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VOL. 6
, ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER a. 1910.
NO. 43
Council Proceedings
Deserves Consideration
Contains 315 Names
Big Boxing Event
Snow's Opinion
Not Knocking
The St. Joluis city council did
itself proud Tuesday night. One
proposed improvement after an
other was taken up and disposed of
in a business-like way. Nothing
was left undone that was ready for
action and everything passed off
like clock work. The much mooted
Fcsscndcn street improvement was
sent along as far as it was jiossiblc
to shove it. A resolution to improve
it from the south cast city limits to
Edison street by grading and six
foot cement sidewalk was adopted.
This resolution must be published
for two week; this week atid
next when a week must elapse to
give all n chance to flic remon
strances, if desirous of doing so. If
not sufilpicnt remonstrance is ad
vanced to kill the street, an ordi
nance providing for the time and
manner of improvement' is in order.
This is published in connection
with a call for bids, which run' for
three weeks in the city official
paper, whcii'giviug the contract is
in order. Therefore, it will be the
1 1 tli day of October before the
contract can possibly be let.
An ordinance providing for the
laying of 1 2-foot cement sidewalk
on Jersey street, from Richmond
street to Fcsscndcn, . was passed,
and together with a cull for bids
for its improvement in the manner
described, may be found in this
issue. This contract will in all
probability be let on September
aoth.
A resolution directing the city
engineer to prepare plans, profile
ami estimates for the improvement
of Philadelphia street, Jersey to
Ivanhoe, by 1 8-foot cement side
walks, and Burlington side of the
street from Jersey to Ivanhoo with
1 8 foot cement walks and Burling
ton, Ivanhoe to Hayes, with 12
foot cement sidewalk, was adopted.
Another resolution was adopted
that is of great importance to the
city of St. Johns, and that was a
resolution diicctiug the engineer to
fircpurc the necessary data for the
mprovement of Burlington street
from Hayes to Bradford street by
sidewalk and macadam from curb
to curb.
Still another proposition that has
caused some agitation among cer
tain residents of the city the ex
tension of Richmond through the
Severance tract and the removal of
the real estate building now occu
pying space there was settled by
M. L. Holbrook paying one hun
dred dollars ami the city the other
one hundred dollars. Two hun
dred dollars has been standing be
tween this improvement for some
time, and council decided it was
cheaper to pay the remaining one
hundred dollars than pay the ex
penses of having it dragged through
the courts. Therefore, preparations
for making this improvement will
soon be under way.
Much controversy has been
aroused over the Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co. refusing to allow the
outlet of the Maple street sewer to
be placed through their property.
Time and aga'in council has been
put off by the dilatory methods In
augurated by this company, and an
amicable settlement seemed to go
glimmeriug. Tuesday night the city
dads decided to take the aggressive,
end the recorder was instructed to
notify the company to submit a
petition for the vacation of a stub
street which they have agreed to
take iu exchange for the right to
Jay the sewer as proposed, or else
condemnation proceedings would be
instituted without further delay.
A petition was preseuted for the
establishment of a water hydrant at
the intersection of Mears and Mc
Crum. Received and request
granted.
liiuim,
A petition to change the position
of the arc llgnt ai lucv-rura ami
Bank to McCrum and Mears was
also' granted. It seems the present
location of the light makes it im
possible for the electric light com
pany to furnish the "juice."
Miss Brodahl, assistant recorder,
and Assistant Vincent of the engi
neering department botli asked for
a raise of 1 10 per month in salary.
Allowed.
Bills to the amount of 55453.67
were also allowed.
A petition to improve McCrum
avenue from the O. R. & N.
railroad tracks to Columbia slough,
was not very definite as to the kind
of improvement desired,, and the
matter was referred back to the
petitioners for the desired informa
tion, A resolution for the improve
ment of North Ivanhoe, Catlin to
the Weyerhaeuser tract, was
adopted.
The data for the improvement of
Fillmore street, Richmond to St.
Johns avenue, not being quite com
pleted, the matter was allowed to
rest until next week.
