tho property owners nnd tho docu
ment asked that a man of tn'llir
Judgomont bo appointed In his stead.
After somo discussion tho communi
cation wns accepted and placed on
file, muncll not dooming tho chnrgoj
sufficient to disqualify and dlsplacot
Mr, Hurlbert.
Thiro wns ono bid on thu lm-'
provement of Tncomn street by Thos.
Cochran, ns follows: Cut 25c, fill
From Bad to Worse
Ksthor Mitchell, tho central figure
In Seattle's Holy Holler killings of
two yoars ago, Is In tho hands of
tho Provincial Police at Victoria,
11. C, having been found, horribly
omnclatcd and heavy with opium in
n Chinaman's shack at Departure Hay.
She Is hold for vagrancy and will
probably go to a rescuo homo.
In Soattlo during July, 1007, her
brother shot Joshua Cref field, a Holy
Holler priest, whom ho charged with
ruining tho girl. Ksthor, mooting her
avenging brother at tho Union De
pot, shot him dead, allegedly bolng
Inspired thereto by Crofflold'a wife.
Sho escaped punlshmont on tuo
ground of tompornry Insanity and has
slnco fallen lower and lower, consort
ing wholly with tho Chinese of late,
and living only to satisfy her craving
for the poppy.
Ksthor Mitchell loft Fort Stolla-
cooni asylum, noar Tacoma, whoro
she had been confined, somo months
ago, without being discharged. Slnco
that time the Washington authorities
hnvo been quietly scoklng her, nnd
sho may be brought back to tho asy.
lum.
Home From the Springs
Adam Kaeralcln nnd Charles Dor
rle returned the latter part of last
week from a two weeks' sojourn at
Collins Springs. They spent a day
also at Hood Hlver and took a drlvo
out through tho valloy, Doth woro
agreeably surprised at the beautiful
country In the valley and the man
ner in which the orchards aro kept
thero, Each tree Is given moro at
tention than Is generally accorded a
whole orchard In the east and tho
ground under tho trees are as well
kept and as free from weeds as a
flower garden. The Indian maidens
around Collins Springs tried hard to
make a "mash" upon our two hand
some townsmen, but they remained
true to their Interests here,
Treated Badly
The woolen mill base ball team
Journeyed to Woodlawn last Sunday
and defeated the club of that place
a score of 8 to 3. Tho manage
ment complains very bitterly of the
treatment accorded" them by the
Woodlawn aggregation, as they were
impelled to pay their own car fare
and pay a boy to carry water. They
will not be iu a hurry to play another
game In that town.
Ask your dealer for Easy Shine
Shoo Polish.
. 20c, 12-foot plnnk sldo walk 85c per
foot, crushed rock $2.50 per cubic
yard. Tho bid was accepted by coitii-
ctt.
An thorn wnn no bid filed for tho
Improvement of Knst llurllngton
I street, It was decided to Instruct,
tho engineer to prepare now estl-
i mates and rendvertlso for bids. It
semis that thero Is ouch n conglom-
oration of brick bats, plnnk, mud,
dirt, nnd dobrls 011 tho streot that no
contractor cared to tackle it at tho
estimnto under which tho recent cnll
for bids was made.
Dills to thu nmount of $300.85 wcro
allowed.
1 Tho engineer reported thnt n
number of tho streets In South St.;
, Johns upon which Improvement has
been asked for nro prohibitive on tic -
i count of tho low assessment of tho
' pronortv nlonif theso streuts. Tho
same conditions obtain In somo of
tho North Knd streets. It seems
thnt tho assessor placed tho assess -
monts entirely too low nnd away out
of proportion to tho real vnluu of
tho property. A number of tho lots
aro assessed at $200, when It Is very
doubtful If any of them could bo
bought for less than $500. This In-
adequate nssessmunl work of tho
County Assessor promises to provo
n serious Impediment In tho way of
street work, nnd It Is certainly to bo
Will Be a Banner Year
Nlnotoon hundred nnd ton Is to
bo tho banner year for now settlors
In the Northwest, according to rail
way men, Of tho third of n million
applicants In Undo Bain's land lot
tery, It Is believed that ono half will
como next year to locate. This
moans tho unsuccessful ones, who
saw tho Inud to bo had horo and
wero Improssod by tho opportunities.
Thu big travel to thu Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Kxposltlou Is expected In
Septomber, when tho farmers In tho
, middle west hnvo handled their crops.
