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PROSPEROUS
CONDITION
St. Johns Keeping flight
Up With the Procession
St. Johns is holding its own with
other Oregon cities in their rapid
growth in wealth and population.
Building is going on steadily and
the class of structures erected is bet
ter inch year.- Since January t last,
93 building permits have been is
sued by Recorder Esson, of which
15 per cents have been for small
dwellings and repairs in sums not
exceeding $500.
Two schoolhouses nrc included,
one costtng$io,ooo imd oueJ4o,ooo.
The other permits, 75 in number,
have been taken out for dwellings,
the cost of which will average more
than $1000 each, while three years
ago the average dwelling cost less
than $500.
Among the many new residences
ore A. S. Benson's f 1 2, 000 home
on the bluff overlooking the dry
dock; A. M. Steams' new $6,000
home in the same neighborhood; E.
C. Humbert's $3,000 residence on
Portland Boulevard audChlcago St. ;
F. P. Drinker's $3,500 home, and
that ot II. Iv. Collier on Stafford St.
From to houses last year, East St.
Johns has grown until there are
now 35 residences in that district,
the average cost of which is $1000.
Several business houses have nlso
gone up in this district, among them
a grocery store and plumbing shop.
Late permits include two to E. E.
Rading for two I3000 bungalows
on Meyers and Hartman streets in
Oak Park, one to II. S. Hewitt for
a fiaoo residence on Portland Boul
evard, and one to C W. Ford for
a 91,500 cottage on South Hayes
street.
More thou 10 miles of streets
have been graded this season and
cement walks have been laid on
most of them. A i6-foot wide strip
of macadam has been laid in the
center, Applications for the im
provement of 15 miles more arc now
on file, too late to be ucted on this
year. The' preliminary work, how
ever, will be started early enough
next year to allow the letting of the
contracts by the time it is possible
to begin .work. It is expected that
street improvement petitions will
continue to come in until there are
at least 28 and probably 30 miles of
new work to be done next year. In
addition to this, a large amount of
sewer work is being planned and
Jersey street is to be paved with
bltulltbic or some similar hard sur
face material. Before this is done,
however, a sewer will be laid and
the telephone wires placed under
ground. The' streets improved this year
are Allegheny, from Hudson to
Fessenden; Buchauan, from Wil
lamette Boulevard to Dawson; Burr
(formerly Wall) from Willamette
Boulevard to Dawson; Crawford,
from Pittsburg to Salem; North
Hayes, from Catlin to city limits;
South Hayes, from Burlington to
Mohawk; South Jersey, from Rich
mond to Mohawk; Mohawk, from
Jersey to Willis Boulevard; Oswego,
from Portland Boulevard to the
north line of Barton Addition; Port
land Boulevard, from Fessenden to
Buchanan; Philadelphia, from
Ivanhoe to Hayes; Pittsburg, from
Crawford to the Ferry; West Rich
mond, from Jersey to the river;
East Richmond, from Hudson to
Portland Boulevard; Stafford, from
Mohawk to Ida; Salem, from Craw
ford to Edison; Tacbma, from Jer
sey to Hayes; East, Burlington,
from Jersey to Kellog; Portland
Boulevard, to Thompson, and West
Park, from Willamette Boulevard
to Crawford street, have been con
tracted for and will be finished by
January.
Petitions are on file for the Im
provement of' Burr street, from
Dawsoa east' to the city limits;
Buchaaau street chapel, from Fes
seeded aerth to city limits; Col
umbia Boulevard, from Portland
Boulevard st to city limits; Gra
ham; from-Buchanan to Ida; Fes
seadea iron south city limits to the
Willamette River; South Hayes,
from Buchanan to Ida; Leonard,
from St. Johns' Ave., to north city
Units; Hartman, from Willis Boul
evard to' Oswego; Holbrook Ave.
