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VOL. 6
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1909.
NO. a
PIONEER CITIZEN
IS DEAD
Samuel W.Simmons Sud
denly Passes Away
The sad news reached St. Johns
'Saturday morning that Sntmtcl J.
Simmons had passed to the great
beyond, at the Crystal Springs San
itarium at 3 o'clock that morning.
He had appeared in such excellent
hciltli physically but a few days
before that the news of his death
came as a distinct shock to this
community.
Samuel Simmons was born near
Vancouver, Wash., and about 3a
years ago he bought a tract of laud
near the outskirts of St. Johns. A
year later he married and settled
down upon his newly purchased
property. The Peninsula was at
that time practically a howling wil
derness and the land he purchased
was in its very rawest state. But
by dint of hard work and a vast
amount of energy he transformed it
into a model farm, well stocked
with fine horses and cattle. Al
ways a lover of well bred horses,
he raised some of the finest that
lias ever been seen in this part of
tile country, and his blooded stock
had a reputation far and wide. In
his youugcr days and before the
coming of the railroad he had
worked in various positions along
the river, and at one time owned
and operated a small steamer that
plied between I'oitlaud uud the
mouth of the river. Possessed of a
strength much greater thuu the or
dinary mortal, his services were al
ways in great demand.
While seemingly to be enjoying
almost perfect health up to the
hour of his death, his mind became
clouded during a few days before
his demise, which is ascribed to his
brooding over some domestic troub
les he is known to have had. He
leaves a wife and four sons, Hu
bert, George, Norman uud Ray, to
survive him.
Practically everyone in St. Johns
knew "Sam" 'Simmous as he was
familiarly called. His large, ro
bust figure was visible almost every
day upon our strcets,and his cheery
voice and hearty handshake were
very familiar to all his friends and
acquaintances. For a number ot
years he had conducted a feed
stable at the corner of Richmond
and Hayes streets, aud for the past
seven years had been Road Super
visor. He knew how to build good
roads and took great pleasure aud
pride in doing so. He was well
fixed In this world's goods, the re
maining portion of his farm, which
he purchased for a mere song 33
years ago, now being estimated as
being worth over $100,000, and he
also possessed other valuable prop
erty. The funeral was held in the
Evangelical church Tuesday at 1 p.
m., Rev. C. P. Gates delivering the
sermon. A large crowd of the
friends of the deceased were in at
tendance. At the Stockyards
The receipts for the week at the
Peninsula stock yards have been:
998 cattle, 45 calves, 2873 hogs,349
sheep, 330 goats aud 131 horses.
The very light ruu of cattle follow
ing the heavy receipts of poor qual
ity stuff for the two preceding
weeks has given the packers a
chance to clear their pens to some
extent and the demand can be said
to be strong. The market has been
active throughout the week, with
good cows as the feature. Good
fat cattle of every class are wanted.
The hog market has beeu active
and strong prices have not ruled
as high for all classes as two weeks
ago. A good many loads sold for
8.00 per hundred but some hogs
that would have brought that price
two weeks ago sold for $7.75 to
I7.85. Good even, well fatted
hogs are quotable at $S.oo and the
market generally can be said to be
stroag. There have not been
caough sheep to make a market
and there is a very active demand
fee. fat wethers and lambs.
Mrs J. P. Aldrich has departed
for Bistnark, N. D., where she will
spend the winter. She has been
the guest of ber brother, Chief-of-
Glice, Bredeson, since the last of
area .and she U mote than pleased
with St. Johns.
Wftfk tt a QraaUr St J abas.
HANDED IN HIS
RESIGNATION
Which is Reluctantly Ac
cepted by Council
Council met in regular session
Tuesday evening, and roll call
proved that all members were pres
ent with Mayor Hendricks presid
ing. Minutes of previous meeting
were read and approved.
A report from the lessee of the
rock crusher showing the amount
of rock turned out during the
month and enclosing check for $6t.
27 was received.
Bills to the amount of $242.42
were ntlowcd.
An ordinance adopting the view
ers' report on Fciscndcn street from
the line of the city limits to the
river, was given its first official
reading. As it contains about 57
typewritten pages, after it was read
the second time by title, it was de
cided to dcluy third reading aud
final passage until next week, after
which it will appear in the Review
in full, thus giving all interested an
opportunity of knowing just how
the benefits and damages had been
distributed by the viewers along the
entire thoroughfurc. It required
almost 50 days on the part of the
viewers to complete the voluminous
document.
