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VOL. 7
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST i3, tyn.
NO. 4!
Progressive Association
W. R. C, Picnic
Site For Steel Plant
Keep Your Money Here
Council Proceedings
May Lecture Here
The Boy Scouts
The St. Johns Progressive asso
nation held its third meeting Inst
Thursday evening in the city linll,
and a set of most radical resolutions
was adopted. The city engineer,
mayor, recorder, niajority of the
council and city water company
were all severely condemned, and
the water works adjudged practic
ally worthless and inadequate to
supply the demand forwnter. The
city had acquired a had name and
things as touched upon were in an
exceedingly bad shape, according
to the resolutions which follow:
be it resolved: That the St. Johns
Progressive association condemn
the action of the city engineer in
accepting the work on sewer No. 2,
when he evidently did not know of
his own knowledge, the futtlty man
lier iu which the work was done.
And wc also condemn the action of
the majority of our city council in
accepting said sewer over the re
monstrance of a large number of
property owners, especially when
it had been repeatedly shown that
the terms of the contract had been
grossly violated, and that the hew
er could not possibly answer the
purpose for which it was intended.
And that wc severely condemn the
hasty action of the city mayor and
recorder iu issuing and delivering
some $28,000,00 worth of war
rants against sewer Number 2 on
July 27, 1911, when said warrants
could not legally be issued until the
necessary ordinance was passed,
levying the assessment against the
property of said sewer district No,2,
in direct violation, as wc assert, of
paragraph No. 10 of section 102,
uud sections 109 and 1 15 of the city
charter of St. Johns. And wc de
mand that the mayor and recorder
immediately recall said illegal and
worthless warrants and destroy
them. And we demand that the
practice of issuing warrants against
improvement districts for street im
provements or against sewer dist
ricts for sewer construction, before
each and every provision of the
city charter has been complied with
iu full, be forever discontinued ,und
Be it further resolved: That or
dinance passed by the council some
years'agcf, nli'd still iu force and
t-ffeet, whereby the water company
it allowed to charge and collect 10
cents per foot for lowering water
mains where street improvements
urc being made, is inequitable and
unjust to the ubuttiug property
owners, and that when tlic proper
ty owners go to the expense of im
proving streets, the water company
should be required to put their
mains down to grude.as their equit
uble and just share of the street im
provement, on the same basis as
railroads and other public service
corporations are required to put
any part of their equipment occu
pying public streets, down to grade,
uud,
Whereas: Complaint is repeat
cdly lieing mude that the water
company does not, iu many places,
furnish an adequate supply of wa
ter, on account of the small size of
the mains; it is said that as many
as 15 houses are supplied by a one
inch main on some streets. There
fore, be it
Resolved: That the city council
require the water company to com
ply with the terms of their fran
chise. Whereas: It has been suggested
that the city should purchase the
holdings of the present water com
pany in St. Johns.
Resolved: That it is not to the
lest interest of the city to take
over or purchase said water works,
as they are deemed wholly inade
quate to supply a sufficient amount
of water for domestic use, and
for fire protection; that much of the
equipmeut is nearly worthless, and
would have to be replaced almost
at once; that it would be far better
to coustruct a new plant, to be op
erated by the city of St, Johns.
Resolved: That we here express
deep regret for having to assemble
in mass and demand the correction
of wrougs so long endured, when it
is the sworn duty of the common
council to correct all wrougs, and
purge the city from gralt aud cor
ruption. Resolved: That we commend the
action of the councilmen, who so
steadily opposed the acceptance of
the Maple street sewer, and here
aud now pledge our unqualified and
hearty support to any officer who
may now or hereafter endeavor to
administer graft and equity to the
citizens of the commonwealth.
Resolved: That we greatly de
plore the fact that the statemeut has
gone abroad that the city govern
ment of St. Johns is rotten to the
core; that it shall be the purpose of
this association to aid and assist all
officers in the faithful discharge of
duty, and to restore, if possible, a
name that will be a synonym with
righteousness. Respectfully sub-
Kditor Review: Well, I will tell
now of our picnic at Columbia Park
on July 20th. I heard there were
over 300, I did not count them
myself, but have no doubt of it, as
there were Vets and Homeguards
everywhere.
