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Hliforlcul Soclrty ST. REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU To mfecrRn for THIS Pptr. All Iht mwi whlh It ft newi l oar mtU. Call In nd taroll GET IN THE HABIT Of Jmtfctagli TltM raor dyoaVatwrigrotIt Br ffe at Mee m4 imp rWH N Dtroted to tho laterafts of lira PmIrmis, the Manufacturing Center of the North VOL, 6 ST. JOHNS, OREGONj FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1909. NO. 3 JOHNS WHO'S WHO" CONTEST Prize Awarded to Dora Cam of This City After carefully examining the pa pers submitted by the various con testants in the "Who's Who" con test, it has been decided to award the ten dollars in gold to Dora Carr, 625 East Charleston street, her rea sons for patronizing home merchants being deemed the best. A number of papers were received and some good reasons advanced for trading ' at home. Only one contestant sup plied the proper names to each of the articles. All the papers re ceived were presented by local peo ple with the exception of one from Vancouver, Wash. Following arc Dora Carr's reasons why wc should trade at home: 1. Wc should spend our money in St. Johns because wc make it here, and if wc spend it here the business men can nfford to hire more clerks and supply more work for the people in this way. 2. ' Keep your money in circu lation here by spending it here, in stead of circulating it in Portland by spending it there. 3. By spending your money here it causes more buildings to be built and more improvements to be made, such as sidewalks, street grading, etc. 4. If you did not spend your money in St. Johns the .storekeepers and butchers could not afford to at tend or run their places of business; therefore let us patronize tueiu. 5. If you should go to Portland to buy your dry goods, groceries, Imeats, etc., and you see someone , who was thinking of locating in St. Johns, they would not be liable to come here if they saw that you went to Portland do do your trad ing; therefore, trade at home and help to increase the population. Another contestant offers the fol lowing five reasons: 1. Spend your money in St. Johns and your town will prosper. 2. The car company reaps the harvest of the profit on the goods. 3. Spend your money with your St. Johns merchants, and if what you buy is not right they make it right. 4. By spending our money in St. Johns we enrich our neighbor rather than the neighbor of an other. 5. Most of the things sold here are at the same price as those of same value elsewhere. Another paper reads: 1, We can buy goods in St. Johns on an average as cheap as we can anywhere. 2. Goods bought at home can be. exchanged or errors made right if any mistake should occur "with out trouble." 3. Money spent in St. Johus helps to build up the place. 4. The future of St. Johns de pends on what the people who live here make it. 5. We should always patronize our own place and industries. Still another paper reads: I. To build up the home town. a, To help your neighbor. 3. To get full value for your money. 4. To set a good example for others. 5. To increase the value of your own property. Portland Going Ahead Oregon's chief city is going ahead as never before in its history. Portland Is growing because the aUte at large is prosperous and is constantly increasing in wealth. Plans to beautify the city by follow ing a comprehensive scheme of city building are now receiving a great deal of attention. Mayor Simon gtmoHtice that during the coming year 90 miles of hard surface pave meat will be put down, making the streets of the. metropolis equal, if Mt superior, to anv other city ia the West. At present Portland has a total ef 6e miles of bard surface fwvemcats. - Keep os saving and the funded capital of your saving years, of the vaan vnti have earned will take UD life's harden and you'll sot need to work at all. Tae First XNauooai 1 Baak will explain this. Ask. Ia fematioa is free. A NEW LINE TO TROUTDALE Immense "Y" to be Built at East St. Johns ' Active steps towards the comple tion of the new Troutdalc cutoff of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company were begun last Friday when Right of Way Agent J. W. Morrow started on an automobile trip over the route of the proposed cutoff to determine what lauds the railroad will have to acquire to build the new line between Trout dale and Maegly Junction and St. Johns. Ills expected that this line will prove one of the most expensive short lines that have been built in this part of the country. The route lies through some of the richest farms iti Oregon, between the pres ent main line of the O. R. & N. through Sullivan's gulch and thej Columbia River. It will be 20 miles long when completed and will not only give the O. R. & N. a di rect connection with the Columbia River bridge of the North Bank road and thence to Pugct Sound, but will eliminate the bad grade for freight trains on the Sullivan's gulch route. Starting from the present main line of the O. R. & N. at Troutdalc the cutoff will run almost directly to a connection with the S. P. & S. near the Union Stockyards. At Maegly Junction an immense