ft r- JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO VOU To MkwrIM tar THW faasr. 0 AlUMMMWMtMlllMMl i, GET IN THE HABIT Of 4trtUat In TttU Paper sad y 'H arm regret H. Be tla t eace aa4 keep rlaM et M r MM. CM M M men V.I "I i " in fit' MM Derated to Mm faceresta of the Peoliittta, the MaaaMctarlag Ceater of the Northwest P ST. JOHNS, OREGON,. FRIDAY, APRIL 39. 1910. iVl i. ..I' NO. 25 A Splendid Tract Not Understood Germs and Flies Still In Abeyance Ate Poisonous Mushroom Has a Short Session Artisans Banquet 1 One of the finest tracts of land ever platted out in St. Johns will be placed on the market within the xt few dayd. It is what is known as the old Smith place, and is located at the foot of Oswego street on the county road, and parallels the street car line its entire length, from which it is only two blocksi The 1910 Real Estate Co. has secured this tract of 22 acres, and will at once convert it into lots and place theurupon the market. The price per lot will run from $350 up ward, all lots being 50x100. The easy payment pjan will be adopted on the tas loTs. which the tract will comprise. The sum of five dol Inrs down and five dollars per1 month, (a plan ihat at one time was very common in St. Johns, but in late years out of the question) will secure a lot. This will give the laboring nan a chance he will likely sever get again in this city, and it is a foregone conclusion that the lots' will go like hot cakes on a frosty morning. All the streets will be carried right through the tract and they will be improved as rapidly as possible. The lots all He admirably for building sitcund the prices are as low or lower than any in St. Johns at lite present time The contracts of sale contain scv cral features that should prove especially desirable and attractive to the burchaser. R. O. Brand is general manager and president of the company, W. A. Martin vice president, G. I. Brooks secretary and J. B. Holbrook treasurer.' A Delightful CUme The weather In St. Johns the past mouth or so could not "have been finer. While, reveling -in 4he beautiful sunshine here Sunday perusing the news of the cold, frosty and disagreeable weather in a number of, the eastern states as depicted iu the city dailies, the peo ple had a chance to realize more fully how fortunate they are to re side in a community . where1 such weather is upknown at this season of the year. Wc all murmur some during a long stretch of wet and disagreeable weather in the whiter season, but taking the whole year, through there is no place iu Uucle Sam's domain where more ideal weather conditions exist. Even California, where the sun shines to a greater degree in the winter1' sea sou, is not iu ourclass, because the parched ground and intense heat in summer over balances the gain made in winter. With the beauti ful flowers, highly perfumed blos soms aud glorious sunshine abound ing, the people of St. Johns may well consider that their lot is, in deed, cast in pleasant places, espec ially so In the gladsome, spring season. Buy on tf Hillside The Wltlalatia Investment Com- ' pany, reeeutly incorporated by R. Shepardft), C. Rogers and F. W.. Lambert, bas purchased 106 acre located ou the Use of the .United Railways, between Whitwood Court aud Llnuton, froaa Dr. William Jones, and will plat the entire tract and place it on the awake shortly. This is splendid reeideece property, commending an unob structed view of Mt Hood, Ml St. Helens and Mt. Jeffetnotf both rivers, the harbor ajid the' greater portion of Portland. Mt . la only-a 25-minutc ridt.fronijtne Chamber of Comamroe building to thkprop- , ,erty, Thm treat enriginaUy con tained 160 acne and was purchased by Dr. Jones in' 1N3 for Ijooo. The doctor subsequently aotd 44 acres for (ss.ooo; ,tbe io6ecr tract for. ' abont Scioo, and still retains a trait with 90 .'lf, waterj fraertafti which be oeaeidefa .' .the moat VaaaaHe portion f eif the property and whachje aaft,;er,aehv iu ripp www 47 The gratifying city eSerte to pnoh jhh wnh loomed night waa riven aar aJaemtt entire- ly to iiiipipnittii ntae end pro fit aa drajteefby the eagtuner, and all wen? feaad to be bagbly eatia faetory. Three tiiatricta were paaeed npoo and plana for the fourth oroeceel. Whan InataHed ae pro jected St Mum will have the heat snwraae urnim aa he of the amriajiaiat-l is making vary aaiaajiaaaw ae r-.'