Ordinances providing the time
and manner of improving Jersey
street, Richmond to Fessenden,
It is said that a number of local
prohibitionists arc in favor of an
nexing with Portland. If this is a
fact, we desire to call their atten
tion to a point or two that may
have escaped their notice and con
sideration We do not care to dis
cuss whether or not St. Johns is
more prospyrons under a wet re
gime than n dry one. That Is a
proposition' that speaks for itself,
nud whatever might be said 011 the
subject would scarcely change any
one's impression, or his vote
What we want to dwell upon is the
fact that two mcasurca will be' bal
loted upon this fall. One is state
wide prohibition and the other "a
constitutional amendment giving to
cities and towns exclusive power' to
license, regulate, control, suppress
or prohibit the sale of intoxicating
liquors within the municipality."
Regarding the first measure, it is
conceded to be extremely doubtful
if it will carry, but there is a
chance that it will. The other
measure stated bus at least an equal
chance to carry at the poll. Sup
posing the latter is successful and
state wide prohibition is defeated,
what would annexation with Port
laud mean in regard to the liquor
question? It would mean that
Portland would have the right to
regulate licenses within its borders.
University Park, Portsmouth and
St. Johns could never again combine
iu voting upon the question. Wc
urc nil more or less familiar with
how Portland regulates her saloons.
Can you afford to take the chance?
Isn't it better, if the amendment
carries, that St. Johns stay St.
Johns? The regulating of licenses
and saloons would remain with us,
as at the present time. Think this
matter over conscientiously before
voting for annexation.
and Columbia boulevard, Fairhavcu
street to southeast city limits, were
passed and call for bids on both
proposed improvements ordered
published.
An ordinance establishing the
grade of Fcsseudcu street, Edison
to southeast city limits, also passed
final passage.
A resolution declaring Fcsscndcn
street to be 70 feet wide including
provisions pertaining thereto was
passed and may be found in this
issue.
Complaint has been made by the
property interests along the water
front about the speed of river boats
causing much damage to their
property by reason of the hcuvy
swells created thereby. Mayor
Hendricks agreed to call Harbor
master Spier's attention to the mat
ter and have it abated if possible.
A resolution for tfie improve
ment of Oswego street, Barton's
addition to the county road, was
adopted,
What seems to be the severest
forest fires known to the Northwest
for ycuw, perhaps decades, are
burning Intermittently in both the
fir aud pine belts. Rough estimates
being made are to the effect that
perhaps more than 200 lives will be
lost in the conflagrations, several
million dollars worth of mills, log
ging camps, settlers improvements
aud villages will have been burned,
and the oggregate value of timber
lost is now beyond even reasonable
estimate and will surely reach
enormous totals Gifford Pinchot,
receut chief of the Forestry Depart
ment, in the Federal service, in an
interview at Washington, declares
that such disasters are entirely pre
ventable when Congress makes suf
ficient appropriation aud the states
look after private holdings. His
plan is thorough patrol, complete
I"-" 1 -
telephone connections, and the put
tint? of men at work upon every
' 1. 1 A I . r.rr., In lt3 1.1 rl l tl ltf
As a result of this year's appalling
losses, there is sure to be deter
mined effort to protect ana con-
... , t.
serve tne timber supply in wic
future.
September sth the great Portland
Fair & Livestock Exposition will
open in that city, and continue
until the lotn, inclusive. A.n eiaoo
rate program of races, livestock ex
hibits, music, vaudeville amuse
ments and industrial events have
been prepared by the management.
This will be ttie greatest lair oi 11s
kind yet held in the city, as a large
number of blooded animals receutly
imported, aud the best known of
the old stock, will be found. .A
great poultry show will be con
ducted on the grounds. Trained
aninals will perform daily and the
races will bring out some of the
fast Northwest stock,
Real estate is moving in an un
usually active manner for this sec
son of the year. Nearly all the
realty dealers claim that business is
surprisingly good,
Ye editor, iu company with Ed.
I. Stockton of the Telegram, made
a trip to the Portland city hall
Tuesday to look over the signatures
011 the petitions asking that St.
Johns be taken over to Portland.
