ST. JOHNS REVIEW w or aw am H IT'S NOW UP TO YOU Totubicrlba for THIS Piper All the newt while It It newt It our motto. Call In and enroll GET IN THE HABIT Ot adrertUlac la THIS Ptft ndjroa'llaTrrtTttlt. Be Bt- J at It 1 I. Ila at oacs and keep rltht Devoted to (he Interests of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of (ho Northwest VOL. 8 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912. NO. 37 Shorter Route to Portland One of the most important im provement projects that has been planned on the Kast Side is the hard surfacing of Wil lamette boulevard for a distance of about one and one-half miles be tween Pat ton avenue and Lombard street. When the street is im proved it will provide a connect ing link between the center of Port lnud and St. Johns, six miles In length, which will be paved every foot of the way. The improved boulevard will not only be the most direct route be tween the northern end of the Pe ninsula and the business cud of Portland, but it will be one of the most scenic driveways in the city for the larger part of the distance the boulevard skirts the brow 0 the bluff 280 feet above the Wil lamcttc river, from which a most delightful view of the river and the West Side hills can be obtained. It is estimated that the boulevard will provide a direct outlet for 30 000 people in the Peninsula district It is proposed by the Portland Rail way, Light 6c Power Company to build a line along the lower side of the boulevard, and, if this is done, ample transportation facilities for the Peninsula district will be pro vided to accommodate a much larg cr population. Property owners along the boulevard arc convinced that a great building activity wil take place there within the the next few years. The location is high and sightly and with the early completion of the improve incuts that have been planned it is believed that hundreds of home builders will be attracted there. Lombard street which runs north and south in center of the Peninsula district, has been paved for a dis tancc of one and one-half miles at a cost of $267,000. At cither cud of this street there nrc no hard surface connections, with the result that in the winter and wet seasons this thoroughfare affords little relief to the residents of the district. The paving of Willamette boulc vard.and Wabash avenue to Loin bard street will provide an outlet over hard surface streets from the northern city limits to the heart of the business district of Portland 1 he extension of Lombard street ndrth from the city limits will be payed by St. Johns residents and wlten this is done there will be a contlmious.aved highway between the business centers of bt. Johns and. Portland. This hard-surface route will be about three miles shorter than that now used between the two business centers. The paving of Willamette boule vard has been authorized by the city council and work will be start ed probably before the end of the summer. John R. Yeou, who headed the movement for the pro posed improvement, has donated $5000 towards the project besides giving much of his time and atten tion to the preliminary work. Sun day Oregonian. Outside Cities Help Community spirit was demon strated to a remarkable degree by Oregon cities at the recent Klks' convention iu Portland. This was one of the most noticeable features of the gathering. The various places where KIk lodges exist made a surprisingly good showing in the big Elks' parade that opened wide the eyes of Portlanders and visitors. Those who have believed Oregon to be a state with one city changed their minds when they saw the parade and the long column of Elks from the four quarters of the state sweep along Portland's streets. The active support of the state cities made the parade the big success it proved. The occasion further proved how much Portland relies on its friends in the interior in ac complishing any really big thing. Newspaper Decisions Any person who takes a paper regularly from a postoffice, whether directed to his name or another's or whether he has subscribed or not, is responsible for payment. If a person orders his paper dis continued he must pay arrears or the publisher may coutinue to send it until payment is made, whether paper is taken from the office or not. The courts have decided that re fusing to take newspapers or peri odicals from the postoffice, or re moving and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia evidence of inten tional fraud. Ex. For Insurance see F.W.Valeutine Will Be Greatest Center The Peninsula, the district be tween the Willamette and Colum bia rivers, which is an important portion of the city, has made rapid progress the past five years. It is the only section of Portland that has a complete system of wide boul evards. These follow the Willam ette river along the east bank and then sweep through St. Johns to Columbia Slough, turning eastward along the great manufacturing dist rict located on Columbia Slough and Columbia river, which is destined to become the greatest manufactur ing and shipping center on the Pa cific coast. Wide boulevards run criss-cross the Peninsula iu all di rections. A movement has been started to hard surface these boulu vards.aud several have already been improved. About ten miles of hard surface pavement arc project cd for the next two years, besides those already paved. It is proposed