from 'Hayes to Jam os street; South
Ivaakae, from Polk to Ida;. Jersey
street,- from Fessenden to Richmond
(hard surface) ; South Jersey, from
Bttckasaa to Ida; Mosteith, from
Polk te Ida; Maple, from Hayes to
KtUeg; Nwt York, frea Jersey to
VOI. 6
LARGE MILL
FORM
LINNTON
Will be Ready for Oper
ation April First
The West Oregon Lumber Com
pany has started the erection of a
large lumber mill at Linnton which
will be built just north of the As
sociated Oil Company s tanks at
that place. The plans for the mill
have been prepared by A. Deman-
f;con of Portland. The main bulki
ng will be 56x350 feet in dimen
sions and has been designed for a
double bnud mill, although at pres
ent will install on but one side1. A
'pinning mill and shingle and lath
I mill will also be put iit.und the com
pany will employ about 200 men
' when In operation. The plant will
have a capacity of 150,000 feet per
day and will involve an expenditure
of about $150,000. The concrete
foundations for the mill have been
completed and it is the intention of
the company to have the machinery
installed and ready for operation
by April 1. The company is put
ting in a short logging road at Clnt
sknnlc for the purpose of getting
their logging lumber to tide water.
It will be about two and one-half
miles in length and is now being
constructed. Abstract.
Fessenden; Portland Boulevard,
from Thompson to north city lim
its; Portland Boulevard, from east
line Point View to south city limits:
St. Johns Ave. from Kellog to
Chapel; Willis Boulevard, St.
Johns Ave. to north limits, and
from Fcssendeu to south limits;
Wcyerhaiiser Ave., Kellogg to
James.
East Charleston is to be made a
6o-foot street from Hudson to Fes
senden by the condemnation of sev-i
era! strips of property and condem
nation proceedings ore under way
to connect East and West Richmond
through to Caples and Severance
tracts.
By far the greatest undertaking
is the opening of Fessenden street
from the south city limits to the
river. The ordinance adopting the
viewer's report on this street covers
65 pages.
There is a rumor that the Chica
go. Milwaukle & St. Paul has se
cured control ot the Weyerhaeuser
tract, north of town, and will erect
large terminal docks and yards. If
this Is true, it will be of great ben
efit to St. Johns, and prices of real
estate will soar as In 1904-5. (
Real estate men report business
as increasing at a satisfactory rate,
and several good sales have been
made lately. J. F. Gllmore has
sold two lots in North Stjohns and
one in South St. Johns to Messrs.
Olds and Thompson, of the Port
land Woolen Mill, and they are
erecting cottages,, which they will
sell to mill employes at actual cost
ou the installment plan, thus en
couraging them to get homes of
their own. Mr. Gilraorc also re
ports the sale of lot 15, block 3,
North St. Johns, to Gilbert Good-,
hue; lots 7 and 8, block 4, Maren
go Addition, to J. Crouchly, and
lot 19, block 6, St. Johns Park, to
persons who withhold their names,
S. R. T. Gattou has bought the
Higgins and Catlo residences, in
North St. Johns, paying $5000 for
the two. J. S. McKinney and S.
W, Rogers have made several good
deals lately.
The Commercial Club is working
bard for the improvement of the
car service, and the installing of
heaters in all cars, and has takeu
the subject up with the Peninsula
Development League, and if its re
quest is not complied with, "will ap
ply to the Railway Com mission.
A ladles' auxiliary is being
formed, and indications point to
next year as the roost prosperous in
the history of St. Johns. Sunday's
Oregoniau.
An exchange gets off the follow
ing: A little boy bad been accus
tomed to being late every morning
at school. His teacher finally got
cross aad told him she would pun
ish him for bis tardiness. Oue
tsoraing little Johnny uafortuately
tore the gable end of his .trousers,
but he pinned the torn part as
best he could with the only pia he
had, and rushed on to school nearly
out of breath. The teacher then
said to him: "Johnnie, I see you're
behind again." "Well," replied
Johnnie, "you wouldn't if I had
had another pia."