Several interesting features were
discovered. Instead of 309 signa
tures as published iu the city dai
lies, wc fotiud 315 names. There
where three petitions incorporated
into one. The first petition of 135
names apparently were written in
otic liaudwritlug and therefore
could not be used as signatures, un
less wc are greatly mistaken. Sev
eral of the other names were writ
ten iu German aud Polish and it
was extremely difficult to decipher
them in some instances. City
Auditor Barbour informed us that
on checking up the list of names
only thirteen were found to be reg
istered voters. The city clerk tailed
to attach his signature to the budget
because it did not show sufficient
number of registered voters. The
petitions contained the names of
some good citizens nud at least one
third of them were property owners.
What the Portland city council will
do with the document is as yet
somewhat problematical. Wc have
secured a list of the names and any
one desirous of seeing same may do
bo by calling at this office.
Said to be Fictitious
On the ground that the petition
presented to the Portland City
Council asking that the question of
annexing St. Johns be placed on
the November ballot, bore fictitious
signatures as well as names of un
qualified voters, a remonstrance
will be filed at once with the city
Auditor of Portland in opposition
to the movement.
Those opposed to the proposed
annexation circulated the remon
strance yesterday and secured the
names of 150 persons. Among those
who do not want to be annexed to
Portland are several St. Johns busi
ness men and property owners.
Mayor llciidrlcks has declared
himself against annexation and K.
C. Couch is also an active oppo
nent of the plan.
Of the 315 signatures to the peti
tion 'checked over yesterday by
Councilman Ellis and Deputy
Auditor Moody, it was found that
136 names were iu the handwriting
of one man. Iu addition to this it
was discovered that only 15 of the
remaining signatures were qualified
voters. Wednesday's Oregouian.
Opposed to Annexation
A number of citizeus opposed to
annexing with Portland met in the
M. W. A. hall Monday evening to
formulate plans to counteract the
petitions placed with the Portland
officials asking for annexation. It
was decided to appoiut a committee
to confer with the Portland city
council aud ask'them to delay action
upon same for a week or ten days,
J. F. Hendricks, F. W. Valeutlne
and R. R. Churchill were appointed
to serve upon this committee. It
was also decided to get out petitions
asking that the matter of annexa
tion be uot placed upon the ballot.
A number of petitions were cir
culated, all present signing one
and many names were secured ou
the streets Tuesday. Just how the
proposition will terminate is hard to
foretell.
Take Me Out
To the ball game. This is that Big
Baseball Comedy that will be
shown at the Electric Theatre Fri
day afternoon and evening. This
picture is one of the best comic
films shown at the Electric this
year and you should see it.
The county commissioners have
approved of the plan to construct a
county road through the Gatton
farm in the North Und and work
upon same will begin qt once. It
will be necessary to erect three
small bridges to complete this road.
The engineer's estimate of cost for
bridges and grading is about
$5,000. The new road will connect
the two that now lead to the- North
End but which terminate . there
abruptly, It will make quite a
scenic route for autos and afford
easy access to the North End. The
connecting road will ' be about two
miles long.
Are you using printed back en
velopes? If not, why not?
Pra&cb the goipl &t St, Johns.
The St. Johns Athletic club has
signed some fast men for their
Labor Day smoker in the skating
rink ou the evening of Sept. 5th
(Labor Day;. Guy Lee will mix
it with Jack Dolau of San Fran
cisco. Dolau is doing his usual
training stunts every evening,
while in the mornings he covers
the Council Crest district by road
work. Guy Lee is now 137 pounds
with only two more pounds to take
off. He is doing his training with
OUY J-KIJ
Ace Clement, the crack Portland
middleweight, who is to meet Jesse
Day, the crack Marsh field fighter
ttrtrm M lm limit 1ihIii.ii,i I ntifl
Dolan,villJbc.altfM.round no and
pibrntacSno lc exceedingly "lively
all the way through.
A six round featherweight pre
liminary between Fraukic O'Brien
and Kid Exposito will be n special
feature, aud a four round heavy
weight preliminary between Joe
Lukouski and Bill Foster at 175
pounds will be decidedly interest
ing. The event will be anxiously
awaited by the Peninsula sports
and promises to be the most excit
ing boxing fest that has ever been
pulled off ou the Peninsula. The
preliminaries start at 8:30. Admis
sion $1.00, ringside seats $1.50.
