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About St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1911)
THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW BY A. W. MARKLE Published Every Friday At 117 Went Durllnuton Street. Tint K.KVIKW Is entered nt jost office In Snlut Johns, Oregon, as tnnil matter of the second clnss under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Official Mtwipiper of the City of Bt JehM. All dTttltlnit Mill prtl tint of etch month. Al?rtlilnit rrei, 11.00 per Inch per month. Subicrlptlon prlca $1.00 par year. It seems strniiRL' to a woman tlmt n man cls so excited over n bull ".nine nntl keeps so cool nt n bar ftin counter. 1 Ifor the first time in its history, the city of St. Johns wns offered it premium on its bonds, $20,000 of which sold tit n premium of $271.50. A lower bidder also offered n prein linn. This is sotnethintr tlmt sel dom or never happened in the city of Portland. 1 Irrigation of 20,000 acres in So, Douglas county is conteinnhited by 500 farmers living near Kiddle. 1 11 piojccl will be curried forward on tlie mutual plan mid water win he taken from the Umpqun river. The crons in that section of the state arc alfalfa, clover, potatoes and prunes. t According to the figures of the Purebred Livestock Association Oroiioii is rapidly increasing the value of its cattle, horses, hogs an sheep. The teport made at the annual meeting of this organization stated that last year horses tun mules 1 nisei I in the state hinught the breeders $18,000,000, call! $l ,000,000, sheep mid goats fy, ()(K),()(I(), (iittl hogs $000,000. Pew people teull.e tlie enormous uiiioiiut of stuet mid sewer woik Hint has been mid is still going on in St. Johns. Since the first of lasi Inutility $j.ti),ooo worth of slice mill sewer woik has either been done or contract let for same. A the wiine ratio Poitluud in the smut IKiiiod would have conducted for over $1 1,000,000 woith of the same but in reality it was less tliuii $. 000,000. hutely we lo grow tun improve with the best of them. I Traversing tin: valleys of the Willamette, Umpiiiu, mid Rogue rivers going 011 to Klamath Palls, the Oregon excursion, made up of Portland business men and promt ueut boosteis, is this week getting better acquainted with Western mid .Southern Oregon. l raveling ly SH.aclal train, stopping at ninny points on the wny mid getting close view ol tlie resources and ac tivitias of the various sections, such a journey will be of great benefit to both city and country and a closer community of interests will be es tithllshud. t Arrangements Imve Iweii com plutud at a meeting of the stock holders of the Itnutern Oil & On Co. last week wheieby a xyudicate of IvnMcrii, Portland. Vale and St Johns capital have agreed to start at once to sink a well to where oil will be found in commercial (luautiticti, if there is such a thing in Vale fields. No let up will take place until the stockholders ate sat isfied that a suflicieut iniautity of oil has been struck, or usde to go tleeer. 1 ins Miouid prove most encouraging to many who own stock in this comimuy 111 bt. Johns. They will soon know whether (licit .Mock is worth to or ten cents je share. - 1 Thu Wnrrun Coiiitructioii Co. with a fotce of thirty workmen, he gnu woik on PhiluilvlHim street Wednesday utmiiing, which will be imptnved with llituhthic hard Mir face. The wo.kuien are foreign uis, in pite of the fact that council liutl adopted resolution diwippiov iug of that kind of labor. There was n proviso in the resolution however, which allowed other la bor when local lulior could not be seemed. The contractor claims he was unable to secure local labor which is not doubled. Other con tractors nave Deen seeking men right along and obtaining them witli difficulty. The work will be piikhed with the gteiitet iHWible dispatch, and It is likely that Jersey and Philadelphia streets will be completed at about the same time. The public square at the Peiiiuiiuln bunk was laid witli Wctitrumitc Wednesday, and pieseuts a hum handsome apKarauce. llitulithic and Wctotruiuittf will be as closely connected as two bi others when the jobs are completedeven if th comiK'tiug companies ate not. 1 