Droe4 (o tfce latertat of (In Pealarala, the Manufadtirlnf
WOOD PIPE
COMPANY
Purchases Jfoftr Land on
the Peninsula
The National Wood Pipe Com
pany, who are at present engaged
in constructing a $400,000 plant at
Kenton, on the Peninsula, in which
will be employed from 300 to 400
men, Saturday closed a deal with
the Kenwood Land Company, by
which they secure 25 acres ad
ditional directly south of their plant.
This property is to he laid out into
a model town site, patterned after
the National Cash Register Com
pany's ideal colony at Dayton,
Ohio. .A landscape garducr and
designer will be employed and five
acres of the property fronting on
Columbia Boulevard will be laid
out into a park for the use of the
company's employes. -Back, of this
the land, which lays on a gentle
slope, will be parked also, and in
this section of their homings the
company- -will erect neat and tasty
dwellings, which will be sold to
employes of the wood pipe plant
only, on the installment plan.
Work will be commenced immedi
ately utxu these improvements, it
being the intention to have the
dwellings' ready for the employes
upou the completion of the plaut.
At the Stockyards ,
Receipts for the week were 3019
cattle, 366 calves, 1483 sheep, 3138
hogs and 03 horses. A big share
of the cattle receipts came in after
Thanksgiving and because of the
usual conditions following a holiday
a feeling of apathy has prevailed in
the cattle market. The demand
during the entire week was not as
snappy as the week before but a
clearance of practically all the offer
ings have been effected. Fair to
good steers brought I4.65. The
demand for cows has been some
what more active than for steers,
Eith sales of the best at $3.70.
ood light calves have sold well
and the supply has not equaled the
demand. Sheep receipts have con
tinued light, consisting mostly of
shipments in transit. . The demand
for fat mutton wethers aud Iambs
has not met with anything like ap
propriate offerlugs. The hog mar
ket has shown unexpected strength
throughout the weeic -anything
that looked like a cood car of lions
Jsold for $8.ro and there has been no
trouble on the part of sellers lu dls-
?smg of what they had to oiler,
he top prices seems to have been
fixed at 8. to and nearly all the sales
of good hogs were made at that fig
ure. Over Burnside Bridge
Beginning last Sunday the St.
Johns cars are being routed over
the Burnside bridge instead ot the
Steel bridge as heretofore. The
chsnge is made in order that the
congested travel on the latter bridge
might be relieved to some extent.
The steel bridge is said to be in bad
shape and street cars have been
passing over it at a snail's trot for
some ttme past. The new order of
things is not meeting with the ap
proval of the denizens of the Penin
sula, they claiming that more time
will be required than ever in reach
ing Portlands The company, bowr
ever, claims that just as good if not
better time will be made, and it is
up to them to prove this to be a
fact.
Herd of Ibex, in Oregon
According te W. R. Parker, of
Baker City who bos been in Port
land during the past week, Oregon
has the only herd of ibex knows to
exist on the continent. He discov
ered the rare animals in the vicin
ity of Mount Eagle in the Cornuco
pia RaBge -aad urges- that a game
preserve be created there for their
Beservatiou. .Unless this is done,
r. Parker -fears the ibex will be
exterminated by hunters.
H B. BrowHrigg te building a
handsome $2000 residence on My
ers street
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1909.
ARE THE REST IN
THE WORLD
Oregon Apples Still Lead
the World Easily
State pride ran high during the
past week because Oregon apples
won the grand prize at the National
Apple Show at Spokane in compe
tition with apples from all over the
United States. Trouson & Guthrie,
growers of Kaglc Point, Ore., were
receiving congratulations ou all
sides over their success aud the vic
tory such a splendid one that the
whole state took pride in it. The
Rogue River Valley, of course, is
entitled to atl the honor for It grew
the apples but fruit raisers of the
whole state feel proud of the vic
tory. Trouson & Guthrie captured
the sweepstakes prize at Spokane
011 a car of Spitzcnbcrg apples and
the victory carried with it, in ad
dition to blue ribbons and medals, a
check for $1100. The decision of
the judges in making the award was
unanimous. The growers have
only five acres in bearing orchard
and had not expected to exhibit at
Spokane. It was not until a large
part of their crop was marketed
that they decided to enter n car. No
particular selection of the whole
crop was made for exhibit but only
tiic best of the apples rcmaiulug in
the orchard. Of course these were
carefully callpcrcd and selected
with reference to size aud color,
Other Oregon growers won prizes
at Spokane and the victories show
m a most convincing way that this
state is the home of the finest ap
ples.