double "Y" will be built, where trncks will lend to the Columbia River bridge 011 the north, to the tunnel and direct connection with Portland on the south, to St. Johus on the west and Troutdalc on the east. . When this cujoff is completed all freight trains over the O. R. & N. from the cast, whether bound for Puget Sound or for Portland, or whether leaving Portland for the north or east, will be routed by way of it. Passenger trains will still be sent over the Sullivan Gulch route. Journal. Apples for Royalty Apples grown in Oregon and Washington will grace the tables of European royalty this winter through the plan of James J. Hill, the Great Northern magnate, who has ordered 100 boxes of the best apples displayed at the Spokane apple show. He has wired his Spokane agent to pay lio a box if necessary. He says, he wants the apples for Christmas preseuts to the following: "Royal and titled heads of Europe holding stock in the Hill roads, the Queen of Denmark, the King ot Kngland, tne mperor 01 Germany, titled members of the British Parliment and German ana Swedish personages of royal blood." Apples will be selected from fruit grown along the Hill lines and from the Deschutes valley. Hold Campfire Th V A. R. held a campfire and banquet at their ball all day Satiirdav. and about i w partook of a bounteous luucb. The time was spent in recalling reminiscences ot the old days ot the civil war. ine Hrnm rnrns furnished some stlrriner martial music that delighted the hearts ot all. several veierans or prominence were present and helped tn make the affair a most eniovable one. , The old veterans certainly . !.. .1 I.. U Know now 10 eiijuy wiciuscivcs iuu tell good stories. The W. R. C. was a creat aid in makiner the campfire and banquet the pleasing success it was Can't Happen Too Soon Persistent rumors are afloat that the P. R. L. & V. Co. will run a sew car liae from Portland to St Johns via Ken ton, next year. A Dctittoa has been presented to the street railway company and it is said that the officials will undoubt edlv coasider the proposition favor ably in ae'xt year's budget. The proposed line will run immediately betweea the present St. Johns line aad Columbia Boulevard.-rAb- stract. GUILD'S LAKE TO BE FILLED Portland Gradully Moving ' Down This Way Kmnlnvliiff the same means that has been used to such excellent ad vantage in rcgrading much of .atllp'u htmlnpiu illfttrict. W. H. Lewis and C. S. Wiley, who yes terday purchased about 90 acres in the western section of the city, nrnnoup tn transform their iicwlv acquired property into an attractive residence addition. The property purchased consists of the Goldsmith tract and Scott tract, which lie nt the head of Lovcjoy street and between Cornell road and Maclcay park; the Batch's gulch property, extending from Mnclcav nark to the Linnton road and the Cottcl tract, a 40 ncrc niece in Guild's lake, where the fair grounds were located. The property to be Immediately Improved in the Goldsmith and Scott tracts, comprising 60 acres. This will be cut by hydraulic giants to anv irrndc the Olmstcds may direct, and the earth carried in flumes down to the lake to fill the Cottcl tract. The Ualch's milch property will not be immediately improved, owing to the action of the park board in starting proceed ings for the condemnation of a por tion of it. The purchasers of the property, William II. Lewis and Charles S. Uilev. are well known Seattle busi ness men. who have handled some of the largest rcgrading contracts in the sound city. It is understood that Messrs. Wllev and Lewis will at once in stall a 12,000,000 gallon pnmplng plant in uuuus iaxc. uy mis mrnn It i nronosed to convert Goldsmith hill and Batch's gulch into residence property and reclaim u part of Guild's lake into railroad terminals and sites tor muuuiaciur- ing enterprises. Olmsted brothers. landscape architects, of Boston, have been engaged by the purchasers of this property to plan the work of con verting it into a beautiful residence section. Oue of the Olmsteds will reach Portland in a short time, and will Immediately take up the task of laying out the regrade work. The property was purcuasea from R. S. Howard, receiver of the Title Guarantee & Trust company and brought in the neighborhood of $275,000. The property will be put on tne market in the snrlucr. It will be sold under building restrictions that will keep out undesirable structures, and every effort will be made to make it one of the best resideuce sections in Portland. At the Stockyards Pattlt rerelnts at the Portland Union Stock Yards for the past week have not been up to the re nnlrements of the trade, neither in point of numbers or quality 2,077 head being received. 1 ne aeraana for cattle of a better class, steers and cows and calves has been strong and active and prices have shown a higher tendency. 1 ne nog supply ha9 been proportionately liberal but buyers have taken the offerings promptly at good prices. 4,746 head were received and several loads brought the top of the market $8.10, but the bulk of the sales have been running trom $7.90 to $8.00. The receipts of sheep have in no-way approximated the demand ana sneep Duyers nave not, been able to fill' their orders. 