The old boys made mc think of
my younger days, seeing boys at
the Suudny school picnics, as that
was the only kind we knew of iu
those days, and there was smiting
at the girts now, just the same as
of old, and iu the outcome I believe
we had an eloH.'mcnt to Ilillsboro
lint tile young loiks dldn t even
have to ask their pa and ma if they
might come home aud lie forgiven
Well, well, .what changes since ',
was young I
We had more than enough to eat
and plenty of good coffee, nnd every
one was good uuturcd. bo we know
they were not hungry for who ever
saw or Heard of a good natured,
hungry man? I never did. An
other thing that made the Vets
good natured was that besides fur
nishing the coffre.cteuui uud sugar,
they furnished some ladies to wash
dishes, set the tables aud so on, uud
their consciences were clear, hence
the good nature. "Us .sisters" had
only to furnish different kinds of
cuke and pies uud pickles uud silnds
uud meats anil jellies uud fruits and
baked beans uud sandwiches and
(lougimuts and cookies. I believe
that was all we had to furnish
(and smiles for the old boys, eh?
Hd.) The dnv was perfect, so it
was well with us all. May wc have
many returns of such times iu the
future all except the surprise of the
elopement -we wuut an invite here
after. Press Cor.
mitted, S. W. Childers,
C. J. Anderson,
J. II. Cunright,
Committee.
City Attorney Esson asked that
11 committee be uppoiutcd to assist
him iu drafting nu ordinance rela
tive to the relnweriug of mains that
would be satisfactory to the major
ity of people at least. Chas. An
derson, while willing to kick
uguinst conditions, was unwilling
that uid should be extended to Mr
Ksson' He believed that the water
works should be confiscated if the
company did not lower their mains
at their own excuse nnd provide
the required pressure. J. 11. Can
right, S W. Chil-lers, S. C Cook,
and W. S panthers also spoke up
on the subject. 11. S. Hewitt be
lieved that since the council uud
the city attorney hud shown 11 dis
position to treat with the ussoeia
ion it was not moie than fair
that a committee be upnoiuted
to make suggestions in drafting an
ordinance. S. W. Childers moved
that a committee be selected, which
was done by the audience, S. C
Cook, S. W. Childers and C. I,.
Perrine being chosen.
J. H. Haggerty believed the wa
ter company had council by the nose
and that the latter would do the
bidding of the former at any time.
That he had bought influence him
self in the past, and knew that it
paid.
S. C. Cook reported that when
the committee brought the question
of illegal issuance of sewer warrants
before Ihe district attorney lie
treated the matter as a joke; that
they could be easily exchanged for
good ones without trouble.
D. C. Lewis stated that St.Johns
would have a population of 50,000
in ten years, and believed the wa
ter mains oil Jersey street should be
much larger than they are.
S. C. Cook made a motion that
a committee of four be appointed
to circulate petitions for free mail
delivery and P. A. Bredeen, R. D.
Powell, W. J, Chaney and H. S.
Hewitt were appointed by the chair
man. Owing to Chairman Perrine's
absence on account of illuess.W.H.
King was made temporary chairman
and had charge of the meeting.
Teething babies ever have a hard
time of it when this process occurs
in hot weather. They not only
have to contend with painful gums
but the stomach is disordered,
bowels loose aud the body uncom
fortable. The best help you can
gie the little sufferer is McGee's
Baby Elixir. It corrects sour stom
ach, cools and quiets the bowels
and helps digestion. Price 25c,
aud 50c per bottle. Sold by St.
Johns Pharmacy.
A couple of church deacons were
reported to have tried to get into a
a row with a woman iu the north
end last week. She slipped out of
the room and turned the key, keep
ing the two captive until their ar
dor cooled and they agreed to de
part without further discussion.
With a deal virtually closed for
2000 feet of water front on Hayden
Island, across the Columbia river
from Vancouver, Wash., upon
which the new million-dollar steel
works will be erected, plans which
mean the ultimate utilization of the
entire island for manufacturing
plants have assumed definite form.