Postmaster General Hitchcock lias notified Postmaster Monnhuii that on October J.sth the local oilice will be tunde a local savings depos itory. All jHjrsons over the age of ten yenis may become a depositor 1 wo pur cent, interest uiiowcu on dotwsits. One dollar is the mini mum deposit. The present office force will attend to this additional feature. Library Notes The Bachelors gave another de lightfitl dance in thu rink Wednes day evening. Tim attomlauce was large, and jolly.and everything tlmt consliUitus 11 good tiuitj wii nt hand, 0ieii Hours: 2yo toyjoiitul 7toO!jop, m Hooks to be read aloud: Among the unusually large number of new books received during the week are a number especially adapted for reading aloud the sort of books too good to keep to yourself. Just Irish- C. H. I.oomis. Lift Luck on Southern Roads Tickuer Kdwurdes. If you have en led books of travel dry. you .have not read these two. Just the sort thing to read when vou nre thee' as unconventional as their til es in plv. with a laugh on every in rd page and smiles in between. Napoleon Jackson Ruth McKn ry Stuart. The story of Napoleon Jackson, the gentleman plush rock er who was marked for rest and got it, and of his wife Ro.e Ann. plain griiss-bleaehin', sun dryin' clair-stttrchin'. nitiselc-tH.hshiir washerwoman, who tnatricd for love nntl got it and was happy in it Sonny by the snme author, you have an uncomfortable stispi cion tlmt your child is spoiled rear "Sonny" and be reassured. If you are sure that your neighbor's is spoiled, find bis counterpart "Sonnv". The most laughable nc count of the tyrannies of the king of tlie American home since Helen Hnbies. related by the king's de voted father. Twenty Years at Hull House lane Addams. A vivid account of her own life and work by one America's most interesting women A book for all those interested human nature in our cities and plans for its development into goo citizenship. The Outlook for September 21 largely devoted to the P.ieific co.tst It contains: The People ol the Pa cifie Coast--an edilori.il by Theo dore Roosevelt; A I'Virecusl fot C ifomia anil the Pacific Coast by lleiijamiu Ide Wheeler: A City Romm Pour pholojitiphs of Port laud ton' gardens by J. Il-nun Me Purliiud. Two New Tcohiiiotil It tks A It. C. of the Motor Cvcle by W. J Jiickniau and Automobile Motot ami mechanism T. 11. Russell. I.IIIKAItlAN. of RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Whereas, in the providence of Almighty God, death has taken from this world of pain ami affile tiou, the beloved father of our bro theis.I.ee and Charles Fortune, am Whereas, in the death of John W. Fortune these brothers uud their families have suffered an irre nimble loss; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the officers and members of I.uurel Lodge No 80, I. O. O. !., do tender to the betenyed brothers and their faint lies our sincere sympathy in their sail hour of bereavement ami be further Resolved, That in this sod hour we may learn the lesson of tmtieiice and caic as practiced liy these Pro thers, and be ever ready to lend helping hand to those in distress and in need of our assistance. He it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved families, that a copy be publishet in the St. Johns Review, and also be npreatl upon the records of this Lodge. Paschal Hill, ) Gilbert Ward, Committee W. J.Chaney, ) By decree of the M. IS. conference in sewinu at Snlum during the txist week, Rev. P. N. Sandifer Is trans feried from St. Johns to ludcpcnd mice. Tins action is deeply re grctted by a large host of jniople of this city. Rev. Sandifer has prov mi a tireless, faithtul worker am his going meets with strong ilisap proval. During his two-years stay in our midst, he and his ustiiu able wife have made numerous warm friends, had gotten acquaint ed with the people and condition generally, anil really were in the best possible shape to do the most good for his church, when called to leave. 