1 .012 head was all "that came in during the week. The market has been firm to higher and the de mand is strong for good quality mutton and lambs. There were 284 goats, 156 calves and 35 horses shipped ia during the week. Edison street from near Burling ton to Richmond was planked in order to make it accessible for man and beast during the wet weather. Property owners have subscribed funds for the purpose and Thos. H. Cochran bad charee of the work. For some time it was al most Impossible, to surmount the hill with a good sized load, and the new plank road will be hailed with delight by all who have occasion to use tac thoroughfare. TO DREDGE ORE GON SLOUGH Will Provide Wharfage for World's Fleets Orccon slough, on the cast side of the Peninsula, is to be dredged for sea-going vessels, and docks arc to be erected ; along its banks, where cargoes can be loaded and unloaded in connection with foreign commerce, according to J. U. Labor who is connected with the Penin sula Improvement company. 1 he dockage facilities of the city of Portland, will thereby be enormous ly Increased, he says, as there arc 13 miles of slough-bank to be util ized in the work. "The principal owners of the laud along the banks of the slough arc the Swift Packing company, the Ladd estate and the Peninsula Improvement company," Mr. Labcr says, "and these owners will work together in deepening the slough and in constructing docks and warehouses. The laud adjacent is owned by a number of people and is valued at about 75,000,000 at present. The cost ot the im provements on the slough will atiiotiut to about $800,000, and this amount can be raised by selling bonds secured by the property benefited, which will pay a tax of about y mills for the purpose. We propose to district tuc locality to be benefited and go before the next legislature, asking the privi lege of selling bonds. When this Crivilcge has been secured and the onds are ready for the market, wc will begin the real work on the slough. "Wharfage and dock facilities arc restricted to 'Portland, and values urn too high to warrant the purchase of docks to any extent. With our unlimited water frontage on Oregon slough wc will provide wharfage nud dockage tor the lleets of the world, and at such reason- 'able prices that the harbor will be come known abroad as a good piacc for deep-sea vessels to visit." Something in the Air A partv of mvsterious surveyors has appeared in University Park and are running a line across tue east end of the addition from north to south. It is believed that rail road interests, presumably the Mil- wauicle Katiroao, are beiniw uieir movements. The line is being made with unmarked stakes and runs just along the side of the alley in the line ot wocks between row ler and Washburne streets in Uni versity Park. If the survey ulti mately develops Into a right of way for a railroad, it is believed that it could be used only as a tunnel. Just west nf this survey is the proposed Maegly tunnel for the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company. This tunnel parallels the survey now helnir made, and it is pointed out that if a railroad should cross University Park along this line on the ground level it would be so far in the air when the river was reached that a bridge would not prove feasible. A Lively Experience Attornev Ceo. T. Perkins met with an experience Monday morn ing that he will not soon forget. He was in bis bathroom taking a bath and while standing in the tub he reached up to turn off the elec tric light. What followed is some thing that Mr. Perkins is only dim lv ' conscious of. He knows he conld not leave go, and he was turned around and around and tin ally was jerked out of the tub. He hecatne unconscious then and his dead weight broke the cord. An inventory ot his person when he came to disclosed the fact that a shoulder bad been dislocated and that he was otherwise somewhat bruised about the body, This fur nishes another evidence of the fact that it is a very hazardous opera tion to turn on an electric light while standing in water. Had the cord not broken the chances are that Mr. Perkins would have per ished, as has been the case in other instances of a like nature. Subscribe (or tt. Review and be aW. INCREASING IN VALUE St. Johns Property Rap idly Climbing Up When James John, founder of the present city of St. Johns, died in 1880, the appraisers of his estate valued the 40 blocks which then constituted the town nt $4216.75, including all improvements. Block 20, where the Cochran block, the McKcon block, the Wolcott block and others arc, was at that time valued at $00, as were all the blocks on Jersey street, from Fcsscmlcn to Richmond. These blocks arc now hard to get at values ranging from $30,000 to $50,000. 