The resignation of Councilman
P. P. Drown of the second ward
was then read. Owing to ill health
in his family Mr. Brown has decid
ed to remove for n time to another
locality in the hnnc that the change
of climate will be beneficial to the
ill one, aud in the meantime a
stress of other business requiring
his attention until he departs mak
ing it impossible for him to give the
proper amount of time to municipal
matters, he decided to hand in his
resignation. Since circumstances
were in this shape, council regret
fully accepted the resignation and
his successor will be elected next
Tuesday night. Mayor Hendricks
voiced the sentiment of the entire
council wh 11 he stated that it was
with the deepest regret the resigna
tion of Mr. Brown was received,
that he was ever faithful to his du
ties aud had never been found
wanting. Mr. Brown expressed
his regret in turn at being compell
ed to withdraw, that he tried to do
his duty at all times as he saw it,
and that he had never beeu associ
ated with a body of men who
worked so harmoniously together,
devoted their time so unselfishly to
the municipal good, and accom
plished so much with so little
money to work with.
The Bird Got Away
He was a preacher in a small
eastern town, and he desired to do
something different, something that
would stir the people to a realistic
idea of their condition and awake
them from a lethargy that seemed
to possess them. After thinking
the matter over carefully, prayer
fully and thoughtfully for a time,
he conceived the idea of having his
young son climb up into a loft over
the church with a dove, and at a
certain time during the course of
his sermon he would clasp his
hands and exclaim: "Now, let the
dove of peace descend." Ai the
Treacher uttered these words the
oy was to gently lift the trap door
and let the bird descend upon the
congregation. The plan pleased
him greatly and he decided to cany
it into practice. Accordingly short
ly before his next service the boy
took the dove and ascended into the
loft with it. Everything went
along swimmingly until the preach
er suddenly clapped his hands and
said: "Now. let the dove of peace
descend" and he rolled his eyes' to
ward heaven. The dove not com
ing forth, he repeated the words
more vigorously, but still no bird.
Again be shouted the message and
clapped his bands long and loud,
but no dove. Just as be was about
to give it another trial, the trap
door opened and a thin voice piped:
"Stop your clapping, dad; the
d n bird got away."
When you get 3 per cent, for
your money you have something
working FOR you as hard as you
work FOR someone else. The
First National Bank will prove this
by compounding interest every six
aiostbs.
TERMINAL
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. Reported
to Have Decided Upon Locating Their Terminals
on the Large Weyerhaeuser Property
The article published below, com
ing from North Yakima and taken
from the Oregonian, will be wel
come news to our citizens if the
plan as outlined materializes. Ru
mor persistently has it that the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R.
R. Co. own a controlling interest
in the Weyerhaeuser tract in the
north cud. If this is true, it is
more than probable that the termi
nal yards of the Hue will be located
there, and their wharves, switches,
carshops, etc. , will also be erected
on that property. Its coming would
be of incalculable value to St. Johns
aud it is sincerely hoped that thej
report Is more than a passing ru
mor: "That the main Pacific Coast ter
minal of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul extension will be located
at Portland, and the Oriental trade
will be handled out of the Colum
bia River, instead of from Puget
Sound, became known here today,
when plans matured six months
ago for building a new town in the
More Help Needed
The busiest place in this entire
section just now seems to be the lo
cal O. R. & N. office at the foot of
Burlington street. For the vast
amount of business transacted there
however, it is very apparent to all
who visit that hive of industry that
the force is woefully inadequate for
the vast amount ot business to be
done since the less than car load
service has been installed. The city
feels very thankful for the local ser
vice, which puts us ou the map us
a shipping point, but we believe it
would warrant the company to in
crease their force here. A good so
liciting among the shippers occas
ionally would help greatly, and the
company should add enough force
to allow a man to do a little outside
hustling, so there will be no danger
of us losing this service on account
of lack of patronage. Agent A.
W. Davis would be au admirable
man for this work, as he is well ac
quainted with all the shippers and
is particularly well liked by all. The
city wants the service continued
and improved as time goes on, aud
the company should not endanger
our chances of keeping this service
by a shortness of help in the office
at this place.