The Staddard-Hrcuucr company,
which owns the controlling inter
est iu the island, reports that the
steel plant has taken an option aud
practically closed negotiations for a
location pu the island uud that three
other factories arc assured for the
island iu the immediate future.
A force of workmen has started
the work of clearing off the timber
and extensive dretjgiug work on
the Oregon slough is now under
way aud will be hurried within the
next two weeks by the addition to
the dredging force of two big gov
ernment machines. The new fac
tories will include the steel works,
n woodenwure works, a lumber mill
and a shingle mill, all of which are
said to be certuin fur the near fu
ture. According to E. A. Dunlop, of
the Stoddard-Breuner company, the
steel company has taken utt option
on n strip of land extending en
tirely across the island from north
to south nnd near the Vancouver
ferry. The north water front tukes
iu 1000 feet on the Columbia river
white the south front takes iu a like
amount 011 Oregon slough or Col
umbia harlor. Between the two
fronts the company has optioned a
strip of laud three-eighths of a mile
iu length.
The intentions ure to unload the
raw materials for the mill 011 the
Columbia river side, make it up iu
the long factory nnd turn out the
finished product at the Oregon
slough side. To do this, docks
will have to be built 011 the two
water fronts.
Huvdeii island furnishes unusual
ndviiutugcs for factories, because of
its location and the facilities already
on the eround. The entire seven
miles of water front is in easy reach
of the Columbia river uud the Wil
lamette, furnishing the best advan
tages for water transportation. The
Columbia river bridge crosses the
laud aud can easily be tuped with
spur for steam transportation.
The electric power lines which feed
Vancouver pass across the Islam!
and the Vancouver Hue of the Port
land Railway, Light and Power
Company cuds on the island.
Foreseeing tlie growth nt me dis
trict, because of the facilities, the
owners, including the Stoddard-
Breuner company and others, have
started the clearing of the timber
and the building of roadways. A
camp has been established on the
island and three streets built from
the streetcar line to the Columbia
river bridge. The island is $j
miles iu length and half a mile
wide, and is several feet above the
high water line of the Colum
bia. Iu one part of the center is a
slough which will be drained nnd
filled In with the dredging of the
laud from Oregon slough as devel
opment progresses. This work
will be comparatively easy.
The district about Hayden island
is rapidly being opened up lor man
ufacturing purposes. Directly across
Oregon slough is the packing plant
of the Union Meat company, and
the site of the $500,000 Schwartz.-
child & Sulzberger packing plant.
The big Monarch lumber company
plant is located near there.
The slough is about a quarter of
a mile wide aud is spanned by the
Columbia river bridge, which is a
"common user" bridge for all rail
roads. A draw permits the passage
of vessels from the Columbia river
nto Oregon slough, or, as it is
now called, Columbia harbor. The
harbor is formed by the govern
ment dike which crosses the river
east of Hayden island,
The slougli is now oetug dredged
by the Peninsula Industrial com
pany aud the government will as
sist in the work within a short
time.
Across the Columbia from Hay-
den island north is Vancouver,
which has a long water front for
factories. Iu a residence line the
district is experiencing great growth
Paved streets and sidewalks have
beeu put iu and hundreds of mod
ern homes have been built.
On Ilaydeu island at present
there are a number of owners, all
of whom consider their property
much more valuable now with the
assurance of the steel plant. Among
these are p. A. Doty of Seattle, N.
B. Coffmau of Chehalis, Joe Duerst
of Portland, B. Hoffman of Port
laud, Mr. Veltuer of Portland, the
Portland Railway, Light and Pow
er company. Mr. uuerst lias
planned a shingle mill. The Mich
igan people will begiu work soon
ou the new lumber mill and other
Following is a HtUe lesson iu fin
ance which illustrntes very aptly
the principle involved in the slogan,
"Keep Your Money nt Home:"
Mr. Brown keeps a boarding
house in n certain Oregon town.
Around the dining table one even
ing sat Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews
a milliner, Mr. White the baker,
Mr. Jordan the carpenter, and Mr.