A Public Park
An agitation is on foot to secure
three or more acres in the loop
south of the Ice plant for use as a
public park. The land is owned
by Mrs. Nancy Caples, and we
understand 11 is ueiu ai 912,000.
Whether this is exorbitant or uot
we are not prepared to say, but be
lieve It is as low as it ever will be.
The location would be ideal for the
purpose, but we believe at least five
acres should be secured. What
we considered the finest location
for a park was turned down by the
voters several years ago. nils
was the point overlooking the dry
docks, and the price was quite
reasonable. Whether this new pro
ject will meet with the same fate if
it Is brought up to a vote ot the
people is a problem. There is no
denying the fact that a park in St.
Johns is a necessity, and the longer
we put off providing one the more
it will cost.
J. I. Shurtz met with quite a
serious accident Monday. He was
working upon a building at Ken
ton when a part of the staging
gave way and precipitated him
several feet to the ground below.
He was assisted home, but in
sisted that he did not need a phy
sician. He is a gritty piece of
humanity, for Tuesday morning he
was going about the streets 011 four
legs, worth more than a whole reg
iment of dead men.
Sunday Sept. 4, Dr. C. C. Pol
ing, P. E. will preach morning and
evening. Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper in the morning and special
service at night. Everybody is in
vited to be present. C. P. Gates,
pastor.
Otto Glawe, delivery man of the
Harris ice plant, and Mrs. Katie
Wood of 410 Oswego street, were
united in marriage Sunday evening.
Editor Review: It is a well
known fact that all great questions
have two sides. Now, as to the
question "will wc consent to an
nexation?" I, for one, say NO.
1st. For the reason that wc arc
known all over the world as the
city of St. Johns. Now if wc ore
annexed wc lose our identity aud
good facilities for shipping purposes
as we will then be St. Johns-Portland,
the same ns Portsmouth is
now; hence, Portland has every
thing, and wc have everything to
lose.
2d. Wc, as a city, arc able to
pay all wc owe. It wc arc annexed
to Portland they would then sell our
dock, to a corporation for a sum
equal to all of our indebtedness, in
cluding our school debt. Then St.
Johns would be absolutely out of
debt and, iu that case, the lovely
city of St. Johns, that has a na
tional wide reputation fur deep
water harbor and being ten miles
nearer the coast, would all con
tribute to Portland's gain aud our
loss. The wise men ot Portland
see that St. Johns is the gateway to
their beautiful city nud it is no
wonder that they favor annexation;
and wc, the city of St. Johns, will
be the loser of what Portland seeks
to gain.
3rd. And, judging the future by
the past, we, the people of St.
Johns, cannot expect any improve
ment for at leant four years, aud our
property here will decrease within
that time at least ao per cent and wc
will be taxed to assist ill the payment
0 Portland's twenty-seven million
dollars, which must of necessity
hold the people, ot St. Johns ns
slaves of Portland, and we will
have little or no voice in the gov
ernment of St. Johns and be as our
forefathers were away back in 1770,
(taxed without representation).
4th. Now this movement was
uot intended in its inception to an
nex St. Johns to Portland, but was
brought about and became a neces
sity iu the minds of a few people
who were aud arc determined that
St. Johns shall be dry, and in order
to do that they have conceived a
plan of nnncxatloir; veil knowing
that if they could succeed our char
ter would be taken from us und St.
Johns nud Portsmouth would be
come a voting precinct, well know
ing that if that were true the entire
precinct would become dry, and
they would then have
the con-
sciousness of knowing
have carried the point
their financial ruin. It
that they
if it was
is 11 well
known fact that iu the days of pro
hibition in St. Johns, as of all other
cities having prohibition, whiskey
mid lpir can be hoiiflil bv anv per
son desiring so to do within eight
minutes of the time they desire to
use the same, thereby placing a
royalty upon deception aud fraud,
as it is well known PROHIBITION
DOES NOT PROHIBIT, And
again, our beautiful city hall will
lose its usefulness aud beauty and
become the habitation of rats and
of no earthly use to the people of
the city of St. Johns, and our city
will become a nullity, all for the
purpose of asssistiug aud the up
building of the city of Portland at
our proportional expense.