.'T ate Mttine: Mt tnear neat atetteee atoog thm pni oetejrwy. wa an Hag toe ThnaaUay (Written by V. W. Holcomb, of St. Johns.) Oh why, or, how, does time deep furrows nlow. So many crooked llnei on my aching browf Then dim my eyes to view the earth and skies, All mankind, the Jnst and unjust likewise; Make my hair white, take true friends from Mit. Bv Mother Nature's common law and miitht. Why and where Oh, they iro, I'd like to know, From this world of toll, pain and woe Not understood. My mind' Is slow, but fleetlntr flow.' hope more When I ask, why and where are we then 10 gof Come. come. Lenorei from that eternal ' shore. Where are those dear onea that's gone , , ,bcforc( . ,, 1 The Rayeii'e plume, and aoulfesa mock Filled roc'a soul and rhyme and mine with irloom! With joy ami tears, heart full of hopes and fears, We must co down life's unmeasured years,, , . Not understood. There cornea again Haley's comet by name, Was It Ilethlehem'a bright star Just the PlUlvt .Still mocking us? Shamel Shamel Who is to uintne For the curse that follows your trailing flame? Oh endless snacet Oh time and human racel Science aud truth guide me, thy foot trtu tmet! The mind I own descends Its tottering throne, I ask why, what or where, to me j unknown, Not uudcrstood. What thonahts grow constant from my mind how ' Hare and there, on life's problem, toaad . fro, While sncedluE slow down life's last slope in mow; . No flowe'ra by my gloomy pathway, grow, tplalnly'aee that eternal, ethereal sea, And the setting aim's last raya before me. I tllmlv' see Mt. Newton, cold it be, On the moout nearest island of the sea, Not understood. There the rainbow's aevea bright apana you know", '" ' Art divine, to bridge the future, or for ahow, Reaching apace through and 6ften shown . to vnll. Thea suddenly vanishing from our view. M f ,1... . f.l. . ..11 . n leartuny eyes mm, wuuucnn iuu w brim', , ' ,,' ... I said the lait'goodbye to her and him; Forced where, on through the realma of air. T6 me unknown, the why, wfaat aad where, Not understood. When the world was young, they wor-thlm-il the sun! Now the world haa grown old, ita God k tioiu, With "bower like tbe universe, untold. Oh God of time, life, and light, guide va right, Through the day of life, flight, or sleep olnltrut! To be fair, here or there, my aacred prayer, . . And know the unknown, the why, whit ad where, And he understood. tii Plant for Kenton For several days last week repre sentative from one of the largeet furniture factories in the United Srtatea, wun inaauiacuris p at .Louisville,. Ky., and Grand Rapids, Mich., .viewed , suitable manufacturing sitea ,ih, the vicinity of Kenton and-the Swift tract. K U' aaid that within ten days an eptiou will doubtles,bc secured on a (gact comprising . front 10 to 30 eeree,' located, on Columbia Slough, aa the representatives express them attveaaa being favorably impressed with the sitea shown.. In the event that thiSspUnt locates on the Praia aula; . tttnteen ;po and 1000 men wist ibe. antBloynwnt. It would require ftjo.ooo to place the factory, aa it ia.propeaed. in opera tion, ,TBe now procaine mieipw. I, not in becMafttsed with the Gaon Sectional Booheaae Company, which already haa aeon n4 an option tor twelve aerea joining the Swiet In Ci K; Anawaw eoir; tMwi hnnithant ane4' nae:sat r-k tar bad. in sfeee the vaat aanamnt -of atreec mawa; which baa been noPOwpHehad nkica h4 baa Uken charge of the oafce, baencaat upon pwr , .n.Mntnrir ,Aa a avaiMamMaan hw aadpeoAhw art & ymkwf irTbaea, eceeu aad grnaW-, ol,r Mnch objaetion, ctpWaag od dintatjaiaatiM haa followed Ibe conrac of nearly aU the fonmar eaTtmars eOoyed by the city, bnt Mr, Andrew atanda 1 a elaas by hiaaamf, aod whan he doaa a Now that the base ball season has t nl- . , openeu, uies ore again oecoming an item of consideration. Without any committees of reception to wel come their advent, s without any flaming headlines in the big dailies to herald the approach of the an nual affair, still they come. We have the wild cat, the barn cat and the hoUse cat, but the fly is wild, tame and superciliously friendly all iu a bunch. The parlor, the pantry, the stable and whatnot, is his "habitat, aud one after another in rapid succession. He plays didos in the air, sports on the surface of some decaying product, then sud denly with a flit of his curious in tcliect and another of his shimmer ing wings, we find him trying a few antics on the dishes in the kitchen or taking as interested stroll on the surface of the plum pudding. He is not refined, after the order of the genua hoawv and instead, of cleaning; his feet at the dobr, pre fers to perforiu.that role on the rim of your plate. One thing, he is not a groucn,.uut always seems to be wearing a profuse, Platonic smile. But wiiat (s very funny to him becomes a very serious matter to his