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Newspaper Page TextHistorical Society i ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To rabKrlfc (or THIS Piper. AM tlx Btwi whB H U ntwi U oar motto. Call in and enroll WILLLOCATE ON PENINSULA Another Plant Secures a Site Near Swifts In Kenton on tho Peninsula tlio Davis Safo & Lock Co. has closed ncgotlatloiiB with tlio Swift peoplo for about flvo acres of land, extend lng from tlio Columbia boulevard to tlio slough and being liOOxlHOU feet In dimensions. Tho J'onlnsulu Is be coming a vust manufacturing nrea into which many concerns nro con trading for ltrgo sites Incluuuig tlio Swift Packing Compnny, who nro now In partial operation, having n largo nrea covered with concrete for stock ynrds and numerous large brick factory buildings besides a bunk, stock exchnligo mid many bus iness buildings, their holdings alone amounting to over -0 acres. Thero uro several good locations for factories around 1'orllaud, but when tho l'onlnsula Is Investigated cnrefully by lookers for sites tho vital necessities of transpottatlon, flro and police protection, schools and water nro nil found there. There also street cur fares will be largely cut out, also thu u.nnor pun as the men can go home to lunch and snvo this money to buy their homes on monthly payments. Thu Davis Safe & Lock Co. claims that tho 1'uclflc Coast has been held up by transcontinental railways to such nn extent that the freight Is often over half what the safe costs at tho factory, besides they como fro (luontly In bud condition, requiring ropulrs and often look as though they wero second hand goods. The freight charges to tho coust won) established by tho traffic association In Chicago whoro thoy devoted more time to mystifying tho tariff than thoy did to naming 11 just rato and the Davis Safo & Lock Co., us woll as tho puunc, uro to bo congrutu latod for deciding to cut out this ononnous toll of tho railroads. It Is tliotr Intention to at once orcct on their now holdings at Konton a main factory building 100x300 foot In dimensions, part of which will bo two stories In height and will bo built of concroto and modo flroproof j also an Iron and brass foundry build ing 60x200 foot In slzo, and n coke and sand shed 70x20 foot. Tho plant will bo computed and In operation by March 1, llu, and will employ about 100 men from tho sturt. Tho plans aro being propnred by the company's architect and announce ments will bo made lutor when thoy are finished. Its capacity will be 20 safos and vuult doors per day. A number of prominent Portlnnd capitalists aro Interested In tho com pany and It will bo purely a local concern, Tho company has ponding very valuable patonts and will build a fireproof safe superior to any on tho market today, They wll also make their own castings, both brass and steel. Commercial bodies from a number of Eastern localities havo made some very flattering proposl Hons to the company, each offering special Inducements to secure the lo cation of the factory at their town. The towns of Norfolk, Vn., Mollne, 111., and Elyrla, O., wero especially anxious to land tho proposition, but after careful consideration the u rectors determined that Portland was .the coming city and they would con tribute their share toward helping boost. No industry has come to Portland for some lime that promises greater net profits than does this one, on account of the protective freight tariff that cannot be eliminated and the superiority of their safes. Ab stract. Another "Burden ft Things ore said to be not what they ought to be in Woodlawn now. Dekum avenue, the principal street, Is in very bad Jhape, owing to the breaking of the water main several times during last winter, parkings are not kept up, the streets were watered but indifferently during tho summer, while except at election Ume'ao effort to help them Is ever given by the councilman of the ward. Woodlawn people allege that the western half of the Tenth ward Is being boosted to the detrimert of their half and that although they pay their share of the taxes of the city tter St but little for It, Journal. VOL. 5 WORK ON THE RAILROADS Will Give Steady Employ ment For All Closo to 10,000 men aro now em ployed in a dozen or moro railroad project whoso completion will bo of great and direct benefit to Port land. A majority of