Something Different
Manchurian larks, entirely new
songbirds for this country, will be
liberated In Oregon next Spring, be
ing the first of this species ever
brought to America. Mrs. Fred
D. Fisher, wife of the American
consul at Niu-Chwaug, Mauchu
ria, who returned to America last
week with her husband, brought
back 15 of the birds, She will keep
them through the winter and liber
ate them in the spring. The im
ported songsters are rated as among
the best song birds in the world.
They are about the size of the na
tive lark but are the color of the
wren. The Chinese keep them in
cages in their homes.
Nothing Very Good
Chief of Police Bredeson has re
turned from a couple of weeks'
tour of Lane and Klamath coun
ties, whither he went in quest of a
good homestead. He found, how
ever, that the land was not as good
as he expected to find, the ground
being very dry and unproductive
without the aid of water which was
quite scarce and difficult to utilize.
The best sections of the land were
taken and the outlook for settlers
securing something valuable in the
way of homesteads was very poor.
Good homesteads in Oregon are get
ting very scarce and hard to locate.
Dr. B. T. Rambo, who has been
in Spokane the past week on busi
ness, returned home yesterday morning.
MAY BE IN
Ahtanutn valley, south of North
Yakima, were made public.
"This new town is to be on the
line of the Milwaukee road that will
ruu from Beverly, where the road
crosses the Columbia above Priest
Rapids to St. Johns, where it is re
ported the new Oriental terminals
will be built.
"The new line as planned, will
run down the west side of the
Columbia river from opposite Bev
erly nearly to Hatiford, over terri
tory that has been in litigation be
tween the Milwaukee and the North
Coast. From the Hatiford country
the line will turn west, traversing
a low pass in the Rattlcsunku Hills,
'and running down the Moxee valley
to within a mile of this city, where
it will cross the Yakima, run up
the Ahtanuin valley to the head
waters of the Klickitat, following
that valley to the Columbia at u
point opposite The Dalles. There
the line will cross the river and
branch; one line running to Port
laud and the other to Central Ore
gon. "Surveyors have been busy on
W. R. C. Doings
The W. R. C. of St. Johns held
a very interesting meeting on the
6th. There was a large attendance
and everyone was very enthusiastic
and many plans were laid for future
work.
An invitation was received from
Compton Post to attend their camp
fire 011 the 20th, which was gladly
accepted, knowing they will have
a pleasant time.
Mrs. Lathrope, having bought
one of our quilt covers, gave a
quilting at the home of Mrs. Rey
nolds of Portsmouth 011 the nth.
Many willing hands soon finished
the quilt, then a pleasant hour was
spent partaking of light refresh
ments and laying plans for the fu
ture. Ou the 20th, after the campfirc,
the W. R. C. will hold their regu
lar meeting, at which three new
members will be received. All
members of the organization are
requested to attend this meeting to
make arrangements for the election
of officers at the first meeting in
December.
Mrs. R. II. M. Press Correspond
ent. Would Make a "Dandy"
John Poff has been circulating a
petition the past few days for the
appointment of road supervisor to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of S. W. Simmons. Mr. Poff has
had plenty of experience in road
building, and is fully competent in
every way to fill the position, It
is hoped the county authorities will
appoint him to the "yob". John 1
has a host of friends in St. Johns I
and all are glad of an opportunity I
to civc him a boost. Certainly no j
mistake would be made in making
John Poff road supervisor for this
district.
A Serious Accident
J. A. Simpson met with a serious
and unfortunate accident Monday,
while splitting cord wood near the
city dock. He was driving a wedge
through a log, when a piece of met
al chipped off aud flew into his eye,
splitting his eyeball in twain. He
was taken to the Good Samaritan
hospital, Portland, where it was
found that the metal had stuck in
the wall of the eye and it was nec
essary to remove the ball.
Captain Batter, of -the Govern
ment Moorings, has been in a Port
land hospital for sometime, where
he suffered a serious operation. He
is getting along nicely at this writ
ing, however.
The store of A. Unger, adjoining
the Peniusula bank, has been en
closed in fine shape, and now Mr.
Unger has one of the finest stores of
its kind in St. Johns,
ST. JOHNS
this route for the past three years,
but had not obtained a satisfactory
grade until April. The new line
is almost n water grade, aud Wilt
be shorter than the route over the
Cascades to Puget Sound, aud thus
better for freight hauls.