infinitely superior host, the mortal man, for, with his mighty microscope, the latter has discovered that the playful pest bears burdens of disease producing germs. Typhoid, dysentery, tuberculosis, pelagra, sleeping sickness, aud many other distressing maladies. arc laid up against the little' picas ant minded offender. A speck of his dejecta, or the scrapings of his feet may contain a sufficient amount of bacteria to set up a disease, pro-' cess in tbe alimentary .canal, t aud result in sicklies and death. How ever good natnred the' fly may be In, playing his. part in tbe game, thw is no joke. If you wish vou huv mark his pretty wings with a little lime or other white, then watch him pass in glee front cesspool .or cellar, to the, dining table or bread box. If you know when you are well off, yon will place a barrier at every etitrance, a dose of poison in every sunny spot, or tangle his feet ou the sticky surface of the paper' pre pared especially iu his honor. Bet ter still, discover his breeding place, eradicate, it with dry earth or de stroy it with cleanliness. Sorry to say it, but onr-dear friend, the cow. must here be introduced as furnish- ng a most fruitful iticubating media for tbe pestiferous fly in her drop pings; and perfectly clean stables is the next thought. Disease, the germ and the fly must all be fought. together. m . e. f e. . 10 maae 11 rnyme, The fly's on time, And shall we be there too? Let's start a school , Against his rule, And see what wecaa do. t . Albert Carey, M. D. . At the Stock Yards; Receipts at the Portland market fee the past week have been 1309 cattle, 95 calves, 332 hogs, 1139 sheep and 4 horses. There has not been the snap and activity to tbe market that has heretofore applied. It is the season, especially in the cattle dlvleioo, between ''bay and grass" and buyers have been sotae what lietles with tbe expectation of a re-adiustmeat in prices incident to the arrival of grass cattle. Tbey have bought only what haa been needed for imntediatc consumption with the expectation of supplying their requirements at lower prices when .the run of graaaara begin. The sheep market has been steady to lower. There baa been little or no epaHty to the offerings that arrived and therdemandbaa net been very aeUvc. Sinec the last report. the hog market haanwined practwany uaaoaagea. i ac quai kv.of the offerings of the light re- ceipu during inc. week; were 'not np to top quality, D. O. Lively, 1 'uanerarAgeBi, jHsintts tacreasinl The Prank L, Smith Co. ha a good aiaed ad, in thia isene whieh it will be wen arorth your fane w look up. laginning ona ansill aeale to ight the beef tmet, this com pany baa expanded aad de veloped their business at aa aaten iabing rate, and now their votaimc f business i aeeaathhtg .immense, The branch' store' hem , baa, been doing a good bwaineas ever ainee it itmeptieat aad miaimum, prieea prc vait an all their meats. A trial Mhw will oonvinot yon thai their he teaien any where. th aapal af M. By virtue of a resolution pub lished, in this issue, which was adopted at the adjourned meeting of council last Thursday uieht. Fessendcn street is now legally seVenty feet wide from Jersey street to the cast city limits. Its improvement is now in ordcf and should be pushed with all possible dispatch. The trolley company seems very reluctant to draw up a franchise giving them the right to remove their poles to the side of the street. The city attorney has requested this document from their attorney, but it is still not forth coming, It seems that the Port land Railway, Light & Power Co. is not as anxious for the improve ment of Pessenden street as might be the case, and it is likely that strong pressure will be necessary before they .will come through with the needful ordinance. It is a cry ing shame that this nice weather is slipping along aud the street is held in abeyance. Pleased With St. Johns Vincent Lcdman of Doisc, Idaho, formerly of Wisconsin, was a truest of his old comrade, A. T. Boldou, for a couple of days the past week. Mr. Lcdman is n veteran of the late Spanish waf, and he and Mr. Boulcn served together in the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry It has been twelve years since the two have seen each other. Mr. Lcdman is highly pleased with St. Johns, and it is his intention, after a short visit to Eugene,' to return to Boise, sell off his holdings and become a citizcu of St. Johns. Good Man on the Job Kx-Chief of Police J. II. Black is now one of the most trusted patrol men on the Portlaud police force, having accepted the position a cou ple of mouths ago. No