Will Begin in January
A number of our subscribers have
complained of not receiving a copy
of Bonville magazine for Novem
ber. We wrote the publishers re
garding the matter aud have re
ceived the following reply:
"You need have no fear about
the arrival of the Bonville Maga
zine, as it will be issued early in
January iu a bigger and better
shape. We have been moving into
other quarters aud, therefore, could
not issue the November number,
and another reason is that we have
consolidated and will issue hereaf
ter under the name of the NEW
WEST and Bonvllle's Consolidat
ed. We do this to get out a better
and bigger magazine. We believe
you will be glad, Mr. Markle, that
you secured the arrangement you
have, siucc the magazine will come
out iu its new form. All your or
ders will date from January ist."
Those who have taken advantage
of the recent Review offer will thus
learn the reason they have not yet
received a copy of the magazine.
We made the offer iu good faith
and we propose to stay with it un
til the "goods are delivered."
A Model Store
Mayor J. F. Hendricks is now
comfortably located with his hard
ware stock in his handsome aud
newly arranged quarters adjoining
the old location, The new com-
fiartment affords excellent facilities
or displaying the various Hues to
the best possible advantage. More
goods will constantly be added, and
when the mayor gets everything in
ship shape he will have the finest
hardware store ou the l'enlusuia,
He intends removing his grocery
store from Jersey street to the room
made vacant by the removal of the
hardware store on West Burlington
street. Thus the two stores will
adjoin each other, making it more
convenient all around.
Have a Good Time
A most enjoyable Cobweb social
was given iu Bickner hall Thursday
evening of last week by the Ep-
worth League of the M. E. church.
A good attendance was present aud
the affair was a big success through
out. A short musical program was
rendered and all took advantage of
the occasion to become better ac
quainted. All went home feeling
ten years younger..
Preach tae gospel 4 St. Johns.
Center of th North
WILL LEASE THE
STREETS
Council Decides to Grant
This Permission
Council met iu regular session
Tuesday evening with atl members
present and Mayor Hendricks in
the chair. The new member from
the second ward, J. D. Kcllihcr, oc
cuplcd the scat made vacant by the
resignation of 1 K. mown. Min
utes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
A petition was received from J.
Scales asking for permission to lay
a 1 2-foot cement sidewalk in front
of his new business place at the cor
ner of Fessenden and New York
streets. The request was granted
with the proviso that if it is not
placed 011 the proper grade It must
be changed at his expense when the
street is improved.
Chas. E. Roycr, night man at the
North Bank station, petitioned
council for the privilege of currying
n gun, ns he was out late at night
and hobos were rather plentiful lu
that neighborhood at times. The
city attorney believed council was
not vested with power to grant such
privilege, but that he would look
up the matter more fully and give
an opinion next Tuesday night. It
was decided to pass the matter up
for a week.
A communication from the fire
department nsked that Ben Hoover,
A. E. Simmons and M. Stlchuer be
appointed fire police. The matter
was turned over to the mayor for
his consideration.
The mayor appointed Chas. S.
Dean special policeman along the
water front, and the appointment
was iiuanlmously approved by
council.
Bills to the amount of $1393.05
were allowed.
The report of the viewers ou Fes
senden street, Jersey to the river,
was read. Several small errors
were discovered, and the document
was referred back to the viewers
for correction. The board of view
ers is composed of Gilbert Goodhue
Iv, (J. liuriuert ami 5. w. Kogers.
An ordinance adopting the view
ers' report in the proposed widen
ing aud extension of Buchanan
street was passed by the council.