I.nidlnw a flour, feed uud lumber
dealer. Mr. Brown took nS 10 gold
piece from his pocket and handed
it to Mrs. Brown with the tetunrk
that there was $10 of the $20 he
had promised her. Mrs. Brown
then handed the money to Mrs.
Andrews, remarking: That pays
for my new bonnet." Mrs. An-
draws in turn passed it to .Mr. Jor
dan, saying it would pay for the
carpenter work he had done for her.
Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. I.nid
lnw, requesting a receipt for 11 bill
of lumber. Mr. I.uidlaw leturned
the money to Mr. Brown in settle
inent for his boa id bill. Mr. Blown
passed the gold to his wife saying
that he hud now paid tlte 2o h
had promised her, mid she iu turn
paid it to Mr. White to settle her
bread nnd pastry account. Mr.
White hnuded it back to Mr. Laid
lnw, requesting credit on his flour
bill, ami Mr. I.nidlnw again return
ed the money to Mr. Brown, say
ng that it settled for His mouth s
board. Brown but it in his pocket
and remarked that he had nut sup
posed n 10 gold piece would go so
far.
I'o illustrate the purpose of the
above narration iu these columns,
et us suppose that Mrs. Brown hud
sent to nu Kustcru mail order house
for the bonnet. The Sto would
have gone out of circulation so far
as Mrs. Brown's town was concern
ed. No better illustration of the
power of money could be had, ami
a better argument for buying the
"Made iu Oregon" goods and keep
ing the money in the home state,
instead of buying mail order goods
from Ivasteru states, could hardly
be advanced.
The dealer must educate his own
town's people along' these lines.
Residents of small cities and towns
must le taught how it is Hint the
life of the town dermis ukii how
much money is kept iu circulation
in their own individual community:
that for every dollar any resident
spends so much is returned to him,
sometimes all, as in the foregoing.
Sending money nway from home
serves to build up other communi
ties ut the exiKjuse of your own,
which is not altogether a bad thing.
Help neighboring states when you
can; it is n laudable thing, but Or
egon should come first, ami your
own community first iu all things.
One way to build up Oregon insti
tutions and Oregon factories is to
buy "Oregon Mude Goods" of your
home merchants, thus keeping the
money at home.
Oregon may very likely be given
first choice in locating its state
building 011 the grounds of the Panama-Pacific
Imposition at San
Francisco. Due to the good feel
ing that prevails between the two
Pacific coast states and the help
given San Francisco by Oregon iu
being made the Panama Exposition
city, a .sentiment favorable to letting
Oregon place its state buildings any
where it wishes 011 the entire tract
has deve!ojed and will probably de
velop into a definite promise. Or
egon commissioners expect to score
a big hit at the coming exposition
and assert it will be as much an
Oregon affair ns un exploitation of
California. Exhibits to be shown
from this state are expected to equal
fully, if not actually outshine the
showing made by California itself.
"Lady Killers" are still iu the
land and occasionally one wanders
into St. Johns, takes a promenade
on Jersey street, or poses witli smil
ing visage at the ladies as they pass
one of the street corners. Last
evening a married woman was
heard complain to her Husband in
this wise: "I hate the way tltat
mail looked at me." "Why," said
hubby, "how did he look?" "Well,
he looked at me and then looked
away itidiiierenuy, as inuiign 1
wasn't worth looking at," was me
offended wife's reply.
owners whose names have not been
made known will build the wooden
ware factory.
The immediate plans iu the way
of development call for clearing of
the island ot timber, the building
of a smtr to the "common user"
bridge, the extension of the car
service and the dredging of the har
bor and the filling in of the inter
ior slough. With this work done
the way will be open for the com
pletion of the new factories. Sun
day Oregoniau.
An almost ovei flawing number of
citizens gathered iu the council
chamber Tuesday night nt the reg
ular meeting of the city council.
It had been rumored upon the street
previously that sensational devel
opments iu regard to the sewer
were anticipated, hence the large
turnout. The chief pyrotechnic
stunt of the evening, however, was
not pulled off until a late hour, n
number taking their departure be
fore the subject was broached.
All members were present with
Mayor Couch presiding ns usual.
Attorney A. M. lissou was absent,
owing to a sudden attack of illness.