1 he very best wishes o one and all go with the family to their new home at Independence, where Rev. Sandifer delivers hi: first sermon on Sunday. J.J. Pat ton of Seaside succeeds him here, and will preach Sunday at the reg ttlur hours. The cool, juicy weather of late has given Graves, the pictute man, a longing tor the domicile of the or dinury mortal and Atab like, lit will foul his tent the coming week, and silently steal away to the cor tier of Jersey and Richmond streets, where lie lias tilted up the real estate othee ot Otis Learned into a studio. le will be at once prepared to ivel off an image of your phiz while you wait. As usually treated a sprained nu Kie win utsaoie a man tor tuiee or four weeks, but by applying Cham- lerlaiu s liniment freely as soon us the injury is received, and observ ing the directions with each bottle, cure can be effected 111 from two to four days. For sale by all deal ers. Over too pupils unrolled at thu St. Francis schools. I.aj.1 fall there wore in the neighborhood of 50, showing n gain of tmiutiuully iqq Kir cent in one year. 1 Stories of Success PHILIP D. ARMOUR All throuRh llf, whether at sixteen or slxtr, Philip B. Arm our was up with the sun, and tho habit was never abated. At sev enteen ho set out for Califor nia, walking nearly all tho way, and when lis arrived his money was prac tically exhaust ed, lta studied the ODDortunltles. and Instead or dlKKlni- for (told ho dug ditches ror men who had mines, hut no wator. Ho worked hard, lived carefully, ind wasted not a penny. When ready to return homo ho had laid hy a snuR sum. Once, when asked what was tho turning point In his career, ho replied: "Tim time when I hcRsn to snva whnt I earned nt tho (told Holds; thrift and economy had much to do with my success." Tho stronir point In ho saved, Bav Intf Is what counts. Vou can open an account at this bank with a dol lar or more, and add to It as much or ai llttlo as you can, When once you havo started an account, you trill tako prldo lu scclntf It urow. PIRST NATIONAL BANK St. Johns, Oregon Syi.vhstkk Pkthkson, Pres. A. H. Joints, Vice President F. P. Dkinkkk. dodder C. 11. Rt'ssitl.i., Ass't Cashier iF your old stove is burned out o 1 don't bake well and burns morL. fuel than it should, lust step into the St. Johns Furniture Co.'s Store ami order one of those new npto date RANGKS011 display there am they will take your old stove as part payment, the balance on easy terms. Ranges, priced from $24.75 to $49.50. Old heaters taken in exchange for new ones. Some NKARI.Y NHW second hand RANOKS at bargain counter prices. St. Johns Furniture Company "Cash or Credit" CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our kiiu friends, neighbors, teachers of the schools and children for their love and sympathy to me and my family in our hour ot sorrow. Mrs. Kuiinu Kilkeny and family If you have the blues, hear th "Dixies" in llickuer hall. You will laugh like a kid. Cliuit'li ScHkf -I'li.l Chii.tUn Sivlrtv Sun iUvll. m ulhl V)'nluraU at t) ii. lit. MnuliHit IMHIIUtl OH lUfMMI ItIUItly IIUIII i IO 4 All uir iixiiuiiy iiivnm lu inr muim mtc vlwiul llir iKitltMK luuma. Funniest things out of jail The Original Dixie Minstrels toiuor row, Saturday . night. Hear them See Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Misner, 508 I hompsnn street. Ladies' suits, S,oo. jSp New six room modem cottage for tent reasonable to steady tenant. Owner, Union avenue Js, Recorder Kice is enjoying a week's vacation from the aiduoiis luties of the office. Mr. and Mrs. Kail Kilkenny re turned from their honeymoon last week and are located in their Daw sou stteet home. Mayor Couch has been assured by the county commissioners that the new free ferry will have a ca pacity of t2 teams and will be com peted within three mouths. 1 his win oe amply large tor a year or two at least, A io-teatii ferry would not be any too large, but 12 is not so bad. You know yon need Underwear today--or soon. We know we have Underwear to please you whatever your tuste. Union buits ami Two- hece Suits up and down the price scale- each the utmost value at the price. Pick the suit to suit you. I he toggery, the smart shop. CARELESS ABOUT APPENDI CITIS IN ST. JOHNS Many St. Johns people have stomach or bowel trouble which is likely to turn into appendicitis. If you have constipation, sour stomach, or gas 011 the stomach, try simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., an