this vnst bulk of labor Is handled through Portland, which means that enormous payrolls each month aro putting groat volumci of money Into tho regular channols of local trade. Its larger significance Is that n protracted crn of prosperity and general good times should pre vail hero not only while this work la going on but long ntter when tho new construction work hits boon com pleted and the new lines and exten sions nro under operation. In splto of thu fact that railroad contractors nro trying their level best to get moro men In tho field, great difficulty Is experienced In socurlng mou who will stick to their Jobs. Thousands of men who have roturnot from tho harvest fields of tho North west refuse to Join railroad construc tion camps, declaring the work Is 'too hard, llullroad employment agents could take care of every Idle man In Portland If ho wero willing to work, and stoutly employment would be af forded all winter. These component elements in the railroad development of thu North west will mean great business growtl for Portland, tho natural Jobbing and commercial center toward which they nro striving. They will moan nn enormous Increnso In population In tho noxt fow yours, building up not only Portland but the entire region or sections of country which nro be ing brought Into direct and speedy communication with tho outside world. A Good Idea The nronosltlon of tho street car coming Into St. Johns tho way thoy now go out Is being agitated by n number of our cltlzons. Tlio clnim Is made that tho city Is moro pre possessing coming In tho short way than by Cedar Park, as Is now mo case, and that visitors would bo hot ter pleased with mo outlook at first Blanco. Anothor reason ndvanceu la mat most people are tired out af ter spondlng a few hours wandering around Portland, and desire to get home with tho greatost possible eel orlty. Tho long trip In going to Portland would not bo so annoying, as all aro fresh at tho start. Tho plan looks i.ke a very good one, and thoro seems but little clinnco for oo Jectlon on the part of tho residents hero. Tho matter will llkoly bo passed up to tho powora that bo In tho noar future, asking that this bo dono. Reduction in Rates Reductions .n grain rates of about 12. A ner cent from the Interior .0 tidewater will go into effect on the rnllrniidH of the Northwest OU NOV. 1 and will effect a very largo saving to the wheat growers of the Iniana Empire, The reduc.on was ordered m the O. II. N. lines by the Oregon Railroad Commission and on the Wnshtneton railroads by the com mission of tbat stute. On the pres ent year's crop it is believed a av lng of about la,ev0 will be realized to growers by the lessened freight rates. Big Doin's in Appleville fit-out nreDaratlons have been made for the annual Hood Itlver apple fair, 28 29 and 30. The display of prize fruit Is bigger and better than ever and tho attendance from out airio nnlnta Dromlses to be excep tionally large. Baturuay, Oct. SO, will be Portland day. The roruanu pnmmerclai Club has been invited and citizens generally from that city will view the Hood Ulver snow n large numbers. Interest in the ex hibit of fine apples at the lair is wide. aVbscrlbe for tha Review aad Devoted (o (ha lotereiti of tha Peatniula, the Manufacturing TIMH APF Illl'leULS IHIL. Evidences of Awakened Activity Are Hand and an Whether on nccount of tho nd vent of tho saloon In St. Johns or In splto of tho ,iwn again becoming "wet," thero Is no denying tho fact that ' ihlngs are looking up." On overy hand may bo found substantial evidences of nwnkoncd and renowed activity. Empty business houses and dwellings nro filling up na If by magic, and n spirit of optimism and oxuboranco seems to pervade tho at mosphcre. The man with the pick and shovel, tho busy tennis, tho sound of tho hammer and saw, the woll filled streets all camblno In presenting n picture of hustle and bustlo that Is cheering to nil. Tho gas company has ooo 11 quite n factor In enliven ing affairs In St. Johns. With their many workmen engaged In laying pipe all over thu city, and the en thUHlnsm which they hnvo Infused Into their operations hero their com ing has marked the beginning of hotter times. Tho many lights thoy hnvo already placed hero has given the business uistrlct a metropolitan nppoaranco and makes the city par ticularly aiiurlug and entrancing