J,''orca s0cltty ST. JOHNS REVIEW IT'S NOW UP TO YOU Toiutucrltx for THIS Paper ' All the newt while It It newill ourmotlo, Call In anil enroll GET IN THE HABIT f Of advertlilnt In THIS Paper Y and you'll neterrecret It. De- 5 (In at onct and keep right at It V . Devoted (o the Interests ot the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 7 ST. JOHNS, OREGON,- FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. 1911. NO. 10 Opinion on Annexation Following is the opinion of Attorney George J. Perkins upon tlie legnllty of the recent vote taken upon annexation in this city. It 1ms been corroborated and con curred in by two of Portland's brightest and best attorneys. It is quite apparent that the "Amis" have good grounds for contesting the election, which of course will be contested. The opinion is well worth reading: St Johns Anti-Annexation League, St. Johns, Orcg. Gentlemen: Complying with) your request for an opinion ns to the legality of the pretended elce tion held on the first Tuesday after the lirst Monday in November, 1910, sofaras the same concerns the question of annexing the City of fat. Johns to the City of Portland I have given the subject such con sidcratloti as I deem necessary am beg to report ns follows: I find at said election an attempt wns made to nnuex St. Johns to Portland under Article 4. sections 13-17. Portland Charter, which was created by a Special Act of the Legislature of the btote of Oregon, and became effective January 23 1003, which Act provides, in sub stance, among other things, that whenever a petition shall be pre sen ted to the Auditor of the City of Portland, petitioning for the annex ntion of additional territory con liguotts to the City of Portland, describing the territory to be an nexed and signal by hftccti per cent of the legal voters of the terri tory sought to be annexed, etc., the same shall be presented to the Council of the City of Portland, and the Council may, by two thirds vote thereof, pass n resolution providing for the submission of the question to the voters of such territory at the next general election If the majority of the (nullified voters residing in such territory and vot ing 011 such question, vote in favor of such annexation, such territory, slinll on the first day of July next following such election, become a part of the City of Portland. The . -Act further provides that if the rr iiiiijiiiiiy "i 111c vuiem 111 much ieiii- ... r .1 1 1. ... , lory vote in favor 01 the annexa tion, the Council, shall thereupon, by resolution, so niter and amend section twelve of the charter of Portland, and the boundaries of Sitid city, ns therein described and set out, as to include such unnexed ' territory, etc. At the time the Portland Charter was created, the Constitution of Oregon provided that "Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special JawS, KXCUIT I'OU MUNICIPAL l'UK 1'OSICS." Prior to 1906, charters of all the principal cities of Oregon were cre ated by Special Laws enacted by the Oregon Legislature, but on June 4, 1906, that portion of the constitution of Oregon was amended so as to read as follows: "Corpora tions may be .formed under general laws, but shall not be created by the legislative assembly by special laws. The legislative assembly shall not knact, amknd or kwkai. any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town. The legal voters of every city or town are hereby granted power to knact or amknd their municipal charter, subject to the constitution and criminal laws of the State of Oregon." The Municipality of St. Johns ex ists under n charter adopted by the voiers 01 niai ctiy aim inuepciuiew of the Municipality of Portland, also of any act of the Legislature of Oregon, except the criminal laws of the State, and perhaps the enabling net adopted by the Legislature of Oregon in the year 1907, which provides the maimer In which elec tions may be held and conducted by legil voters of municipalities under the clause of the Constitution as amended ami above set out. This enabling act provides, among other things, in substance, that in all cities and towns which have not, or may not, provide by ordiuance or charter, the manner of exercising the privileges granted by the Con stitution as amended, as aforesaid, If atiy ordinance, charter or amend ment to the charter of any city shall be proposed by initiative peti tion, such petition shall be filed with the City Recorder and he shall transmit it to the City Coun cil at its next session; that the Council shall either ordain or re ject the same as proposed within thirty days thereafter, and if the Council shall reject or take no action on the proposed amendment, the City Recorder shall submit the same to the voters. If the Coun cil ordains the ameudment, it shall refer same to the people to be voted upon. The Statute provides that not more than twenty names on any one sheet of the petition shall be counted; that each sheet shall be attaclted to a full and correct copy of the title