compounded by Adler-i-ca, the new German remedy. Jackson & Thompson, druggists, state that . A SINGMv DOSKofthis remedy will remove this trouble almost IN-, STANTI.Y. I I fIP How About Your fflk GROCERIES? Notice To people who want a i home on easy terms: I can build , you a house worth from $1000 to I t 1 600 for $50 down and 1 15 per 1 mouth, 7 percent interest. Or asl high as you want to pay, say .12500 with $250 cash, balance on same terms. For further particulars see J. F. Gillmore 113 N. Jersey, St. Johns, Or. 4"-4"c Nobbiest and most stvlish tailot- tn tic clothing at The Toggery. Hookkeepcr atitl .stenographer wants a position, wining to work for small wages. Addiessbox 836, city. 47-2tp o Gall Perriue has returned from his trip to McMiimville and is con templating a trip to Southern Cali fornia for the winter. Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Mult nomah Theatre last Friday drew a large attendance. The pictures weie fine ami the course wcltshowu. The new theatre is proviue a verv popular one. Christian Church Sunday school o a. in , Preaching 1 1 11. in. anil V P in.. C. 0:31) p in. Jim ir liiiduivor 3 p. m. Kvcivhndx 'lyiicd to nil llii-M' MTviee 'i'aber inch' (! m i New York anil l.t-on-r . Mrtel A euiiliil invitation is tendul to all. J. R. Johnson, i' tsior. RESOLUTION 1 1 1 1 This store is tlie only one in St. Johns that sells groceries exclusively. Therefore, we are in a position to keep our stock fresh and the best that can be secured. No stale or poor quality of anything is kept on hand. Fair and courteous treatment and prompt delivery arc at your command. Give us a trial, if not already a patron. NORWEGIAN PATRONAGE SOLICITED A. B. LINDBOE 111 Afc Rnrlinnf rn Qftt l mm iiiwawwi. tmmm mi I ii im i i i i m k CAMP 773 W. O. VV. Meuti ev. ery Wed noiday evening I n Kick ner'n Hall It Ih ri-Milvi-il by the city of .St. Inlnn. Oieeon: Tlmt wlieieim, the euitncil iliil by Or dinance No. xfH mswi Uy tlie council anil approved liy the iiinvur.Miiy 16, 1911, mliipt the city viiKiiii'i'r a ti-)tt in the miilter of uiK-nliig mill fxtcmlliig of Criiwfonl ntn-L-l In Mid i-ity ol St. John (nun eiiHlerly Hide line of Richmond ticct to the eimterly Hue of Outlot "P," A. I. Miner's Addition, which mild Or dinance in hereby referred to mid initik-u pin 01 nun reiMiiiitiou, 11111I, Wlicrcm, the council of wild cltv did on the 16th day of Muy, lyn, tiHjlnt uircc jepx)iiit K.i.iMg tiiu ncr iiuai lliciitloint iirchcrlU-d by churlcr u view- em to view ami ucn heiieiltH mid dam iigcH, mid, u iicrisi. Miiil viewer, alter having viewed mIiI proponed itn-ct, tnuilc their report, una win rcMrt imvliig been re ferrril nuiiln to Mid viewer lor further coiuldcrHtion, mill they (.tiling to report iiiriucr, unw, increiore, 11 1 Keolvcil liy tlie city of St. John that V W. I).ivU. I.. II. Chamber ami Wal- ter Sted, three ilUlnterMted free hold er ol the city of St, John, itml mc lug the ipiiiliiication of juror of the cir cuit court of Multnomah county, be ami they mill each of them urc hereby p Miuted it viewer to uto the iluiuagei ami U'licfiU to the reKCtlve lot. block 11ml (Miccli of laud projiokcd to be con ilumueil In the iroiKiscd opculne ami wlileiilue of mid street, u uforfnild. a well a tlie benefit of property artlcu Inrlv benefited thereby, ami thut each of Mm viewer hall iiuulify a provided by Section 8j of the charter of the cltv of St. John ut the hour of 10 o'clock a. 111,, October 10, 1911, ami proceed toutscts the damage uml leiicfit a prescribed In Section Sj-Sj of aiil charter. Adopted liy the council September 30, 1911. 