Those who havo been hero and gone
back home, nro boosting harder than
over. In fact tho outlook for 1910 Is
'so promising that operating depart-'
' monts of all Northwestern lines aro '
planning to buy moro equipment.
Likes it Fine
On a lour of tho Northwest to
get material for a sorlos of letters j
to his paper, tho Chicago Hocord-1
Herald, William K. Curtis, probably!
tho host known correspondent In tho!
world, was a Portlund visitor during
tho past wook. In discussing tho,
Hoso City, ho said; "Portland Is tho,
best city on tho Pacific Coast and I!
would rather llvo hero than In any
other city of which I know, Port
land Is farther along than any other;
city on tho Pacific Coast; by that I
moan It Is moro mature than nny of
thu big cities of tho West." These
aro strong words, coming us thoy do
from a man who has travellod all '
over tho world.
Japs Are on the Way
An ovent of groat Intorest, es
pecially to tho Pacific Coast, will bo
the visit of 30 of the leading busi
ness men of Japan, who will nrrlvo
on Soptembor 6 for a tour of 50
cities of tho country. Tho vlsltora
nro coming to learn of tho resources
and commercial methods of tho
Unltod States. Tho trip about tho
country will bo mado In a splondldly
equlppod special train at a cost of
$76,000, contributed by tho business
Interests of tho United States. A
committee of prominent men has
been named to have chargo of tho
visitors while In Portland and arrange
for their entertainment here.
Mrs. W, P. Fennell and two chil
dren of Eaglo Creek, Mich., who havo
been visiting at tho homo of their
old time friend, Mrs. H. E. Knight,
for tho past week or so, left Saturdaj
for their Eastern home,
regretted thnt n man familiar with
tho trim values of tho lots In St
Johns did not hnvo charge of tho
. assessment work.
A report Of tho Viewers Oil the
condemnation of FesBondun Btroct
Jersey to tho city limits wan pro
sented nnd referred to tho street
committee and city attorney to look
Into. It wnn n voluminous doctiiiiont,
1 nnd will rcqtilro somo tlmo to digest.
ltesolutlon for thu extension and
Improvement of Charleston street
; through Cedar Park wnM adopted and
, tho engineer Instructed to prepnro
tho nocessury plans and estimates.
I A resolution providing for tho con
1 demnatlon of a strip of 30 feet of
land on Knst Charleston street was
adopted.
1 An ordinance nuthorlxlng thu Mayor
to enter Into n contract for tho op
oration of tho rock crusher wns
passed by tho council nnd may bo
found elsewhere In this Issue,
! An ordinance assessing tho cost of
' tho Improvement of South Jersey
from Itlchmond to Mohawk, was
passed and appears In this Issue,
j It having come to tho notice of
council thnt It wim qulto probnhli
that thu city could socuro Catlln
street from tho railroad to tho river,
tho Mayor wns selected to confer with
Mr. Marker and tho Woyerhaueser In
terests In regard thereto.
Almost Got Him
' P. II. Kdlefsen nnd family returned
Monday from n couplu of weeks'
tnsto of camping out Hfu on Kilt
Creek. Tho "Huron" Is roported to
hnvo had qulto an oxporlonco with n
hoar thero. Ho sighted one In tho
woods 0110 day, nnd not having any
sort of weapon with him ho decided
to glvo It it cIiiiho anyhow. Making,
a desperate npurl ho managed to
mb It by tho tall with two of his
fingers nnd ho held on for two miles
but could not gain enough to gut n
good handhold. Just when ho thought
ho wan going to maku 11 all right ho
tripped over a root and tho varmint
got nwny. Wo cannot vouch for this,
but only report It ns wo heard It.
Seeks the Peninsula
Another largo company has se
lected tho Puntnsula as a nultablo
situ for thu' operation of an Immense
plant. It Is tho Pacific (Jiib Traction
Co. and will construct u new typo of
traction onglno for use In farm work.
Klght acres havo bcon socurod at
Kenton and $100,000 will bo oxpondod
In factory buildings and waruhouses,
About 1C0 fcklllcd workmon will bo
given employment. Plnns for tho fac
tory building aro now bolng drafted
and tho final negotiations will bo con
cluded In a few days. Tho Ponlnsula
Is certululy securing Its share or
largo Industries these days.
Wouldn't It Pay
St, Johns seems to bo badly In
noeO of n first class livery stablo
where driving horses may bo secured
at any and all times. Wo havo In
quiries ulinost every week ns to
where to secure 11 horso and buggy
to drlvo over tho city, but whether
there Is not enough demand to maku
It u paying proposition or whether It
has Just been allowod to go by
default Is a quostlon wo uro not pre
pared to answer, but It Is u fuct
that a good livery would bo n groat
accomodation to many visitors that
come hero.