and text of the measure and verified by the oath of the per sou circulating the same, and when hied with the Recorder, he shall transmit the same to the City Attor ney, who shall prepare and return to the Recorder a ballot title for the measure. The Recorder shall cause to be printed in pamphlet form a true copy of the title and text of the measure, nlso any argument the person, committee or officer of any organization presenting the measure may submit advocating the adop tion of the measure, nlso, within a stated time, he shall cause to be printed in said pamphlet any argu ment any person may submit against the measure the cost of the paper nnd printing for such arguments to be paid by the person or organization submitting the same all other expense in con nection therewith to be paid by the city, and the Recorder shall dis tribute such pamphlets containing such measure nnd the title of the same, and the arguments for and against the same, as aforesaid, if any, to every voter of the city, so far ns possible, either by mail or currier, not less than eight days before the election. The act fur tlier provides that amendments to the City Charter inuy be ptoposcd and submitted to the people by the City Council, with or without an initiative petition, but in that event, the same shall be filed with the City Recorder for submission less than sixty days before not the election. This subject of annexation was attempted to be submitted to the voters of St. Johns exclusively under the Portland Charter ns afore said, nnd no attempt was made whatever to conform to either the enabling act ol 1907 or to any pro visions that have been provided by charter or council of St. Johns. No officer or councilman of the city of St. Johns was consulted about the measure being submitted, 110 attempt made to give official notice of the election or the measure to be voted upon, and no nttempt made to observe the methods pro vided for holding nnd conducting Mich elections, or the forms under or by which subjects of this nature are required to be submitted to the voters, either by the city of ht Johns or the enabling act of 1907 It would be possible, under such proceedings, that not more than fifteen per cent of the legal voters of St. Johns the number required to sign the petition would, know anything about the measure, not withstanding the very corporate existence of the city and all of its municipal property depended upon it. In my opinion, it cannot be assumed that all the people of St olius entitled to vote on this meas tire did vote upon it, and voted in the manner and way they would lave voted, had it been placed befote them in the manner and torm required by law. Under our political system, and it is n natural right that the majority voting for or against a measure arc entitled to ire vail, but the measure voted upon must have been legally before them and their right to vote upon the same lawfully exercised. If the people of St. Johns have the right to surrender their charter and the roperty of the municipality and be absorbed by the City ot Portland, they must exercise it In the way pointed out by municipal legislation of St. Johns or by the enabling act of 1007, herelnliefore referred to I Certainly, the councilmen and offi cers of the city ot Portland have not the right, since the amendment of the Constitution, as aforesaid, and since St. Johns has adopted jts charter under said constitutional amendment, to thrust upon the citi zens of St. Johns the question of surrendering its municipal fran chise and property and being absorbed by Portland, aud the ver dict of those voting upon the meas ure be conclusive on all other in- habitants ond property owners of the city. Some question may be raised as to whether the enabling act of 1907 applies to elections held for the pur pose of determining whether a city shall surrender its charter and become annexed to another munici pality, or whether the Constitution, as amended, permits that to be done. The language of the Con stitution, as amended, provides that the legislative assembly shall not, by special laws, enact, amend or re peal any charter, etc. That the legal voters of every city and town shall knact or amend their munic ipal charter, etc. Therefore, the right of the legal voters of a munic ipality to abandon or repeal its charter is not expressly given. It would appear that this right is implied, but Mr. Justice Moore of the Supreme Court of Oregon, m case of Acme Dairy Co. vs. Astoria, 49 Oregon, at pages 524-5, says: 'It will thus be seen that the change in the organic law deprives the legislative assembly of all authority to enact, amend- or repeal Innocents Abroad Last Saturday evening, nftcr tearfully bidding tiieir friends good bye, R. W. McKcon nnd Paschal Hill nervously and apprehensively took their departure for Chicago. They had been chosen by the Jer sey street property owners to make this trip in order to wise up on hard surface pavements, West rutnito paying the freight. They were