nt night. The Portlnnd General Elcc trio Co. has also not boon Idle, und they nro constantly placing new lights here, thoro and everywhere. Every Industry In S.. Johns (and uy tho wny, thoro nro quite a lot) Is working full time, and moro mou aru now employed In St, Johns thun has Charter Revision Thorn la somo talk nbout chnrtor revisions onco moro. Tho poor old chnrtor has been cuBsed at, reviled, amended, changed, trnmplod upon, and yot It does not suit. Ino last desired change Is to provide for four of tho counclluien being hold ovor each yoar, thus provontlng con fusion nnd dlsruntlon until tho now mombors wero Inured to their posi tions. Wo eel love tills proposou mondmont would curry with but fow dlssontlng votos, as It does not look Ilko good business to havo It possible to turn all the officials out at ono tlmo. It this should occur It would tako about six months for the now members to find out where tho lato officials left off. Another amend ment desired Is a provision for rnls lng tho treasurer's salary and In creasing tho longth of his term of offico. This is a minor change, but la Important also. An amendment la doslred by somo citizens on tne nrocess now in forco for Improving our stroots. Instoad of tho property owners paying for lmproement Inoi- vldually. it Is proposed that the city as a whole put up for street im provement. This plan would bo tno cause for much objection nnd uis- sentlon were It to como beforo the people for their adoption. Thoso whe havo already paid for their own streot improvement will not enro to holn Day for other work along this line. It would cause moro atrlfo and 111 feelings than roost any other source were the plan to become In vogue. Each councilman that advo cated Improving a streot In any ui rption would be susnlcloned of being financially interested in Its improve- ment in some way. Every property owner would want his street Im proved first, and tus bedlam would bo let loose In fine style. Tho pres ent system seems to work all right, and if that 50 percent of tne as sessed valuation was eliminated, street work could go on without a hitch, Property will never bo lesb In value In St. Johns than its street Improvements como to, thereforo It would be Impossible to connscaio mo property for street Improvement. Make It a "sky limit" and no ono will have cause to complain that street work Is not going on with u vim and activity at St. Johns. a aewlne machine agent who has been doing considerable business in and around St. Johns, was taken up by the Portland police department last week for brutally assaulting a lady to whom he waa Indebted, n ouid ba safer, better and more ec onomical If the housewife would give these road agents be go-by and pat ronlze legitimate) and local estab lishment when in need of machines. ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1909. IMPPOVINf. f.PFATI Y Il'll IWf Era of Unexcelled Prosperity Now Has Begun to Dawn in St. ovor been tho enso) In tho city's his tory. 8trnngers upon our streets mid newcomers nro becoming legion. Ileal estate is being sought In over Increasing volume,' aim moro In quiries regarding samo uro puurlng In with every mall. Rooming houses that havo long boon uninhabited nro exhibiting signs of life, and tho painter's brush and tho decorator's master hand nro working over time In an endeavor to keep tip with orders. Along tho water; front overy thing is humming with life mid activity. With n payroll not exceeded by any other city In tho United States ac cording to population, every Intiustry Ij hammering away day In and day out, mouth in and mouth out n never ceasing grind. The fact that over 000 cur loads of mlscellaneotm freight wero shipped ou,t of this city during the month of September tells tho story better thnn words can. Its Immensity from such n comparative ly small locality Is hard fur tho mlud to grasp, and It is n record thnt no other city of Its size In the world can show. Four new store rooms will soon bo completed, all of which havo already been leased. Ovor 100 new resi dences hnvo boon built the past year, and yet It Is difficult to ncci.ro n vncnnt dwelling that Is fairly habit ablo. From tho present demand ouo hundred moro houses could find ten To Advertise the State Flvo thousand dollars will bo given by thu Porl'mid Commercial Club in prizes for tho best