more trust worthy, faithful aud efficient officer could be found anywhere, and Chief Cox is. to be congratulated upon securing the services of Jos eph. The wprk evidently agrees with him admirably, because he is putting ou flesh at a very swift rate. Visits St Johns J. 8. Ray and wife of Salt Lake City have been speuding the past week at the home ol tlieir daughter, Mrs. A. W. Davis on Kellogg street Mr. Ray is owner of the famous Rye Patch mine in Nevada, which is just now holding public attention ou account of the richness aad depth of the ore that has been revealed. It is likely that Mr. Ray will carry away with him title to some of St. Johns' most valuable real estate. No Finer Anywhere Many visitors to St. Johns are surprised at tbe elegance of the at tractions that are daily being put on at tbe Electric theatre. They claim they have been, unable to see any better anywhere they have been, either in city or country, The fact of the matter is, there are none better, and the .management is to be commended for giving the peo ple of St. Johns the best there is going. Let Others Follow The two drag stores of our city are doing more to keep St. Johns trade from going to Portland than any other agency. They are get ting right down to bed reck in the way of prices, aud.it is foolishness to attempt to get better prices in Portland. If some other branches of bnsinesa would adept the same tactics . the street car company weald Jose considerable patronage, Waes Raised The St. Johns Lumber Co, last weak added a two-bit piece to tbe daMy wage of all thiir employes. ThM inoreasea their pay rou about $ieo per day, which will be quite heap w eonnteraotwg the high prieea of the necessities of life, ' Apprentice wanted at the Vogue 'Jewmeaeeyi D. N. Bycrlec of this city, who is very fond of mushrooms ntid has given the subject considerable study, ou his way home to dinner Thurs day of last week saw a few fine specimens of what he took to be an edible variety known-as "Fawn- colored Plutcus." He gathered two ot the nicest, and ate a bite ns he proceeded aud placed the balance iu a uisn witli a little salt for supper, They were fried and eaten about seven o'clock. A little later in the evening he went to prayermccting at lite (Jiiristiau cuurcli, aud during tnc meeting lie began to feel queer, had slight' vertigo, and noticed that when he placed his index fingers together lie could not hold them in place on account of a slight jcrkiug. After prayermccting he, went home and to bed after using warm water cmcsis. Dr. Carey was summoned and arrived at 1 1. Thorough vom mug was at once induced ana was followed by a large dose of castor oil. An iujectiou was then made, in patient's arm, of atropine sulph., and at 13 the patient felt so much better he was allowed to go to sleep, all the family retiring but otic. Conditions were carefully watched as to pulse, pupilary dilation and jcrkiug. At 1 a. m. the pulse hud risen from Co to 115, pupils were contract cd and arms were icrkiuir slightly Patient was aroused with some dif ficulty, a period of slight delirium following. Atropine was ncain given patient as before. The family was aroused aud at their request Dr. Vincent called in couuscl. Patient felt that his cud had come, aud death was closing iu on him like stone walls from the sides aud pressing up from beneath: mouth felt "dry as a bone." ' Arthur Cofe called in and as he stood in the doorway the patient recoguixed him by His voice, could distinguish the outline of a tuau, but it had grown so dark to t.hc patient that although Mr. Cole stood iu the full glare of the electric light his features were undistinguishable, and the sound of those about the bedside seemed a loug way off. At 1 115 a. in. a pow erfulheartstimulant was given, pulse was 118. Atropine was again given at ins. rinse, iso. i'upils were dilated partially. At 1 us another dose of heart stimulant was given followed at 2 a. hi. by. last dose, of Atropine. This hour, from 1 to 2 was a race with death. During the most of it the patient was giving last ad monitions to family aud friends and bidding them goodbye, though very calm in voice through all. Kach dose of medicine was urged by alarming symptoms, threatening convulsions aud collapse. At two pulse was back to lis, and at 3, to 100. Another full dose of castor oil was then given, also a cup of strongcoifee to keep patient awake. At four strong coffee was again giv en, aud patient was deemed suffi ciently out of danger to be left, he saying he felt neither pain nor weak ness. He wanted to go to work that morning but this was counseled