chosen 011 account of their abhorrence for graft, abstemious habits and their great powers 0 observation, uotn, however, arc simple minded, unsophisticated and have Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad" discounted 16 to 1. The friends here were loath to have fhem travel so far without a guide or chaperon, as it is believed they stand in very grave danger of being gold-bricked or may play Into the hands of confidence men. S. C. Norton was requested to go along nnd act in the capacity of pilot, but was nfrnid his constitution was too weak to withstand the rigors and streuuosity of such n position, am therefore, declined with thanks. No one else could be found who was willing to be responsible for their welfare aud guidance, so the twain was allowed to make the trip nionc. 1 neir solicitous friends care fully instructed them to beware of the pitfalls aud lurid hues to be found in the windy and wicked city, and obtained their sacred promise to not converse with utter strangers and to retire at dark. If they follow instruction to the letter the cause of hard surfuciug will be greatly enhanced, aud upon their return there will be no question as to the kind that should be laid on Jersey street. any charter of n city or town, the legal voters of which reserve to themselves the exercise of nil such power, except the right of uiti'KAi, " It seems to me to abandon or sur render n charter, would lie equiva lent to repealing it. It is not now within the power of the Legislature to repeal. If it can be done nt nil, it must be done by the legal voters of the city or town and can only be done in the manner prescribed bv such city or town or in the manner prescribed by the general enabling net adopted by the Legislature. If the Legislature had the power to, and did, vest the Council of the City of Portland with authority to prescribe the method by which the City of St. Johns should surrender its charter, the Council of Portland lost that power when the Constitu tion was amended, ns aforesaid, and when the enabling act of 1907 was adopted by the Legislature and be came effective. There is another reason, in mv opinion, why the annexation can not be accomplished by the pro ceedings thus far had, aud that is, the boundaries of the City of Port- laud are fixed and defined by the Charter of that Citv. and the net defining' and fixing the same was submitted to, and nppproved by, tue legal voiers 01 tne uty of Port land, aud became and is, a part of the charter of Portland. To extend the boundaries so as to include St. Johns, would necessarily change the boundaries of Portland, nnd to effect such change, the charter of Portland would have to be amended. and the Council of Portland, in in v judgment, is without authority to amend its charter. It is true that the Legislature that created the Portland charter attempted to dele gate to the Portland Council that rigut, out mat was in the year 1903, and since that time, the Leg islature has been denied the right, by constitutional amendment, to amend municipal charters, and the Legislature having been divested of the right or power, the power dele gated to the Portland Council neces sarily ceased. For the reasons stated, I think the entire proceedings invalid, so far as they -attempted to annex St. Johns to Portland, and the maimer to test the validity would be by suit in equity. Respectfully submitted, George J. Perkins, Attorney. 1 Oregon fouud a brick in its Christmas stocking when the recla mation apportionment was an nounced, giving this state but I925,- 000 to carry on uncompleted irriga tion projects out of the appropria tion of $20,000,000, despite the arge contribution of Oregon to the reclamation fund. The Oregon De velopment League and Portland Commercial Club have taken joint action to secure a re-apportionment, so that this state may secure its just share to continue reclamation work. I have customers to buy houses and lots, on installments. What lave you to list? S. L. Dobie, no N. Jersey street. Chicken Thieves Night Officer William Dunbar made n hero of himself early Sun day morning by effecting the cap ture of two chicken thieves with plenty of evidence of their guilt in their possession. Karl and Mark Gregg were the culprits and each carried n sack of chickens when caught redhanded. One bag con tained four live and the other 14 dend ones. The thieves with their booty were marched to the city bnstile where they were at once placed in durance vile. For the past two or three week numerous nnd bitter complaints have reached the police department by parties who lost chickens during the night, ranging from four sixteen. The police have bee keeping n weather eye open for th sneaks ever since, nnd from ev deuce received nnd a pretty good id"a that Jhc thieves lived some where In Fast St. Johns. About 12:30 Saturday night OITiccr Dun bar took n trip over that way, when a light in the uregg home nnd woman coming out nnd soon going back in aroused his curiosity, nnd after