newspaper and magazine articles on Portlnnd, tho Btnte, or tho Puclflc Northwest, Tho offer holds good during tho coming year and tho ouo writing tha best article will bo rowarded with a died, for t.uuo. Second best will got '00, and a gradually diminishing scalo of prizes will reward SO wrltoru. Tho contest Is open to ovoryono, Thu conditions nro that tho articles must bo printed In a nowspaper or iiwgu zlno of gonoral circulation, prlutod iiuywhoro outside of tho states of Oregon and Washington, Marked copy of tho publication must thon bo sont to tho Portland Commercial Club, where, it will bo tumod ovor to threo Judges namod by thu Gov ornor of Oregon. Tho articles may bo printed between tho dates of Novomber 1, liwii, and December 31, laiu. Almost any phaso of tho Northwest may bo used as subjoct matter of tho articles. Tho longth nnd troatmont Is optional with tho writer. Tho plan of tho Commer cial Club is not to havo tho North west "boomed'' In the common mean ing of tho term so much na It Is to havo tho peoplo of tho country be come more familiar with this portion of tho United Btutes nnd glvo ex pression to their views In such ar ticles as will bo acceptable to papers throughout tho entire continent. The decision of tho Judges wllr bo absolutely Impartial. Thero are prizes for 80 writers nnd tho chances for winning nro so many that ontrloa In the contest should bo largo, That tho publicity resulting from tho prize offer will be wldo und thut much good will bo ronllzod for tho whole Pacific Northwest Is assured. Note Many Changes Mrs. J. h. Mlsonhimer and Mrs. R. 8. Henley, two elderly ladles wore In St. Johns Wednesday, tho guests of Mrs. Agnes Larneu. Thlrty-fivo years ago both the ladles wero resi dents of St. Johus, but aro now lo cated In Portland. Tho changes and alterations that havo taken place slnco they left St. Johns over a tulrd of a century ago aro numerous nnd varied. They still have a warm spot in their hearts for this city, and greatly enjoyed trying to discover some of the old landmarks so fa miliar to them in tne long ago. A full attendanco Is desired nt the Commercla' club next Wednesday ev ening, as business of Importanco will be brought up for consideration and Center of the Northweet UI1M 1 I U I Apparent Upon Every Johns ants almost Immediately. Tha schools show n substantial Increnso over last year In tho number of pupils enrolled mid nil signs point to n rapidly In creasing population. Alt uio mer chants nro well pleased with tho bus Incss now enjoyed, and tho outlook Is very promising for nn Increased trade. Idlo labor Is n proposition St. Johns docs not hnvo to contend with. Any ono can secure work. Tho de mand Is greater than the supply, nud wages bIiow a slight Increase of over n year ago, Humming It nil up, there Is no denying that times nro better than they hnvo been, and thu crouklngs of the street loafer has been reduced to u minimum. Wo know not whothor tho town be coming "wet" Is responsible In any marked degree for thu era of pros perity that has now dawned, and wo cure less, Tho reason why Is of but llttlo moment. The fact that butter and brighter days have reached St. Johns is sufficient. If conditions nro not pleasing to nil, repining nud complaining will avail not. They can ho changed when tho tlmo Is ripe If tho majority so wills, but until that tlmo let us moho thu best of condi tions us wo find them. l.et us all do whnt lies In our power to iiiulto times bettor nnd better, and rujolco In tho fact that wo aro permitted to dwell In one of tho finest localities that (lod over made. Plenty of Misfits It Is strnngo whnt u lot of nils fits exist In this world of ours. Seems ns though some people tan never find tho llttlo nlcho In which thoy uro ndnpted by Inclination nnd temperament to occupy, but thoy go tumbling nlung, caught first In ono llttlo eddy und then another, until finally Instead of progressing toward their goal, they go whirling around and around In a circle, grumbling, kicking nnd complaining, first nt ouo thing and then nnother. Tlio So cialist tolls us of tho porfoct condi tions existing In Now Zealand or somo other country under socialism; tho Prohibitionist ouloglzcB tlio hoc lions whoro tlio sulci of liquor Is not legalized; tho saloon sympathizer harps on tho beauties unci advant ages of n "wot" district; tho tin