"The news of this intended
change leaked out here through the
division of the Moycr ranch in the
Ahtauum into town lots, and the
statement of Milwaukee right of
way agents and engineers that the
grade had been secured and the
needed land bought.
"The new line, instead of running
largely through forest reserve laud,
as docs the Puget Sound branch,
will tap the Hatiford wheat region,
the Moxee, Yakima, Ahtauum and
Klickitat fruit valleys, aud will open
the way for a third road into Cen
tral Oregon, with its undeveloped
resources. The line is actually un
der construction from Beverly to
ward Hauford, and grading in this
region is expected shortly; in fact,
trains have been promised into the
Yakima valley by the end of next
year."
Won a Silver Medal
C. II. Boyd, Principal of the
Central school, has received the
following from the Prcsidrnt of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Commission:
Dear Sir: We wish to inform you
that the St. Johns Public Schools
received a Silver Medal for the gen
eral educational display exhibited
by them In the Oregon Building at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
sition. The Oregon Commission
desire to thank you for the splendid
exhibit made by the school under
your supervision and we wish to as
sure you that your work helped
materially in winning new laurels
for Oregon's Educational System.
Yours very truly
W. II. Wehrtiug, President.
Robbers in Town
The North Bank Pharmacy and
a jewelry store adjoining were vis
ited by robbers Sunday evening,
Entrance was gained through the
back door which was evidently op
ened by plyers of some sort. Ten
dollars was taken from the till ol
the pharmacy aud Mr. Curriu
also missed a safety razor. In the
jewelry store a number of rings and
other jewelry were stolen. No
clue has developed as to who the
miscreants were.
A Delightful Dance
The Bachelors' Club held auoth
er delightful dance In Bickner hall
last Thursday evening. The hall
was decorated in a most pleasing
manner and the effect produced
showed plenty of labor aud ingen
nuity. A goodly sized crowd was
iu attendance, and everything
passed off smoothly and pleasantly.
Their next dance will be held
Christmas eve, and one will' also be
given New Year's eve.
Returns to St. Johns
C. R. Organ uud family have re
turned to St. Johns after several
months' stay in Salt Lake City,
Utah, where Mr. Organ was em
ployed at contract work in line
with his calling. He stated that
work was plentiful and wages good,
but the climate did not agree with
Mrs. Organ. He has purchased a
farm down the valley since return
ing, but they will abide in St. Johns
for some time before taking posses
sion of the new ranch.
WANT TO WORK ALL OF
YOUR WHOLE LIFE? You
know you don't. Save now in the
First National Bank for your old
age. It compounds interest every
six mouths.
Work lor a QraaWr St. Johns.
will add new
DEPARTURE
Vogue Millinery Puts in
Ladies' Apparel Stock
The Vogue has added another
department to the up-to-date millin
ery emporium on North Jersey, and
that is a full aud complete line of
ladles' suits.coats, capcs.ctc. Every
thing will be of the most modern in
style nnd design. Mrs. Stuckcr has
made arrangements to secure her
goods direct from the manufacturer,
which dispenses with the middle
man's profit, and the fact that her
rent will be no more, aud there will
be no extra cost for light, heat, etc.,
she will be in a position to sell the
new goods at prices even lower than
obtains in Portland. No shoddy or
inferior goods will be carried and
only the latest, choicest and best
will be kept in stock. Mrs. Stuck
cr feels that n select Hue of ladies'
skirts, suits, coats and capes is a
long felt want in St. Johns, aud it
will be her aim nt nil times to keep
the line complete in every partic
ular. The splendid reputation she
has established in the millinery bus
iness is sufficient assurance that the
new Hue she will carry will be in no
wise inferior in quality and finish
to the goods she has been in the
habit of carrying. The new goods
will be ready for inspection tomor
row, and all the ladies of St. Johns
ami vicinity arc cordially invited to
caII and examine them. Mrs. Stuck
er deserves to be congratulated up
on the enterprise she has evinced In
placing the new line.