Abandoned All Hope
Tho police havo practically aban
doned all hopo of solving tho mys
tery surrounding tho death of Mrs.
May Heal, who was, run down nnd
killed by a big red touring car on
the LInnton road August 6. Tho
many clows developed. all proved to
bo unstable,
ENTHUSED WITH
OUTLOOK
Expert Eamos Writes a
Glowing Letter
Following aro n fow oxtracls taken
from n letter received this week
M. F. Loy from It, W. KnmcH, tl
great 011 expert who in In ctinrgo
affnlrs on tho ground for tho Kastc
Oregon Oil & (las Co. They ip-ov
beyond n shadow of 11 doubt thnt Mi
Karnes has unbounded faith In tho
fut uro of tho oil fleldH of this local
company and Is Intensely onthuiiliMtl
over tho outlook;
"Wo hnvo not titiucturcd
tho
OUSI1KH basin yet. but from pre
ent Indlcnlloim wo will soon, Tiiero
Is n very marked Improvement In
thu gas and oil coming from tho well
nl present. It Is very strong nnd of
hlith urndo. Wo nro uolnir to redttco
tho boro nnd push down ns fast us
conditions will permit In order to get
thu itushor for Thanksgiving. All
tho other wells near us are on tho
verge of tapping thu pool. Tho oil
and gas Indications nro gutting
stronger nnd of better grado.
"While thu production of petroleum
Iiiih Increased wonderfully, every nlno
years wo havo to produce as mucii
ull ns In nil tho preceding yearn In
order to keep up with tho demand.
Therefore, wo will huvo to hustle
homo In tho next nlno years. The
demand Is now ahead of thu pro-
kluctlun and Is Increasing flvo times
11s fast as tho production. WK AHr.
ON TIIK BVB OP AN OIL PANIC.
This dorado will experience ono of
thu greatest famines over known In
any ono commodity nit oil fumlno,
"This statement Is corroborated by
Walter It. Dunham of California nnd
other good nutliorllli'N. Mr. Dunham
In acknowledged to bo ono of tho
host statistical oil authorities In tho
world. Ho has visited tho Valo field
twice and In IiIh recent visit ho ex
pressed himself nH satisfied that wd
havo 11 wonderful oil fluid hero that
will tiroducu hliih grade olla. such as
lubricating and Illuminating produclH,
tin,: tho fluid Is duo to como in
soon and thnt Valo will bo the
IIUUB KYK OK TIIK WOHI.I).
"I tell you, friend l.oy, thero Is
very llttlo question logardlug tho
grout futuro of this field. All tho
lusldu Inud has been taken up and
liuiulrles aro being madu for moru;
Htocks nro Hulling readily; InqulrloH
for general Information coming in
dally; tho outside world Is taking no
tice of us, iind within Blx motuim
this field will bo In u statu of the
wildest boom over experienced In tho
oil camp. It will mako u boom gom
cuiiiii seem llko u Kruvo yard. Thu
greatest opportunities to mako a
stuku aro rapidly passing, novor 10
return, I havo u drlllor from Califor
nia who has had flfluen yearn of ex
perience thero uud Is well quulirieil
to express un opinion on thu fluids,
uud ho says: 'There Is no uouin
about oxlstouco of oil In largo quan
tities hero.' I nut urging my frlomm
to OUT IN NOW. Oil lauds, oil
stockanything In oil hero will bring
., rnturii of 1000 iur cent In tho near
futuro, lu my koi. Kvory day udds
now proof of this belief; ovory ex
nort Iiiih so decided; ovory oil mun
that bus visited the field has gono
away with this sumo conviction. It
iH u L-nr.il i.luco to bring u Mlssouriun
you can show him uud convince him
hero,
"Kvorytliliig Is nllvo hero now.
Valo Is full of trniislunts. Tho very
uir Is full of oxpoctuncy. Lund vul-
uos aro going up uud will soon bo
out of tho reach of tho smull in-
ester. This will not roiuuln open
but u very short time, so If you
havo a friend that wants to mako a
stako hero OUT HIM IIKHK QUICK.'