The first matter to receive attention
was n petition for an arc light at
the corner of Fast Charleston street
nnd Portland boulevard ( Referred
to the water and light 'committee
for recommendation by the mayor.
The Wcstruniitc Paving Co.asked
that power be given the city engin
eer, in connection witli the engineer
of the company, to adjust nny irreg
ularities that might exist on the
Jersey street paving contract. Grunt
ed 011 motion of Alderman Valen
tine; nil yes.
Miss Myrtle Drodnhl,nssistnnt re
corder, nsked for a vacation of ten
days. 0 milled ou motion of Soc.
Perrine; all yes,
Two remonstrances relative to
the improvement of Buchanan street end of this week tonssitre tliefiiinn
were referred to the street commit- cinl side of this undertaking. If
tec for investigation. you can use tickets send him your
A couple of belated reiiionstrnuees name or leave it at the Review
against Mnple street sewer, received ' office. Season tickets $1.50, in
by mail, were rend. I eluding reserved seats. Entertain-
The following bills were allowed ' incuts will be held in the High
on motion of Alderman Muck; nil Schuul auditorium. The Merchant's
yes: i association nnd nil the churches
Col. Electric Eng. Co ,..,5 ! have endorsed this move. BOOST!
J. T. Cunright 27.50'
D.J. Horsmaii 25.00 called upon at the request of Mr.
lllirstOII JollllSOII mOO Muck nnd nsked for his nmnion re.
9 A. vilie.cl,t: "3,5
Col. Ivlectiic hug. Co..
''I1
.11"l
,2'25
50
I'.dmoudsoii Co, . .
W.F. South worth.
Kilhnui Stu'y nnd Ptg. Co...
W. E. McLean
I). Tulhuan
St. Johns Hardware Co
St. Johns Plmrinncy
II. A. Hnrrer
Portland Ry. Light & P. Co..
Gnil Perrine
30.00
15.00
it. .13
,,20
3A.OO
3-5.5
.1.3.00
18.50
St. Johns Lumber Co.
7.87
Total S39--5
Alderman Horsmnti stated that
he believed thu charter should be
complied with iu legiitd to publish
iug quarterly statements of the city
finances; Alderiuiiu Hill was of the
same opinion. Recorder was noti
fied to have them printed hereafter.
The city attorney reported that
F. Hill was entitled to a rebate of
$12.50 charged erroneously for
lowering wnter pipe on Willis boul-
evnrd, uud advised giving Mr. Hill
credit witli snme 011 the lieu docket
and collecting it from the water
company. Accepted tinnntinousiy
ou motion of Alderman Muck.
A bid by the Warren Construc
tion Co. for hard surfacing Burling
ton street with Bitulithic was reject
ed ou motion of Alderman Hill; all
yes. The offer was $ 1 . 95 per yard.
The same conitmiiy presented the-
only bid offered for bitulizing Phil
adelphia street from Hayes to Jer
sev, Alderman Horsmau moved
that the bid be accepted. Ou roll
call Aldermen Horsmau and Davis
voted yes; the other five no; motion
lost. The bid specified the price at
Si. 85 er yard. Both bids were bu
low the engineer's estimate, The
contention was that the price was
too high notwithstanding this fact.
Four bids were presented lor the
improvement of Charleston street,
as follows: P. J. Peterson it Co.,
$10,073.10; WW. Mason,$89.i7.o8;
I. II . Cochran, ?io,&75-55; M. T.
Swan, $10,027.51. On motion of
rUderinan Horsmau Mr. Mason s
bid was accepted; ail yes.
An ordinance providing tor the
protection of improved streets and
sidewalks was passed ou motion of
Alderman Muck; all yes.
Au ordinance providing the time
and manner of improving Columbia
Boulevard from Richmond to Mo
hawk streets was passed ou motion
of Alderman Valentine.
Au ordinance providing the
manner of sale of delinquent as
sessments reached 3d reading, nnd 011
motion of Alderman Horsmau, laid
011 the table for one week.
An ordinance providing for new
form of improvement bonds was
passed ou motion of Alderman
Muck; all yes.