To tiie citi.ens of St. Johns I
have no right to dictate how men
shall vote, neither would I if I had
the power. I am somethiug like
the governor of Florida. When his
people sought to secede, he pictured
out to them a devastated country
and showed them rivers of blood
and thousands of vacant chairs aud
untold numbers of widows aud
orphans aud pointed them and
asked them to behold the black
clouds of war and admonished them
not to secede; but they seceded,
and he said to them: "We are
ruined, but where my people go I
will, go, I will share your destiny."
Oh, may the people of St. Johns
wake up and see the condition we
are now iu and compare it with
our condition when annexed; and
remember that what I say today
will be before you and experienced
by you who vote to annex. It will
be the death knell of St. Johns and
the property of St. Johns, and the
population of St. Johns will de
crease 20 perceut in consequence if
we are annexed to Portland. In
the name of God, consider well be
fore you vote. The above and fore
going is the matured judgnieut of
Cap Snow of St. Johns.
McKinney & Davis, the realty
men, made ten sales last month ag
gregating $12,700. Six of the pur
chasers intend building homes this
year on their new purchases. Sales
of this kitid mean much for St.
Johns.
J. T. Brooks and Son, in South
Jejsey street, Shoes repaired on
sfipft notice,' '
Several people have accused U3
of knocking Portland iu introducing
argument in opposition to annexing
with thut city. That is far from
being the cuse. Wc have plenty
of respect for Portland and admire
it for its progrcssiveness and the
wondrous showing iu a building
way and others that it has made.
Wc arc proud to live adjacent to
Portland and hope to become a
resident of that city when it has
built out to us and there is some
thing more to annex to than a lot
of vacant territory with the real
city miles away. The point wc de
sired to bring out was that Portland
is growing faster than its city gov
ernment can take care of its wants.
Not because they would be unwill
ing to do this, but simply because
they arc utterly unable to da so.
The suburban part of the city natu
rally would be the last to secure
what is needed. Growing at the
rate of nearly three hundred per
cent iu the past ten years, while St.
Johns has grown over fifteen hun
dred per cent in the same period,
the volume of business is greater
aud the wants of the various parts
of that city arc too numerous to re
ceive anything like immediate at
tention. With a small community
of our own, it is but natural that
seven 01 eight of our neighbors and
chosen officials, knowing thti wants
and requirements of the city of St,
Johns, would be more willing to
supply these wants than an utter
stranger, like the tenth ward couu
ciliiiun is to most of us. Then he
is only one nud his power is cer
tainly limited even if he desired to
do ever so much for us. No, wc
do not desire to knock Portland In
the least, but only to show what It
has been unable to do in the way
of taking care of its outlying dis
tricts, in order to judge what wc
can expect by annexation.
A Lucky Find
It Iiau Kmm itf. Mint It U 1ttr
to bTbWlfitkYUtf" rich ofgood'
looking. But when one is born
good looking and lucky too, he has
n mortal cinch 011 the good things
of this life. It will be remembered
we told of the good fortune that
befell Mr. Louis Vierhus two or
three weeks ago, iu the discovery
of n very superior mineral paint
near his plucc at Oregon City.
Last week with Mr. Tally, his as-
sociate iu the paint business, he
made a trip about 45 miles above
Vancouver on tlie woiumuia nnu
found an Immense deposit of the
mineral from which the colors of
the paint is manufactured. Ho
secured n five yeur lease on 360
acres of the deposit and a contract
(or tlie delivery 01 tue mineral 01
Oregon City. There are all colors
of the rainbow in the deposit located
iu separate layers, Willi nil menu
fcreut tints of the several colors, all
of which can be mined, sacked and
shipped by water to destination. It
Mr. Vierliiis does not become a
millionaire within a few years it is
because Ills phenomenal hick goes
back on him. We wish for him the
best of success iu his new busino6S,
because he deserves it.