Home Talent Play
A homo talent play entitled "No-
vuda, or tho Lost Mine" will appear
t tho Eaglo hull Thursdoy, bept. vw
ho play will bo under tho direction
f W. II. Shanklund of this city, nnd
also under tho uuspices of tho Fra-
lornul Hrothorhood. Tho event prom
ises to bo of moro than usual In
terest nnd will no doubt bo strongly
patronized by our peoplo. For cust
of
characters, etc, suo hand bills.
Wuyno h. Mills and fumlly will
movo to Whltwood Court Saturday.
WOMAN
SEEKS
POINTERS
And Learns All She De
sires to Know
Thoy woro In tho grand stand to
root for St. Johns thnt Is, ho wns.
Sho wan thero to obtain flomo In
formation, n wns evidently her first
npenrnncu nt tho National pastime,
llu stood tho flro of questions ad
mirably for two Innings, then tho
sin I In vnnlshcd nnd n perceptlblo
frown nppenred. At tho end of tho
fourth his collar wan badly wilted
and now wrinkled furrowed hln brow,
whllo hard, cruel linos woro tighten
ing about his Jnw, Sho, hln luqulnl
tlvu llttlo wife, wnn still mulling nnd
Inquiring nnd unfortunately oblivious
of tho storm gathering In her vicin
ity. Finally, with three men on bases,
two out and Pembroke nt tho bnt
ready to do or die, sho again drew
hur distracted hubby's attention from
tho game to Inquire whether It was
called a run when tho "umplro" said
"threo strikes." llu looked nt her
lu strong slleuco n moment, gulped
hard, thou roso to his foot nnd shak
ing lid finger In hur fnco roared:
"Now, woman, look hero; I've stood
for this outrageous questioning ho long
thnt thu players all look llko Inter
rogation points to mo, nnd I urn go
ing to hand you n bunch of Informa
tion nil In ono cluster. Iot me In
form you that I don't know why tho
(Ireshnm pitcher hits moro lints than
Olnuy doen; I don't know whether
those base bags nro stuffed with
sand, rolled onta or pop corn, and I
don't enru whether thoy would look
nicer with Inco trimmings or not;
I don't know why Poff wears n blue
stocking on his loft leg mid n red one
on his right, llu probably belongs
to tho flro company and tho National
guards, or else got them' mixed In
muking his annual change; I don't
know why thu umplro keeps looking
nt thnt hulo In tho fenco when ho
Isn't busy, 'though It's posslblo that
ho may havo to go through thero
presently, Tho short stop doeu not
havo to ho short to hold that posi
tion. Tho wlro netting lu front of
us wns placud thero to keep out foul
halls, not fowls; thu man behind us
meant thu ball when ho referred to
that easy fly, not mi Insect. I don't
know whether tho first baseman Is
u married man or not, but I don't
think he la ho looks qulto Kunalblu.
Thu policeman Is hero to keep order
and not to provent players from
stealing u busu; 1 do not know why
Adams tried to catch n bull with oiiu
hand whuu ho Is allowed to uso
both; 1 do not know why tho center
fielder ran over to left field to catch
it fly when thero wus u man In left
field for that purpose; iiulthcr do 1
know why Schuffor dous not stop
tho bulls when tho gamo Is being
plnyod when ho proved that ho could
do so during practice, but l do know
this, however, thut I would as soon
bu un alienist on tho stand before
Jeromo ns try to enjoy baseball In tho
company of u woman who doesn't
know enough uboitt tho gumo to tell
thu dlfforoncQ botwoou thu home
plato and cunter field, nnd If I am
over duffy enough to tuko another
woman to n baso ball game I hope
tho losing team will liitstuko mo for
tho umplro uftorward and beat my
crazy block off."
Are Being Shown
J. H. Coffman nnd wlfo of Hates
county, Missouri, aro guests ut tho
homu of their daughter, Mrs. O. lu
Perrlno In this city. Oeo. It, Is doing
tho honors ns guldo and Is busy
showing Mr. Coffmnn tho many at
tractive sights and scones to ' bo
found In St. Johns and vicinity. As
Mr. Coffman Is from Missouri, of
course ho bus to bo shown, nud
thero Is no ono hero who can show
one lu a moro elaborate manner and
mako moro bowlldorlng statements
tlinn Mr. Perrlno. Mr. nnd Mrs. Coff-
man will visit Senttlo and Victoria
before returning to their nutlvo soil.
Mrs. E. J. Martin uunounccs tho
Fall opening of hor millinery goous
Wednesduy, Soptembor 8th. A full
lino of tho latest and most modern in
tlio mllllnor's art will bo on exhibi
tion at hor storo on North Jersey
streot.