The assessment ordinance ot sew
er district No. 2 was then taken up
nnd ou motion of Alderman Hors
mau received first and second read
ings, uiscussion men waxed last
and furious, in which the bonds
men's attorney, Guo. J. Perkins,
Socialist Perrine, Aldermen Hill,
Horsmau ami Brudusou took prom
inent parts, The engineer was
Senator Gore, "The Blind Man
Eloquent," from Oklahoma, and
Opie Rcid, author, story teller and
writer, are on the Lyceum course
now being arranged. St. Johns
will nave an opportunity of hearing
two of America's foremost speak
ers, two of the greatest musical at
tractions and one of the most noted
impersonators now before the pub
lic. Mr.Lowe of the Rednnth-Priest
Lyceum Bureau nnd Prof. Chas.H.
Boyd arc listing the town this week
nnd if enough tickets are subscribed
it will assure the course of follow-'
iug attractions: Senator Thomas P.
Gore, on Social Duty; Opie Reid,
story teller and humorist; The
Straus Musical Co.; John B. Ratto,
a company of eminent artists iu
studies from life and the Boston
Lyric's Grand Concert Co, St.
Johns is very fortunate iu securing
these high class attractions for the
coming winter season nnd every cit-
.en should do his or her part iu
moking it possible for them to visit
our city, ns we need the better class
of attractions nnd can casllv secure
them by all working to tiint end.
When your nid is solicited, give it
cheerfully by signing up for one or
more season tickets.
Later Mr. Boyd informs us that
1 he has sold 100 season tickets. He
still needs to place 100 more by the
' Kirding the sewer. I Ie stated that
1 It was not entirely satisfactory; that
there was still n leakage ou Edison
street. He believed defects would
show up within two years if there
were nny; thought $5000 maintain
mice bond ample. Mr. Perkins
stnted that he believed either tlte
city ns u whole or the property
owners nffected by the sewer were
responsible for its payment since it
had beeu accepted ns the charter
provides; that he wanted the peo
ple to have n good sewer; that he
would advise the bondsmen to rem
edy nil defects if they were pointed
out to him. Socialist Perrine said
the bondsmen had refused to ce
ment 11 couple of joints where ce
ment was lucking after Iwing told
to by the Inspector, Gail Perrine;
thut they covered the hole without
applying the cement. He stated
that the property owners did not
want to throw t lie burden upon the
whole city; thut they were willing
to pay when they got their money's
worth. Mr. Hill didn't take much
stock iu the ideii that the city as u
whole was liable iu any event; that
eventually the property owners in
terested would have to pay the ex
pense. He took occasion to score
the Portland head sewer imjuctor,
claiming that his report wasufnrce.
Alderman Bredesou thought it was
time to call n halt to the discussion
aud get down to business; that he
was tired of continually hearing
ubout sewer matters. Alderman
Horsmau then made a motion that
the ordinance have its third read
ing. Upon vote Aldermen Valen
tine, Brcdcsou, Perrine and Hill
voted no, balance yes; motion lost.
Mr. Horsmau then stated thut he
had beeu fooled iu the sewer; tho't
it much better than he had since
found to be the case. Therefore,
i... .wi.imik. n.ml.wt nnnont imr
the sewer or txissltur the assessment
ordinance until it bad been proven
to his .satisfaction to be capable of
doing that for which it had beeu
constructed. His remarks and also
Socialist Perrine's were greeted with
vociferous applause by some of the
auditors present. Mr. Perkins then
asked that the matter be left with
the engineer to point out the defects
since he could get no tangible in
structions from council, this was
acceded to, aud upon Mr. Perkins
query as to whether or not the
proposition would meet with favor
after the engineer's recommenda
tions had beeu complied witli and
palpable defects remedied, Socialist
Perrine and others stated that it
would. He was then directed to
confer with the engineer uud have
the weak points pointed out. The
engineer agreed to make a thorough
investigation at the earliest possible
moment, and the discussion was
brought to a harmonious close.