noxatlonlst goos Into raptures ovor tho glorious anticipation or living In tho city of Portland and thuu It goes all uown tho lino. Somo uro' dissatisfied with tho climate, con ditions, requirements and environ monts of every place In which they hnvo resided. Tho Ideal conditions uro nover fully realized, und Para dlso is always Just n llttlo furthor on. Whllo these various mlsflta aro complaining, exhorting, condemning nnd execrating, ono cannot help but wonder why theso peoplo do not make nn earnest effort to seek tho localities and conditions which thoy uphold nnd preach to tholr long suffering fellow roon, Tlio contented peoplo would apreclato tholr ro movnl and would tako up a collee tlon to expeuito mattors. Man, how over, Is prone to kick und raise n rumpus upon tho least provocation, und it no doubt will continue to bo so until tho end of Umo, Scared to Death Mrs. Sunny Patrlwoskl, 40 years ola, of San Diego, Cnl., wus frlghtonod to death Tuesday by witnessing two dogs fighting, when she hoard nor own pot fighting it strange canine which had entered her yard, she rushod out to rescuo her dog. Shu saw tho strange dog selzo her own pot and tho sight cuused her to reel ovor backwards, Hor husband as sisted her to tho houso, where sho soon expired. A physician hastily called pronounced hor death duo to hoart failure, brought on by fright, Tho Hill lino has a large forco of surveyors at work preparatory to building a feeder for the North Hank road up tho White Salmon valloy, A great farming and wooded country will thus bo opened up and dovoloped NO. 51 CITY S0L0NS IN SESSION Small Grist of Municipal Business Than Usual Council mot in reculnr session Tuosdny ovoiilng with nil mombors prosont nnd Mayor Hendricks In tho chair. Minutes of tho provloiiB moot ing wero read and approved. Thu eiiKlnecr's ucccntaiico of Slaf- ford streot, and endorsed by tho street commltlco was confirmed by council. Upon nftldnvlt of tho gas company thnt nil tha ruiiulreinentH In regard to laying pipes In St. Johns had lrn compiled with, on motion oi Cotiuellmnn A. W. Davis, thu $5,000 chuck was ordered returned. Mr. Stlno was granted normlsBlon to lay an eight-foot cement sldownlk In front of his now business Plnco on North Jersey, with tho understanding thnt nt any tlmo ho will comply with nuy ordinance that may bo passed later making nil sidewalks In thu liulncRM district 12 foul wide. An nmended report of the viewers on tho Fesseiidcu streot condemna tion was read and then hold over until Nov. 0th, when tho dissatisfied ones may hnvo nnother chance to register a kick on tho report mi nmended, Dills to tho amount of JIIO.GO wero allowed. A ronort sinned by . it. IwcKlnuoy pointed out u number of unsavory and III smelling spots around thu city which should receive luimoulutu at tention. Tho findings of thu until tary commission was ordered turned over to tho health nnd police cum mlltco for adjustment. A clairvoyant, having mndo np plication for n license to dispense fortunes In St. Johns, thu matter was referred to tho llconso commit, too for disposition. On motion of Councilman Drown tho engineer was to bo Instructed to koeu tnb on the plpu being plnced by tho wnter company nnd havo u complete rocord of where tho pipe him been laid and where It Is being laid nt tho present tlmo. D w SlmmuiiH was appointed special pollcomun by Mayor Hen dricks, tho nppolntmont being con firmed by council. Alter n somewhat longthy discis sion if was docldod to proceod with thu vacation of that part of Phlla dolphin Btroot covered by tho dock. According to the churter tho pro nosed vacation must bu ndvurllsed for sixty days, ami then u clinnco glvon for romonstrutlng against samo. It was decided that tho city attorney nt onco proceod with tlio legal steps toward thut cm). Sewerage Needed Rtnnn nil niiM lin taken without do Inv tnwnril lilivlllL' a HOWeniKO Bys torn Installed In tho neighborhood of the water supply for tno city, uurv ni iwwiurn oIhii suuclal urucuutlons should bo taken to Insure thu purity of tho water. Whllo thero Is no Im mediate danger of tho water becom ing contaminated, biicIi will imoiy provo tho cuso within tho noxt five or six years unless cess pools uro .,,-,.!, n, it. wi nnii ftownruuu Installed In tho neighborhood of tho water Bta tlon. Council should omploy tho onglnoorlug staff on this proportion