Hatchery Opened
The Bonneville Salmon hatchery,
the biggest in the world, which will
be the central fish hatchery for this
state, was opened Saturday with
appropriate exercises. Governor
Benson, State Treasurer Steel, Fish
Warden McAllister, of Oregon, and
Fish Commissioner Rieslaud, of
Washington, together with a num
ber of prominent cauiicrymcn of
both states attended. The new
hatchery is a model plant, and has
a capacity of 60,000,000 eggs, there
being now nbout 20,000,000 ou
hand. Nursery and feeding ponds
arc provided for 3,000,000 young
fish.
Prevaricators Plenty
Geo. L. Pcrriuc, the Socialistic
spellbinder, has returned from a
trip to Lane county, where he was
gazing over the country with a view
to securing a homestead. He was
very much disgusted with that part
of the state, however, and believes
there is more unblushing prevar
icators there to the square inch
than in any other section of the
globe. He said it was a difficult
matter to find enough level ground
to lie down upon, and he would
have to have au awful grudge
against his family to take them to
that county .to live.
Meeting of Dairymen
Oregon dairyman will meet in
Portland Dec. 9 ami 10 and plans
already under way for the gather
ing indicate it will be one of the
most interesting conventions in the
history of the association, There
will be a large attendance of dairy
men from Washington and Oregon
and a fine lot of exhibits of dairy
products. One prominent creamery
will exhibit over 50 kinds of cheese
gathered from all over the world.
This showing is bouud to be of
very great iuterest.
Building Permits
No 93 To A. E. Simmons, to
erect a dwelling on Mohawk street
between Burr and Fairhaveu streets
for Raymond Lee; estimated cost,
$1200.
No. 94 To E. E. Rading, to
erect a dwelling on Hartman street
between Meyers aud Cruikshank;
estimated cost, $2000.
Preach the gospel ot St. Johns.
house
is RAZED
DY FIRE
Inmates Barely Escaped
With Their Lives
The residence destroyed by fire
Thursday evening of last week was
owned and occupied by Frank and
Charles Sjodhal. The origin of
the conflagation is unknown. The
brothers say they retired about
1 1 :30 o'clock nnd nwokc about 3 to
find the house In flames. Charles
had to help his wife to the ground
from the second story window on
account of the close proximity of
the flames. Outside of a piano
and a few minor articles, every
thing was destroyed, and the in
mates escaped very scantily clad.
The loss is estimated nt nbout
$3600, aud insurance carried am
ounted to $1700. The residence
was a fine, large one aud was lo
cated at to8 Fox street. The alarm
was scut in after the flames had
gained such headway that the fire
department could do nothing, es
pecially so since water for fire pur
poses is n scarce quantity in that
neighborhood.
May Reach Congress
The death of Cadet Eugene
Byrne in the city of New York the
other day from Injuries received at
foot ball recently has raised the ire
of opposers of the game all over the
country. Much has been said
against foot ball but while the fatal
ities in the past are enough to hor
rify the. ordinary citizen who leads
a quiet life the players have had it
pretty much their own way aud
after a fatality is forgotten a com
munity picks up its courage and
permits the game to go ou. Now
however there seems to be a set op
inion against it all through the east
nnd that cast is not far from Wash
ington. It may reach congress be
fore the winter is over.
Helped His Speed
Officer Dunbar fired four shots
after a fleeing man who had re
resisted arrest last Thursday night.
Neither of the shots took effect, but
the fugitive's speed was greatly ac
celerated by reason thereof. The
officer had started to arrest two lo
cal young men for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. He got one
but the other made his getaway
amid the hail of bullets.
Visited the "Kid"
Miss Louisa Thwaite of New
York City was the guest of her
brother, Joseph of Harris' cigar
store last week. Miss Thwaite is
80 years old, aud she visited St.
Johns to see how the "kid" was
getting along. Joseph, the "kid,"
however, Is nearly 70 years of age
himself,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Rogers have
returned from a week or ten days'
trip to Monmouth and other points
in the Willamette valley. S. W.
brought home several mementoes
of the trip in the shape of Chinese
pheasants which fell beneath his
trusty shotgun.
A Thanksgiviug meeting will be
held in the Evangelical Church
next Thursday, Nov. 25, at 10:30
a. m. The sermon will be preached
by Rev. C. L. Owen, pastor of the
Baptist church. Everybody is in
vited to attend.
The successful contestant in the
"Who's Who" coutest will be an
nounced iu next week's issue.
Rev. Fred Clark aud wife of Mid
dleville, Mich., ure guests at A. C.
Gesler's this week.
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