against, aud orders were left to keep him awake till noon, He went to work next day, and feels but little evil after effects. The species of mushroom eaten was the brown Amanita Phaloides, but the specimens were very differ ent in appearance aud answered to a nicety the description of the fawn colored Pluteus. The taste of the mushroom eaten, the patieut says, was much like fresh chestnuts and gave no warning of the deadly pol sou it contained, The antidote is Atropine, and gionoiu was civeii to sustain tbe heart. Iu case of mush room poisoning, the first few mo ments after its discovery are most precious. The stomach is bus ily putting the poison into the blood and this should be stopped by persistent vomiting aud a large dose" of castor oil given as first aids to the physician who should be immediately summoned, While the poison Js slow to manifest its E rescue, requiring from six to nine ours afterdating, it is swift and sure after it docs make itself knowu. The patient's first symptoms were undoubtedly from the bite he ate at noon and unquestionably saved his life; for the severe attack at 1 o'clock was, just as logically, the effect of those eaten at supper, and had there been no previous warning of the patient' scohdition and nothing done to counteract the effect of the poison until tbe family had been aroused by the convulsions of the patient, as would theu have been tbe case, it would have been too late. The, patient changes slightly tbe ancient admonition: "Know thyself," to "JCnow thy mush room,'' Mrs. Eliza Caplea is making arrangements for departing to Cali fornia, where sue intends to remain permanently, Ou account of the unavoidable absence of Recorder A. M. Essou Tuesday night, but little business of importance was transacted bv ... ,-. .. . uie city council, a temporary clerk was secured and a few minor matters received attention. mr. moss ot Jitirr street com plained that the water company re fused to hitch their pipe line to his residence, although the pipe line was only 75 or 80 feet away. This matter has been before council some time during the dim and dusty past, but it seems that no adjustment of the matter has been arrived nt. The water and light committee was in structcd to ascertain if the matter could not be settled satisfactorily to an conccrucu. Ben Hoover of the cnclnccrine department, asked for and was granted a raise in salary to $55.00 per monin, with the assurance of a $5-oo additional raise in two months provided he devote" eight hours per day exclusively to the city's business. Bcu readily acceded to tins. On complaint of T. T. Murnhv the health and police committee was instructed to investigate an of fciisive cess pool on South Tcrscv street, The controversy as to what width tetfitf . . wiiiis uouicvara should be was broached. Attorney Geo. T Per kins represented some of the 80 foot exponents, while a Portlaud attor ney defended the 60 foot nronosi-. tion. .After some discussion, pro ana con, the matter was allowed to rest until Thursday evening. it was then decided to ad ottrn until Thursday eveniutr of ' this week, when the recorder would be 11 aiicnuancc. A Busy Athlete Frank Ely is certainly a busy mnii these days. Last Wednesday niglt at Hillsboro, he defeated two men, each so pounds heavier than limself, throwiiui (hem both iu less than Half an hour. On Tuesday night at Oregon City he defeated Miller, an old-time Multnomah club wrestler, winning two straight talis in is minutes. On Fr dav night Wynti Manning and Prof. F.ly will cive u five round lwxlncr exhil!ou nt the Owl's smoker in ortland. and next Wednesday thev will entertain the Hillsboro firemen at (heir "smoker " Prank will also wfcstle George Baker, nt Alblna, May 16th. On May 31st le will take ou either Bud Ander son or xaii O urien, aud op July 4th will meet some first-class light weight nere iu a io-routul boxing contest. Only One Gone Wrong The Bachelors' club will hold its first annual dancinc party in the skating- rink the evening of May 4th. Weinberger's orchestra will urnish music for the occasion. The public generally is invited to at tend. Admission 50 cents. During the twist year the club has lost only one member, who was ostracised for committing the crime (?) of matrimony. The obsequies atteud- ng his dismissal from the inner cir cle are said to have been somethiug fierce. Two other members are expected to take the same plunge within the next couple of months. For particulars, see Adam. Be Sure You're Counted Has the census enumerator taken your measure yet? If he hasn't, be sure that he does not overlook you. Not