loitering along the way was not long until the two Greggs came along, each with n suck mini his shoulders. "Billy's ' suspicious being nt once aroused, he oskei what they had in the sacks, and one of tliein promptly replied Birds, lumbar quickly replied "Well, you are tits birds we hove been looking for for some time,' and forthwith marched them off to the city jail. I he chickens in the bags be louged to J. 1). Kelihcr, who ideu tified them Sunday. It is said that the women nt the Gregg home had a boiler of hot water ready to douse the chickens in which were inter cepted by Dunbar. A coop con taming 31 chickens and a turkey wns found on the plncc, and scvera citizens recognized ones belonging to them in the lot. It is cstimatci that nil told about too chickens mve been stolen in the past three weeks. The Greggs were brought before JudRe Downs where they plet guilty Monday afternoon. They insisted thnt this was their first and oniy oiicuce, nmi turn nicy had no knowledge whatever of any other chickens stolen, that the citizens were mistaken in claiming the ones 11 their coop, nnd that the theft wns committed to keep themselves and little ones from starvation, that there were eleven mouths to feed nnd nothing to put into t hem. It was discovered, however, that the louse was particularly well stocked 11 the way of provisions, consisting of Hour, meat, potatoes nnd canned goods, in generous quantity. After considering the offence, Judge Downs aroused the indignation of several of the victims by fining the olfendcrs the nominal sum of $50 each, The evidence is pretty plain that these two are guilty of most of the dirty work done along this line in the recent past, but the police believe there may be other parties who aided in disposing of the chickens to Portland firms. Films of $ioo for 5500 worth of plunder will not prove much of a deterrent in the future, but Judge Downs had to deal only with the instance upon which the charge was based. Sev eral of those who have suffered severe loss in a chicken way have preferred charges against the two, and if substantiated both face a term in the penitentiary. Joint Installation The G. A. R. nnd Women's Relief Corps held joint installation of officers last Saturday afternoon in the M. W, A. Hall. In point of attendance and interest it was the best ever held in St. Johns. Din ner was served by the Corps and consisted of good tilings too numer ous to mention, The u:w Post officers are: Commauder R. II. Miller. S. V. C S. M. Hortoti. J. V. C B. S. Barnard. Sergeant -Thos. Hollister. O. D. 0. A. Bemis. O. G. A. M. Mason. Chaplain Daniel Drew. Adj. T. J. Gordon. S. M. G. B. Powell. Q. M. S. T. J. Downing. Judge McDevitt of Portland in- stalled the officers. Leroy II. Smith, formerly with the Smith-Wagoner Co. , has retired from the firm aud will live on his farm which is located 011 the United Klectric Railway in the Tualitan Valley, Attorney N. L. Butler, one of the leading attorneys in the Willamette Valley, will succeed to Mr. Smith's place with the firm. Council Meeting AH members were present nt the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night. The first matter taken up wns n request for n rc- ncwnl of license by T. D. Condon ami on motion of Councilman Davis wns referred to the liquor license committee. A transfer of liquor license was nsked by Thos. Glover who desired his license trnnsfcrred to the Kugctie parties who recently purcunscii ins business. On Mr, Davis' motion matter was also referred to the license committee, Mr. Davis made n motion that an arc light be installed at the corner of Willis boulevard aud New Yor street when the latter shall hav been improved. All supported th motion witli the exception of Conn cihnnn Dobie, who believed the point in question was too close to iiiiuuicr ngiii in mat vicinity. On .motion of Mr. Downey n light was ordered placed nt th comer of Thompson nnd Lively streets, nil lavoriug the motion. A coinnmnicntion from the Stnr band nnd Gravel Co. nsked for per mission 10 place an engine ntu cable system on Richmond street for the purpose of drawing wagon loads of sand and gravel to the top 01 tue mil irom their new site at the foot of Richmond street. Re ferrcd to the street committee motion of Councilman Johnson. on M, (j. Urban remonstrate! against the viewers' report on the widening of St. Johns avenue claiming it unjust nnd inequitable Alter some discussion, 011 motion of Mr. Cook report was referred bnck to the viewers for nlterntion Mr. Downey voting "no" uu motion ot .Mr. Davis it wns decided to request the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. to make 11 stop nt Buchanan street hereafter. Bills to the amount of $127.12 were alio wed. Report of the Chief of Police read, nnd on motion of Mr. Dobie ncccptcd mid ordered filed. A petition for the Improvement ol Olympia street was received nnd a resolution directing the engineer to prepare the necessary plans ntu profiles for said improvement adopt ed on motion of