15. lf. Day, who bought the Valentine block, has lately refused $4000 for one of its eight 50-foot lots, which is just about what Mr. Valentine received for the entire block and a good dwelling in 1905. This would he an average profit of 1300 to $2000 per year on a $60 in vest incut, figuring from t88b to date. Over 10 miles of streets have been graded this year, and 15 miles more have already been asked for and will be improved next year. Indications arc that this amount will be doubled by the time Spring opens and the ground is in condi tion to he worked. N. W. Ayerhns stated that if th Council will permit the erection of a water tank for fire protection in that portion of Burlington street ad jacent to the holdings of the St. Johns Lumber Company, the mill will be operated nights. Tilts would give employment to too or 150 men, and Increase the payroll from 1 0,000 to $13,000 per month. Telegram. Business Expanding The IMmondson Co. has enlarged and otherwise remedied and embell ished their plumbing establishment 011 South Jersey. A larger and more complete line of fittings and fixtures have been tusiulled and the more commodious compartments is a great aid in getting out work with quickness and despatch. The business of this pioneer company has been steadily increasing with the growth of St. Johns. Always a firm believer In home industries, Mr. Kdmondson has practiced this theory consistently since his com ing to St. Johns. Anything that could be secured here was pur chased in this city. Home labor, home printlng.houie supplies when ever possible, and a strong faith in St. Johns have been Mr. Kdmond son's convictions, Ilelieving in sup port nir his home paper, he has ever carried an ad in its columns. With an enviable reputation for good work, many out-of-town people come here to secure his services. He deserves to succeed well and it is pleasing to note that he is doing so, The Thimble Club The ladles of the Thimble Club entertained their husbands with a big spread at the elegant new home of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hurlbert Thursday evening of last week. After satisfying the inner man, the evening was spent with music and social games. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Hurlbert, Braasch, Day, Hoyd, Hewitt, Learned, Kin der, Hiller, Keeler, Kvans. Hartel, and Gomel; Mesdames. Learned, Robinson, Gray, Owen, Campbell and Oenham; Misses Dunn, Hay, Hart, Brlggs, Cjuigiey, Hewitt, Braasch, Stalter, Hredeson, Game!, Wrinkle and Hurlbert: Harold Hurlbert. Russel Hurlbert and Prank Learned. The Firemen's Athletic club held another most successful dance Sat urday evening in the skating rink. A large crowd was in attendance and everything passed off nicely and without a hitch anywhere. The fire at the White House kept some . . f t ... A. ot the boys away tor a time, um they made up tor it when they re turned, Some good second-hand watches cheap at Rogers', 309 N. Jersey St. A MAN BURNED TO DEATH And White House Set on Fire by Explosion A distressing accident, occurred at the White House hotel Saturday evening, causing the death of one man, severely burning another nud starting a fire that caused many hundreds of dollars damage before it was extinguished. The accident was caused by Pearl J. Smith, a boarder nt the hotel, attempting to fill an oil stove from 11 40 gallon tank containing n low grade of gas olene. The tank was located in a woodshed at the tear of the hotel, and it is supposed Mr. Smith lit a match to ascertain if the vessel he was filling was full enough, when the gas surrounding the tank be came ignited and spread out over the floor. While Mr. Smith was trying to put out the flames the tongues of fire readied the tank and itcxploded,spreadlug the burn ing lliifd in every direction, btnlth was instantly a mass of (lames, and Domiuick I'ioco, an Italian, seeing his plight, attempted to put out the flames by throwing water over him, but the water served to spread the flames and the Italian was also severely burned nbout the face and eyes. 1 he wounded men were taken to the home of Mrs. J. C. Scott nearby where their immediate wants were attended to by a daughter of Mrs. Scott, who is a trained nurse. Dr. Vincent, who was called, found scarcely an inch of Smith's body that was not seared and his hair was burned completely off. His clothing was all burned off and the flesh in spots was burned to the bone. After lingering along in great pain until about the hour of mid night, Mr. Smith succumbed to his injuries nud passed to the great be yond. The Italian while severely burned, his injuries are not danger ous and he will soon be as well as ever. The conflagration occasioned by the explosion was extinguished by the St. Johns firemen after a hard fight. Many of the firemen were dressed in their best, owing to the fact that the Firemen's Athletic Club were holding a dance in the skating rink. Without stopping to make a change, they hastened with their apparatus to the scene of the fire and worked valiantly and heroically In subduing the flames. 