1'. A. HICK, Recorder, Published hi the St. lolin Review on Sept, 39 and Oct. 6, 1911, HOLMES LODGt NO. tot KNIGIIIS Of I'VIIIIAS Milnrrr Krhliy hUht nt K - 1 miMk Hi 1. if. u. n icj Hull, V tllui-4 nlwuifi W. w. c. Attn it on. r. c. a.w. riCKtr. k. h. i LAL'RtL LODGE No. so I. O. 0. P. 1. lotiss, oitrdON .Meul eui'h .Monday uvuiiliiu 111 Odd Kul Iuwh' nil, nt 8:tW. VlKitor wulcotmiL DOItlf tOUCit NO. 132 I', uml A. M. fVJrf JLr v i(ei(uiiir roinmiinieutions Vi-Hr on nr.U mid third Wwl- uoiliiy of each inunUi In Odd Fellow' bull VUltorn welcoimi. Central Market! IIOtliltOOK IILOCK Sec 111 for the Choircst Culs ol the I J est Meats Obtainnblc. Ordrr rillrd and ranilly Trade Sollcltfd. T. P. WARD, Proprietor. St. Johns Laundry Thoroughly cqtiipetl for till kinds of laundry work and Up-to-date in every respect. Prompt and efficient service guar anteed. Your patronage solicited. Ilrliib' In your job printing while you think of It. Don't wait until you are entirely out. Wo uro equipped to turn out neat and taty prlntluti promptly nt Portland prlcj or less. WE GIVE SERVICE WE GIVE SERVICE Even Children Can Operate It With Perfect Safety The Hlcctric Radiant Toaster is such a .simple device that even ehildien can opeintc it with pet feet safety. This toaster Js as Scientific ns it is Safe and Simple. It makes Scientific Toast liecttnse its nidlunt heat foicts the nhsohilely necessary chemical rhniine in the hrend. This menus ei feet Toast in any degree thut pleiiM-s Your individual taste TtuM asdigestihle as it is de licious. Time reitiireil: le-s than two iiiiuutes. Cost per nlire: the uieiisl fraction of 11 ciiit. In addition to ils Utility and tronoiuy, the Klrctiic Radiant Toaster i distinctly unique and niiiiiiueu'tal. You can opeinle it tiuv wheie in the Ikuim' u lu-te llicie is an indiniii y llghling socket; just alluch the ihig, tiini the switch, and almost liistttully the coils hecome radiant with ti cheei ful glow oil the shining porce lain Imse. After you have Usui the Kiccliir Uadiant Toaster one time, you will follow thousands of others in saving, "Why huven't I had this Toaster before?" Portland Railway, Light & Power Company 7th ami Alder Street WE GIVE SERVICE WE GIVE SERVICE See us for your Stove Fixtures for your Doors and Windows for ycur Sanded Finish 5X Panel Doors 2 II, 8 In, 1 6 (1, 8 In, i I 3-8 In,, $1,35 SEASONED FIR WOOD CULL TIES $o.oo delivered 55.00 delivered Trimmings $3.00 Block Wood $4.00 load PITCHLESS LUMBER COMPANY IMIUNH COI.r.MWA 60 BULLETIN NO. 1 PROTECTION When yon choose your Hank, you first consider what protec tion it will give you. You must know that the men behind your bank are, first of nil, honest uud capable, men of financial means and conservative and safe in their operations. This Hank claims to do all any hank can do for the protec tion of its depositors. Its conservatism is a well known and established fact. ItsOflicers and Directors are men of integrity and capability. Its Capital, as compared with its deposits, is ns high as any bank in Portland. Its Officers and employes are all under Fidelity liotids. Its I:uuds are kept with the oldest and soundest institutions of the country. Its Cash 011 Hand is kept in one of the lest Ihirglar Proof Safes made, which in turn is placed in a fine Kite Proof Vault. As u further guard, this cash is covered by Insurance against Hurglary, so is the cash used during the business hours covered with an Insurance against Hold-up. There are many other features as State Supervision, Direc tors' Kxntuitiatious, etc., too numerous to mention here. We shall lie very glad to talk to anyone about it who is in terested. mv Interest paid on Savings Accounts. The Peninsula Bank THE PIONEER BANK" Capital, paid up - - - $50,000.00 Surplus Fund - - - - 7,000.00 tftttM Htt tttf Mtttt t t ttttt : lumber: siabwood : : l Rough, Prompt Dry, Dressed. Deliveries. Oreen. , , Flooring, Quality Blocks, Guaranteed. Finish. Trimntiugs f - f f f ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO. Phone Richmond 131 S H HFMnFDCAM 19? 1 II I IL-I lLUiliJVl 1 . -v.. w i. Real Estate, Loans, insurance Abstracts of Title Prepared, Accurate Work Guaranteed. j A. H. BLACKBURN Undertaker and Funeral Director Representing Portland MarMe Works K-ititnates funiulied for all kinds of monuments, vaults ami coping work. If you are thinking of having anything done in thU line, call at niv office ami talk it over. Phone Columbia 283 E.it Burlington Street, St. Johni, Oregon WALL PAPER Mid-summer CUT PRICK sale on wall paper to make room for new patterns. LAWN MOWERS Not wishing to carry any mowers over 'til next season we have reduced the price. Buy now and save money. GARDEN HOSE Get our prices on garden hose before buying as we have the right price.- 54.00, S5.00. $5.50 Serrurier Hardware Co.