during tho winter months when streot Improvement huu abated to u largo extent. Growing Too Fast Newman, a 15-ycar-old boy of Long Ileach, Cnl., Is growing so fust ho him boon forced to quit school on ac count of a resulting hoart affection. Ills holKht has incroased an Inch during tho last CO days and ho Is four and one-half Inches tailor than ho was January 1. Tho lud now stands flvo foot threo Inches, and Is growing so fast his father foara serious Injury. It is said that the Jack rabbits stood up liko exclamation points whon our President crossed tho wostern plulns aftor having lndorsod tho pollclos of "Nelson Aldrlch" and "Joo Cannon". GET IN THE HABIT Of aaVartklaf la THIS Pipe nai roa'H nem rmt (C Br tie t ece m4 keep rfctit at M TO HOLD MASS MEETING To Decide What Shall Be Done With the Dock Dy action of tha city council Tucs day ovontng stops will nt onco bo taken toward tho vacation of Phila delphia street. It Is luipcrntlvo thnt this street bo vacated whether tho dock Is sold or retained by tho city, Unless It Is vacated tho city has no right to blockade, with n dock or any other obstruction this street, any moro than n prlvnto Individual or cor poration has n right to block nny street in tha city. Philadelphia street should have been vacated be foro it was obstructed by tho dock. This not having been done, It Is high ly essential that no further tlmo bo lost In concluding tho process. It docs not menu thnt tho dock Is to bo sold because It, Is nocessary to va cate tho street. That proposition will como up Inter. When n street la vacated Its title reverts to thu ad joining property owners, nnd ns tho city own nil tho adjoining property In this Instance, by vacation it does not pass out of Its hands, but on thu contrary tho tltlo of tho o'ty becomes stronger by tho legal process of vn cation. For a period of CO days tho proposed vacation of this stub of n street will bu ndverilsed, and then overy property owner lit St, Johns will hnvo u fhnnco to remonstrate If thoy ho doslru. it Is proposed nt tho date set for tho hearing of tho rcmonstranceH to hold n mass meet lng of our cltlzciiH nud discuss what disposition shall bo mndo of thu dock. Tho counclluien nro nil willing to do what tho mnjorlty of t.io peoplo do slro In tho premises, but slnco thu proposition throughout has not panned out llko anticipated when whon tho dock was voted fur, they uro doslrouH of learning definitely how tho peoplo Btnnd, Whothor tho majority favor koeplng tho dock, or favor disposing of It, it matters llttlo, only tho nldermeii nru anxloim to got thu true sentiment. If enough nro lu favor of Belling it npeclal oloc tlon will bo vailed ami u veto lakon, but It tho suiit'inont Is otherwise thu matter will bo uropped. Therefore, wait for tho announcement of tho mass meeting, and nil will bo given a clinnco to nlr their views concern ing what shall bo tlouo with tho dock. Make a Start Now Young man, right now la tlio tlmo whon you should bo planting overy cent you can scrnpo together In St. Johns realty, Cut out pool, tobacco, and a fow other luxuries for n fow days and you will hnvo Bavod enough to muko tho first pnymont down on a lot. Mnko It, and koop up tho pay montB. Koop tho lot for i!5 years and for overy penny you put Into tho nronerty you will bo nblo to extract u dollar. Taking this vlow of It, overy tlmo you amoko n five-cent climr you aro in reality burning up flvo dollars. Tho planting season Is hero In uli ita richness, Mako up your mind to Blunt n llttlo gold mlno of your own. You w.l oxperlento moro nlonsuro lu watching It dovclop and oxpund than you did lu spend ing tho mouoy for luxuries beforo. Opportunity Is at tho door. Will you not let it In? Duy anywhere North, South, East or Wost, but buy In St. Johus, Core Will Come High Tho high prlco of $3.35 for tho first grade Spltzenborg apples nnd 2.10 per box for Nowtowna wero tho prices received by tho Hood Itlver Fruit Orower'8 Union for their entlro crop of fancy apples thin year. This prlco, paid by n Now York concern, has Just been mado public by tho union. Thoro surely should bo monoy lu raising nppica at 15 cents each. Mr. Harrlman. having left an ostato of about tl50,000,000, his oldor son has boon entered at tale, mo family fooling reasonably confident that It can afford to pay his ox pouBca lu u first-class institution.