Mayor Couch, who has been
making a great effort to have au
easy means ot access provided to
the woolen mills,asked that the en
gineer aud street committee iu con
junction witli himself, look over the
situation minutely and endeavor to
work out some mode of providing
the em ploy on nu easy grade- up the
Adjutant "Piff" Butts returned
Wednesday of last week from n two
weeks' stay nt the beach. He is of
the opinion that the oconti i tin.
biggest thing out of doors, nnd
Hint there is more water to the
square mile out there than nny
place he ever snw. He didn't get
n look nt Fnther Neptune.however,
nnd thinks the "Old Mnu of the
Sea" was off the mouth of the Col
umbia getting rendy for the sham
siege of Fort Stevens.
The Wolf patrol is eettinir to be
u thoroughly organized bunch mitt
arc working well together. They
will soon be making n good show
ing. There is nothing quite so
good either iu work or play ns
pulling together. Tlte bunch of
either men or boys who will not
do this will never succeed.
The sturgeon iu the aquarium
will have to be returned to the liv
er. He does not seem to be able to
ndapt himself to his environments.
Scout Poff secured some fine
specimens of crayfish this week,
for which she catfish was no doubt
grateful ns he took nil of them iu
out of the wet but one Hint wns too
lnrge for his fly-trnp. Poff nlso
enptured n "go-devil," or mud-cnl,
n queer looking, shy fish. Scout
Hurtle, who furnished the pair of
beautiful stiufisties lust week,
brought iu some fine young crop
pies this week.
Pntrol Lender McGregor brought
two fine siHiciniens for the bugolo
gist; one n lovely butterfly, gniptn
sntyrus, the other 11 pretty white
and black spotted beetle whose larva-
feed upon the fir roots, nnd
which the bughouse mnu has not
yet classified.
hill. Ou motion of Alderman Hill,
so ordered.
Chns. E. Pottnge nsked for nu
extension of time 011 the improve
ment of Mncrtim avenue. On mo
tion of Mr. Hill the request was re
fused; nil yes.
Socinlist Perrine mude n motion
that the wnter company be reqiiiietl
to place n wider gunge in the wnlur
to wer.ns provided by their fmuehiso,
uud the one owned by the city be
kept iu reserve for use whuu uucihs
snry; carried.
If some iiiun would rely ux much
011 the opinion of others and uk lit
tie 011 their own judgment iu select
ing n wife as they do nfturivuid iu
trying to gut rid of her, the d I voice
courts would not nit be woiklug
overtime. And ngaiu if thu order
of things was reversed uud thu wo
men were erinitted to select their
husbands instead of men selecting
their wives, there would be 11 lot of
us poor devils sewing ou our own
pants buttons.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. L. Thorudyko
nnd daughter arrived Wuduusdny
night from Fullsiiicre to iiiuku thuir
home iu West Palm Beach. Mr.
Thorudyke entered upon his duties
Thursday ns ussociuto editor of
Palm Beach County. He is 11 uuws-
paper man of many yours' extwrl-
ence ns well ns n booster of the
first wnter. The ThorudykuH ure
located iu the Metealf cottage ou
Fein street. Pulm Bunch County
pajKir, west Palm Bench county,
Florida.
Pendleton's round-up, thu unique
annual feature of that city that
shows the disappearing wild wutit,
will be bigger uud better than uvur
this year, witli more attractions nnd
Inrger crowds. The dates aru Sup-
! ,um,,er "laiMRWiioiit is
making nrraugumeuts for addition
al features never before shown iu
Oregon.
Harrisburg will linvu nu inter
esting exhibit during the Inst wuuk
in August, whsii a potato show
will be put 011 by women of thelni'
provement Club. That .section of
the state produces splendid potatoui
aud the crop this year is excellent,
Considering the high prices of po
tatoes this exhibit should attract
much attention.
Jack McNiven of Calef Bros, aud
David Bycrlee of this office started
Sunday morning for the top of Ml.
Hood. They went loaded for boor
and trout and things, and expect to
be gone a week. They are wise
guys, however, as they took along
enough provisions for n .summer's
campaign.
Constipation is the starting point
for many serious diseases. To he
healthy keep the bowels active uud
regular llerbiue will remove nil
accumulation iu the bowuls nud put
the system iu pi hue condition,
Price 50c. Sold by .St.Johns Plinruu
acy.