1 he loss to the building Is about $1800, while several of the board ers lost all their clothes and some mouey. The hotel is owned by Daniel Williams of .Seattle, was managed by Mrs. Fosdick, ami about 30 boarders were in the house nt the time. Pearl Smith, the victim of the fire, has been working as pipe fitter for the St. Johns Lumber Co. and was about 40 years old. He had no relatives in this city. The sad intelligence was conveyed by wire to his mother iji Colby, Kansas, Building New Dock In order to facilitate the loading and unloading of freight, the Port laud Woolen Mills Company, at St. Johns, is extending its dock from the mill site out into deep water, mating uie uock 000 leei in lengiu wheu completed, The dock will be equipped with a tram track for the purpose ot talcing in sawdust trom bargeM from the upper river saw mills, and with a steam derrick and chute for the handling of traffic in the most economical and modern way. Ah additional warehouse will be erected on the dock. Construc tion work is being done by the Til lotson Contracting Company; 30 days more will be required for the completion of the dock. The Port laud Woolen Mills is situated ou a site of five acres which is covered with manufacturing mills and ware houses. The main factory is of brick and concrete construction, 100x200 feet; the dimensions of the scouring houses are 50x90 and 50X 85 feet. Two big warehouses icox 130 feet and 100x150 feet are loea ted on the O. R. & N. tracks. Is your money working for you? It will if you put it in the First National Bank. It issues Time Certificates of Deposit. COUNCILMAN IS ELECTED J. D. Kelliiier Succeeds F. P. Brown Council met in regular session as usual Tuesday evening. The famil iar face of F. P. Brown was con splclous by its absence. The six remaining members were present and Mayor Hendricks presided. 1 he minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved with out question. Objections to the opening up and extension of Duchauau street were presented by Mrs. Nancy Caplcs and W. I). Jones, the claim being that the viewer s findings were very unsatisfactory to the two parties. Council decided however, that the objections were poorly founded. 1 he remonstrances were ordered filed. The engineer handed in a com munication stating that the rock placed on Tacoma street exceeded by fifty per cent, his estimate of the amount needed for the improvement and asked to be directed by council how to make out the assessments against the property owners under the circumstances. Council decid ed the engineer's estimate would be his guide ami that neither the city nor the property owners were re sponsible for payment for any rock that exceeded that amount. There fore, the excess of rock on the street is practically a donation from the contractor. The eiiL'inccr'H acceptance of the improvement of Willis Boulevard was read and accepted by council. Uills to the amount ot $50.03 were allowed. A written report of the water and light committee regarding the pro visions of the franchise held by the water company was read and ac cepted and may be found in auother column in this Issue. Councilman Cook stated that a cross walk was badly needed ou Jersey street at Catllu and the street committee was authorized to have oue placed. The city attorney asked what course council desired him to pur sue in regard to clearing out the streets as per the provisions of an ordinance recently passed, and it was decided to let the matter rest until next week, wheu a represen tative of the St. Johns Lumber Co. is expected to be present and some satisfactory arrangement perfected. A committee of three from tlue fire department was present nud asked that the fire bell be placed ou top of the city hall or a tower be erected for placing it upon, as some of the fire boys were unable to hear the alarm when it was rung, on ac count of it being situated so closely to the ground. On motion a com mittee of three was appointed by the Mayor to confer with the fire lepartment nud adopt some system of alarm that would be efficacious and then report to council. Mayor Hendricks stated that he believed a system of electric alarms would prove cheapest and best, 1 he com mittee he appointed consisted of Cotincllmen Dobie, Johnson and A. W. Davis. The election of a Councilman from the second ward to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of F. P. Iirowu was then taken up. The council adjourned as a com mittee of the whole and met in a down-stairs room for a few minutes and discussed the question. Upon their return the name of J, D Kell iiier was placed in nomination by J. F.. Hiller. Mr. Johnson then moved that the nominations close, which carried. A ballot resulted unani mously in the election of Mr. Kell iiier, whose address is 516 Gilbert. The long Fesseuden street ordin ance was then taken up to third reading and final passage. If oue searches diligently he may be able to find it iu this issue. The application of K. O. Magoon for a license to dispense liquor in St. Johns was then taken up, and upon vote it was decided to grant per mission. Councilmeti Hiller and Cook voted "no" on the proposi tion and the balance of the Council men favored Mr. Magoon's appli cation. The place of business is designated as theValentiuc build ing ou West Burlington. Upon request of A. W. Davis the recorder was instructed to notify several prominent grain handlers that the St. Johns city dock could be leased for a number of years at a reasonable stipend per annum,