a ntau, woman or child should fail to get counted. Every one helps to swell the population of St. Johns, and the larger, the city the more attention it will attract from the outside world. The local enumerators expect to conclude their labors here by the middle of next week. If you have been missed, see him if possible, aud be numbered. It will not hurt much. R.M. Hall and Lee Tallman are St. UUU3 VUUIUCIUIUIO. Roses in Bloom Roses are now in bloom in St. Johns. Mrs, E. S. Wright of South Hayes clipped a small bou quet from her bushes the first of last week, and Miss Cole has a nice showing of them at her home near Bradford street, Other bushes throughout the city are also begin ning to make a rosy showing. The local assembly of the United Artisans held A notable session in Bickncr hall Tuesday evening of this week. The occasion was the closing event of a six weeks' cam paign for new members. The assembly has been vcrv suc cessful in their work and added 37 new members to their roster during the effort. This was fittingly cele brated by a most delicious banquet provided and prepared by the lady Artisans and their helpers. It is enough to say that there has seldom been such a delectable spread at a fraternal banquet in St. Johns, and St. Johns societies arc noted for the quality of .their feasts. Roy Hall and his faithful, able assistants arc deserving of highest praise for this feature of the evening's enter tainment. There were about 75 Artisans present, aud all were fed to repletion, Iu tnc early evenimr there were initiations, three fine, husky young men and two pretty young ladies inducted into the mysteries of the order by the new team of exemplifies in a manner which elicited warmest words of commen dation and congratulation from the guests of honor of the evening, Grand Master Artisan Hudson and and Adjutant General Fltizcr.' 1 he exemplified here have been selected to put 011 the work before grand assembly and will make spe cial effort to cover themselves with glory. Nine Are Indicted The indictments rendered by the grand jury against nine of our citi zens alleged to have been .concerned in the so-called Hindu ,riot several weeks ago, were made public Mon day night. The names of the, ones designated are: J. F. Hendricks, O. R. Downs. G. W. Dunbar, Geo. Etheridce, Gordon DlckeV. Ray Van de Bogard. John N'. Groves, Milton linger and Dan Herrold. The charges tun all the way from standing guard to robbery and assault aud battery. The" charge against Mr. Hendricks is fullure to do his duty by quelling the riot or commanding the rioters to disperse. We are convinced that these charges arc without the proper foundation and that the mayor tried to do his full duty to the best of his ability. We nrc satisfied that when the facts hi the matter arc bared to public gaze thaf Mr. Hendricks will stand ac quitted and higher iu thu estima tion of his fellow men thnn before this unfortunate affair occurred. As regarding the others Indicted, we mve heard less rennnlinir their conduct on the evening in question, but believe the .majority of them at least will 1 exonerated when the cases arc brought before n uiry. The result will be watched with great interest. New Repair Shop J. T, Brooks & Son have leased quarters in the Holbrook block ou corner of Leavitt and Jersey streets and will open up a first-class shoe and harness repair shop therein the lirst of May, The very latest and most improved machinery has been ordered and no facility will be over looked that will tend to get out the work with ueatness and dispatch. Mr. Brooks has established a splen did reputation iu St. Johns as a skillful and thorough workman, and there is no doubt but that the new firm will make good, Mr. Brooks has been connected with Bouham & Currier's boot and shoe department for the past several years, and has gained many friends aud well wishers through his cour teous deportment aud fair treatment to all. Picture Shows Galore A moviug picture show will occupy the McDonald building ou ersey street iu about two weeks, This, Manager Brokaw informs us, will be the finest of its kind that cau be secured. As it will make three shows of the same nature iu St. Johns, our people should cer taiuly have an excellent opportunity to satisfy their cravings for moviug picture entertainments. A trio of St. Johus youths were arrested by Officer Dunbar Monday night for raising a disturbance iu the Central hotel. All plead guilty before Judge Esson Tuesday after noon, who relieved them of I5.00 each for their fun(?) They prom ised to be good, hereafter. Rp . aW 41 ilaPJnW SV tk-