Councilman Hiller. a resolution to lay n sewer on Maple street with outlet through the Weyerhaeuser tract was brought up by Mr. Davis, nnd 011 his motion same was adopted, Mr. Dobie offer ug the only negative vote. St. Johns Has Only 4872 Census Director Diirnnd has per pctrnted another of his merry jests, Alter many mouths of ceaseless toil he bus discovered 4872 people 11 at. Johns. Those are the oih cial figures which were nuiiouuced from Washington this morning. There is no way of ascertaining comparative growth, because St. otitis was not incorporated when the 1909 enumeration was made. 1 he huu res 4872 arc looked upon as ridiculous when lined up with the recent school enumeration, which showed a total of more thuu 400 children of school age. The universal multiple for arriving at population from school census hgures is 514. This would give St. Johns better than 7500 people. Telegram. Buys More Ground The Pacific Stove & Range Man ufacturing Company of St. Johns las purchased the half block ad oiiiiug its present plant in St. ohus from N. C. Tochle, buying the same through the agency of C. W, LeNoir & Co. of Portland. "his was purchased because the company realized that in the near future it would be necessary to en- arge its present plant owing to the rapid growtli of its business. With this additional ground the company will have ample room for several additional buildings. Building Permits No. 1 To W. Letz to erect n welling on Kellogg street between Catlin and Fessenden streets; cost 1500.- No. 2 To A. II. Blackburn to alter building 011 Burlington street between Jersey and Leonard for Bickuer Bros.; cost $100. No, 3 To A. M. Mourcy to erect a building on Hayes street between Burr and Alma; cost $200. L. II. Campbell returned last eek from a several days visit with his brotliert Spangle, Washington, Windle-Cochran Mr. John Howard Witulle and Miss Nellie IJva Cochran were united iu mnrriagc Friday, January 6, inti, at 7:30 p. 111., at the home of the bride s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Cochran, 502 West Richmond street, St. Johns, Ore gon, Rev. G. W. Nelson of th Longregationnl church officiating Only relatives of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony Paul Cochran, n brother of the bride, ncted as groomsman and Miss hvclyn R. Nutting, a cousi of the bride from Columbia City Oregon, seryed ns bridcsninid. At the conclusion of the ceretnonv ntu congratulations, n luscious wedding supper wns served by Airs. Cochran 11. i. 111c groom, n son ot Louiiciimaii W. W. Windlc, is n native Ore goniatt aud a young man of splcu did character and industrious habits. He has been in the employ ot 1. 11. Cochran for over two years ns teamster and will contiiiu now to work for his father-in-law ine bride is a worthy young inny 01 many accomplishments ami is held in high esteem bv n laruc circle of devoted friends. She was the recipient of n large number of beautiful and costly wedding gifts 1 he young people were heartilv serenaded by tue si. Johns cornet band. I he happy young couple will make their home iu St. Johns nnd will begin house-keeping nt 627 Nortli Ivnuhoc street, where they have a house elegantly fur nished for their occtipnucv ant where they will be at home to their many friends. May the happiness ami success that worthy young peo pie deserve be theirs. Hill to Electrify Way Thnt the Hill system will electrify the railroad over the big steel draw bridge over the Columbia River between Vancouver and Portland nnd run streetcars between the two cities, iu opposition to the Portland Railway Light cv: Power Company is the rumor current iu Vancouver nnd Portland for several days. If this should happen it would have n tendency to lessen the traihe on the ferry ami streetcar iue between Portland nnd Viiucou ver, and possibly cause the ferry to take off its night crew. There would be use for the ferry iu the laytime to carry across the tenuis mid vehicles, but there is little traffic of this kind at night. I here nre already two tracks ncross the bridge to Portland, so thnt all that would be required to make the change would be placing the electric wires. These cars could uiiiKc better time than 11 passenger train. The railroad company is already putting iu on interlocking system between Vancouver and ortlnnd over the big bridge, and this could be used to oiwntc the streetcars as well. With this sys tern, it the draw is closed, the cur would not have to stop, but if the draw is open, or is about to open the proper signal is placed. Traflic between Vancouver aud ortlaud is increasing daily and the resent system of changing from the ferry to the cars, and much of the time waiting a half hour or more, grows tirosotue to traffic. Orugouiau. How About This What have you iu vacant or un improved projierty to exchange for hue new modern home t This is one of the swellest bungalows iu St. Johns, has full basement, 24x42 feet, large porches, wide cornice, 5 arge rooms ami large reception hall, besides