N. E. Ayer of the St. Johi.
Lumber Co. was present for the
purpose of making some satisfactory
arrangement lu regard to leasing
the west end of Burlington street
now occupied by the company. He
stated that the company well knew
aud realized that It had no special
rights upon the street, hut, situated
as it wus.bclieved they had ns much
right as uny other party. He said
that the company had never asked
for any favors lu the way of a bo
nus, nor in any other way, that
they were perfectly willing to pay a
nominal retital for the use of the
street and were willing to vacate at
any time the same might be needed
for city purposes. The members of
the company, he continued, had al
ways done what they could to aid
In the progress of St. Johns and be
lieved that they might be termed
good citizens. They wanted to
work in harmony with the city, and
were willing to do what was right
in every way. He was very frank
in disclaiming any rights to the
street, but since it could be of no
use to any other party or the public
at this time, aud since the company
owned the abutting property, he be
lieved they should be entitled to its
use until it was needed. He stated
the position of the company clearly
and concisely and proved to the sat
isfaction of the council that no in
justice could be done the city or any
of its citizens iy leasing uie street,
but if they were forced to vacate at
this time it would retard progress
and inconvenience the company to
some extent. In regard to Brad
ford street, he stated that when the
mill was first being erected they
tried hard to induce the railroad
company to move their switch to
the west sine ot the street, but tuey
declined to do so. As a result the
company was forced to build to the
track in order to facilitate loading
outo the cars. Mr. Ayer was very
fair iu all his remarks and showed
an earnest desire to do what was
right and fair in the premises.
During the general discussion
that followed Mr. Ayer's remarks
it was brought out that the mil!
company at various times had acted
very generously toward the city
and on several occasions had scaled
the price of lumber to the city
NO. 4
DOCK A HEAVY
EXPENSE
Gouncilmen Are Anxious
to Get from Under
Members of the St. Johns Coun
cil arc trying iu every way to ar
range to derive some benefit from
the city dock, believing that It
would be better to have it in use
even at a nominal rental than stand
ing idle. Dock users have been
notified that bids for its use for a
term of years will be considered by
the Council, the lessee to build nil
necessary trackage and put iu the
machinery. To lease the dock for
longer than five years the charter
would have to be amended, but it
is believed that this can be done, If
a good bid for a longer time is se
cured. Councilman A. W. Davis
is csncclallv active In this matter.
aud is doing everything possible to
get something started that will re
lieve the taxpayers from the heavy
Interest and insurance. At pres
ent the yearly expense that must be
met is $42.(0, or about $1 per day
for each inhabitant, which means
?5 PC 'cnr, for cnc'1 voter and an
average of $8 per year for each tax
payer. The itiati who is assessed
at $ 1000 pays about ft. 15 for dock
expenses each year. Mr. Davis
believes that the place should be
leased for 20 years, at n rental that
will make it pay for itself and the
laud It stands ou iu that time. This
will give the city a clear profit of
the price of the site by that time,
even if the dock has to be replaced
then, and also gives the benefits to
be derived from its operation by
some large concern. Telegram.
down 25 per cent, over the retail
price, that their contribution toward
the laying of the plank roadway tip
liaison street amounted to about
$300, and that iu other ways the
company showed its willingness to
do its full share on any public en
terprise that ever came up. Sum
ming everything up council decided
that they could do 110 less than
grant the desired lease with the
provision attached that the com
pany would vacate cither street
when same was needed for public
use. A suggestion was made that
a rental of f 135 per annum be ex
acted, but Mr. Ayer said to make it
$150 and it would be entirely satis
factory with the company. The
attorney was then authorized to
draw up a contract for a period of
five years at a rental of $150 per
annum. All the members declared
themselves satisfied with this ar
rangement, and thus what prom
ised at one time to become a serious
difference between the city aud the
St. Johns Lumber Co. was amic
ably aud peacefully adjusted.
A Head Like a Lion's
The head of Charles Myers, a
shoemaker, 32 years old, is gradu
ally losing its human characteris
tics aud assuming the shape of a
lion's head. The man, who is an
inmate of the city hospital iu Cin
cinnati, was exhibited before the
Medical Association, as the victim
of one of the rarest diseases known
to medical science. The disease is
known as a leoutlasis ossitim, and
only a couple of cases arc ou record.