Request Must be Written
Instructions have just been re
ceived at the local postofheo from
Postmaster General Hitchcock put
ting into effect the law passed ot
tlie last sessiou of congress requir
ing the senders of registered mail
to write upou the envelope "receipts
required" or some similar won led
request in order that a return re
ceipt may be received. Tlie word
ing of the statute just put into
efiect is as follows:
"Whenever the sender shall so
request a receipt shaU be taken on
delivery of registered mall matter
showing to whom and when deliv
ery was made and that receipt shall
be returned to the sender."
Formerly the law provided that
for registered mail delivered in a
foreign country the sender receives
without extra charge a form of re
turn receipt if the words "Return
Receipt Demanded" appear on the
envelope or wrapper. The new
rule makes the same law apply to
both home and foreign mail and is
iutended to cut out a lot of needless
work.
If you SHOULD get sick? Well,
the tieighbors, a subscription paper
passed amoug your fellow workmen,
the county would take care of you,
maybe. The First National Bank
protects you if you save. Pays 3
per cent too, on savings accounts.
it
Lafferty For Congress
Republican Candidate Is Sup
porter of Direct Primary
Law
A W. Lafferty, a well known
Portland lawyer, is a coudidatc for
the Republican nomination for Con
gress iu the primary election Sept.
24. He is tuakiutr his campaign ou
n platform, the principal plank of
which is "Oregon Resources for
Oregon people." Lafferty has won
a large following because of the
aggressive fight he has made for
the rights of settlers on homesteads
and timber claims in Oregon.- He
is n fighter aud gained much prom
inence by instituting the suits for
enforcement of the Oregon dndTCal-
A. W. Lavi'hrtv,
Republican Candidate For Congress.
iforula Railroad laud grant in West
ern Oregon. He is n supporter of
the direct primary, and on this sub
ject In a recent speech iu Portland
said:
I am supporting the Direct Pri
mary. I oppose the making of
Assembly nominations because it is
a plain attempt to usurp the pow
ers now vested by..jaw in. .the indi
vidual voters.
What is the use to make Assem
bly nominations unless it is intended
that thev shall be ratified? Ami if
such is the purpose, why not' be
frank about it, and 0eiily declare
for going back to the convention
system ?
The Assembly jieopie say tue
Primary may be retained as n
"check" 011 their work. To reduce
the Primary Law to this purpose
means its death. No man wants
toruuas a mere "checker." He
could have no excuse for doing so
unless he could point out somutliiiig
jwsitlvely bad or corrupt about lliu
Assembly nominee. The purpose
of the Direct Primary is to give all
nu equal show, as is recited in the
act itself,
Those who went into the Assem
bly have injured their clinnccs of
success. The right to elect officers
would be of little valuu with the
power to name candidates for elec
tion taken away. The power to
nominate will not be given up by
the people.
Mrs. Geo. H. Lynn, who has
been visiting relatives aud friends
in St. Johns aud Portland during
her summer vacation for the past
two weeks, returned to hor home
In Hood River Friday of last week,
taking her daughter, Georgia, who
has spent the summer with her
grandmother, Mrs. Byerlee, with
her, iu order to start in at the open
ing of school. They think Hood
River the finest place in the world,
but that St. Johns produces the
healthiest appetites mid is the finest
place to sleep they have ever found.
They found It difficult to stay
awake even during the day time,
and tlie old Dutch regime of fivu
meals u day was all that could keep
them from going hungry.
There was a fatal accident oc
curred on South Ivanhoe street
Monday. A swiftly moving vehi
cle passed over the victim's
head crushing it, and was tumble
to throw off the effect of the impact
of the wheels with his head. The
nearest physician was Dr. Vincent,
who lived just at hand. He was
uot appraised of the fatality, how
ever, until rigis mortis had taken
place; therefore, the good doctor's
fine youug Buff Orpington rooster
will never crow again.
Miss Rico Anderson went last
week for a visit to Salem, Oregon,
where she will have a good time .
with her friends and relatives, she
says, until she gets homesick. She
seems to think it wouiq iokc jnw,
two or three weeks, but we do not
think she can stay away from St.
Johns that long.