closets, pantry aud bath; has stationary tubs iu base ment, wood lift, piped for gas aud wired for electricity, nothing left undone to make a complete modern ionic of it, This is located 011 the best river view lot in St. Johns, the rice is !f20oo. Will take S1600 iu exchange for St. Johns property, balance long time. We also have a number of sale contracts ranging in various mounts, with both large aud small monthly payments, bearing interest 7 per cent, paid monthly, we are offering in exchange for property. Call and talk it over witli us. McKINNF.Y & DAVIS, Klectric Building, St. Johns. Phone Columbia 2. For Rent A large six room house, newly knlsomined, close iu, 011 South Jui.sc.yi street; $12 a mouth. Call Columbia 297. gtf I'rouch tho goBpol of St, Johns, May Lease the Dock Prospects for leasing the new city dock nre now becoming exceedingly bright. Last week representative of the Northwest Wheat G rowers Union came to St. Johns nnd con ferred witli the tnnyor concerning the lease of the dock. The Union has warehouses and granaries scat tered nil over Knstern Washington. Oregon and Idaho, witli present headquarters at Spokane. About 2000 farmers belong to the organi zation nnd from tltrce to five million bushels of wheat raised annually. The Union has found itself at the mercy of commission men in the past, and it is now proposed to save the middleman's profit (which at times lias been exorbitant) by the Union denling with the purchasers direct. In order to do this satisfac torily n dock with storage capacity is necessary at tidewater. The St. Johns dock has been called to their attention and nn investigation wns made by the Union. The size, strength mid location of the dock pleased the committee immensely, but there were two objection viz: No sidetrack to the dock and 11 five-year lease is too short. Upon their visit here last week, wo un derstand, the Union has waived the first objection, taking it upon them selves to secure right of way Mini construction of sidetracks for use of both Hill and Harrimaii linen. The city charter allows for the lease of public structures aud tit ill tie for a maximum perhxl of five years. The Union is figuring 011 spending tmttiy thousands of dollars in sidetmckn, elevators, grniti handling device, etc. , nud logically contend thnt five yenrs is too short to justify this ex pense, besides paying n monthly rental. With this situation con fronting him, the mayor decided to call n private meeting of the coun cil, which was held hurt Saturday night, aud the matter was fully din- cussed. With the exception of one councilman, nil favored leasing the dock if favorable terms could be se cured. No price had been stipu lated by either party as to tunlnl, nud in order to get an idea of how high the Union would go iu thin re spect, council decided to have tin recorder write the Union n letter of inquiry as to what they would be willing to pay as monthly rental, provided a special election is at once called for the purpoM of vot ing upon 11 charter amendment al lowing n longer term of luc. If n rental bnrely .sufficient to imv interest, insurance, wear nud tear, etc., could be secured for the first 5 years it would be plenty nud menu n reduction of more than twenty Hsr cent iu the city tax rale. Be- sides this every ship that would tie up at the dock to load or unload would menu from three to six hun dred dollars worth of business to the merchants nud meat men of St. Johns, to say nothing of the em ployment that would bo furiilnluMl for a number of men. Chafing Dish Luncheon A delightful chafing dish lunch on wns given by the June cIhim of 1911, 01 the lames John High School, at the home of its president. Miss Hllznbetlt Stalter, Tuesday night, January the roth, feting the February graduating dak ami the teachers. The rooms war deco rated with pennants, funis and Oregon grajw, and the table color scheme was carried out iu the class colors, gray and garnet, the center piece being of red carnations sml Oregon grape. Place cards were of the carnation design and the menus were tied with the class colors. Miss Knthleeu Partridge of Newport, New Hampshire, pre sided over the dialing dish, assisted by Mrs. Day and Mrs. Ingledue. The invitational list included Misses Anna Bricc, Ruth Crouch, Florence ensen, Howard Brice, Misses Clara Boss, Beatrice Rutidall, Knthoriiie Kahley and Mr. Charles Fry, Portland commercial bodies are urging the building of a road through the forest reserve surround ing Mt. Hood. The Oregon del ation iu Congress will be asked to use their Influence to secure an ppropriatiou of -f 150,000 for the purpose, l ite building of this rosd is planned to take the place of Uu uatioualipark originally sought for te slopes of Mount Hood. George K. Shaver, head of the picture framing department of the Olds, Wormian & King store lias urchased house No. 931 Lively street, iu North St. Johns from Harry K, Wagoner, having moved to St. Johns from Portland to umke lis home. Pay your subscription.