During the last three years the
bones of Myers' skull have gradu
ally enlarged, his eyes retreated,
and the whole configuration so
changed that he now bears a far
stronger resemblance to the king of
beasts than a human being. The
doctors believe that iu a short time
he must either become insane ordie.
New Brick Building
Ground was broken Tuesday for
the erection of another brick build
ing on North Jersey street, between
Tacoma and Baltimore. A foun
dation will be built heavy enough
to sustain two stories, but only
one story will be erected this win
ter and the other will be added
next summer, It will be 25x60 in
size and is being constructed by
E. C, Hurlbert, our well known
townsman.
Some (rood second-hand watches
cheap at Rogers', 309 N, Jersey St,
GET IN THE HABIT
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CONSTRUCTION
TO BEGIN
Kenton Will be Busy Place
the Coming Year
The plans and specifications for
the main factory building of the
Davis Safe & Lock Co. on the Pen
insula, have been completed and
construction work will be com
menced immediately. By the first
of February It is hoped to have the
plant completed and ready for ac
tive operations. According to the
plans, the factory building will be
432 feet in length and 100 feet
wide. The Kouth end of the struc
ture for the extent of 83 feet will be
two stories high, in which the office
will be situated. The remaining
350 feet will be one story. Con
crete block material will be used
exclusively, requiring 1000 cubic
yards of rough concrete. The roof
will be of heavy truss construction
and will be covered with galvan
ized iron. The plans were prepared
by the Kenton Building & Contrite
ting Co. Excavating has been
completed and the concrete founda
tions arc now being laid for Bing
ham Bros, building. Exterior
work will be rapidly pushed to its
completion.
By next spring, Kenton's popu
lation will be augmented by at least
1000 working men, who will be cm-
loycd iu neighboring factories to
u in operation by that time. At
the present, every house is occu
pied, and each house under con
struction has been spoken for.
While the contracting and building
companies nrc putting forth every
effort to supply the demand for
homes, the population Is increasing
so rapidly that this Is practically
impossible. Some -five-room cot
tages arc sheltering two families.
Building lots, ranging from $550 to
$1000 in price, are being rapidly
disposed of aud many purchasers
will build their own homes.
Danced Herself to Death
Mrs. Joseph Wyda, of North
Chicago, danced herself to death
Thursday last, dying from over ex
ertion. She attended a Thanks
giving ball at Waukegan, and her
graceful dancing caused her to be
eagery sought as a partner. Toward
the close of the evening her face
became flushed nud a friend sug
gested that she sit out one or two
numbers aud rest, but she declined,
saying she was having too good a
time.
On the way home she told her
friends that she was tired, but ap
peared all right when she left them
a block from her home. Two hours
later pedestrians found her dead on
the sidewalk a few steps from her
home. Examination showed she
had died of n hemorrhage brought
on by over-exertion.
Building Permits
No. 95 To L. F. Roat to erect
a dwelling on Jersey street between
Mohawk and Tyler; estimated cost
$1500.
No. 96 To E. E. Radding to
erect a dwelling on Myers between
Ilartuiaii and Thompson streets for
II. B. Brownrigg; estimated cost
I2000.
No. 97 To E. C. Hurlbert to
erect a brick store building ou Jer
sey street between Tacoma and
Baltimore streets; estimated cost
$3,000.
Might be Worth Trying
Too poor to take a home paper?
Well, that is a distressing condition;
buy a lieu, feed her crumbs and
waste from the kitchen and she will
lay egg to pay for a year's subscrip
tion; then work her up into a pot
pie aud she will pay first cost; so
the paper will be clear profit. Re
peat this process year after year,
meanwhile learn wisdom and cease
to be poor. Sisterville Oil Review.
Put SOME money away NOW.
You can't earn always as much as
you earn now. The First National
Bank helps those who help them
selves. 3 per cent.