to dredge out Col iimbla Slough and make it a ship channel reaching from the Willam cttc river to a connection with the Columbia river eastward, a distance of about 17 miles. It is estimated that it will cost between t, 000,000 and 1,500,000 to excavate this channel and make it navigable for ships for this entire distance. Such n channel will transform the territory between the Columbia boulevard and the Columbia river nto a grrat manufacturing and shipping district, with both rail and water transportation. Material taken from the channel may be used to fill up the land north of the channel. There arc numerous side channels from the main Col umbia Slough, so that thousands of acres of laud there may have water and .rati transportation. Oregon Ian. Wants Distance Shortened Editor Review: That St. Johns is the pleasantcst suburban resi deuce district around Portland, and las many attractive features others do not iKissess, goes without the saying. I have frequently engaged with strangers on the cars be tween here and Portland, and iu every instance they have conceded the beauty of the place and Its ad vantages over other oiits, but icre is the one objection urged: "It takes so long to run down here on the street cars, it seems so long." Here, then, is something for the Commercial club to work on. With the distance to Portland short ened iu time.St. Johns would boom. Can t the club earnestly take this up with the street car company? There are numerous cut-oils that could be made for a direct car line service. Across the river is a growing set tlement. A street car line down the other side to Linutou and the settlements by the mills, and with a direct bridge connection into St. ohns would place St. Johns within the 20-minute service distance. Let the club shorten the street car dis tance to Portland and good work for a boom will have beeu accom plished. D. C. Lewis. The Wisconsin Picnic The Wisconsin picnic at Kstaca- da was attended by about a dozen 'Uadgers ' from bt. Johns. M lie representatives of that good state turned out all along the line until there were about 300 iu the happy crowd that unloaded at the pictur esque little village. The day was finejust warm enough to make the shady park particularly enjoyable. The P. K, L. Co. gave the finest of service and all were in a happy frame of mind. The boatiug on river was delightful and the senti ment expressed by some of our peo ple was that it was too bad that we could not have such a delightfully wooded park in St. Johns. It was very pleasant outing auu the fourth annual picnic of the "Bad gers," July 14, 1912, will long be remembered as a bright spot in the ives of all who attended. Just ask Brother Kelliher how he likes the new style of eating peanuts. It would not do to publish it. I here would be such a run on the peanut venders that the price of the "goo bers" would go clear out of sight. One of the bunch. Building Permits No. 39 To Kerr & Son to erect a dwelling on Chicago street be tween Smith and Central avenues for Ella Currier; cost $3300. Lafferty for Roosevelt Declaring that not only must Roosevelt be elected president, but that a majority of progressive con gressmen must also be chosen, if the country is to get relief within the next four years, Representative A. W. Lafferty, of Oregon, an notiuccs that he will support Roose velt, and that he thinks the Colonel will win a sweeping victory. Mr. Lafferty is the regular republican nominee for re-election to congress from the third Orcgou district, and is the Orcgou member of the Re publican national congressional committee. "How a genuine progressive can can support cither Taft or Wilson is more than I can sec," said Mr. Lafferty. "Nothing short of a complete olitical revolution will put the public in charge ot the machinery of the government Roosevelt In the only man willing to lead that revolution, and I firmly believe that he will be elected. "From ocean to ocean the spc cial privilege men are now in con trol. They are charging the pub lie exorbitant proms. They arc willing to spend millions to retain the privilege of charging the public such prices as they sec fit to enact Congressmen nominated and elect cd by them arc mere puppets iu Washington. Such congressmen do not represent the public. 1. hey fear to vote for any law interfering with special privilege. lest the pow cr that put them in office will put them out at the next election. "All capitalists who realize that their interests arc in common with those of the public, will gladly ac quicscc In the demands of the pro gressives that n governmental tri bunal be given the power to cou trol all monopolies, industrial as well as carrier monopolies. To control a monopoly docs not mean to make it be good or go to Sunday school. It means for the govern mcnt to stand between the monop oly and an otherwise defenseless public, and sec that the monopoly docs not charge exorbitant prices or rates. It means the putting of limit on the price of commodities when controlled by an absolute monopoly. "Roosevelt 1ms seen the remedy and the twoplc are with him. It Is not unreasonable to believe that capital will also be with him, be cause decent control alone will pre vent chaos aud disaster. Roosevelt is the greatest man since Gladstone, aud I will miss my guess if he is not elected to the presidency for a second time in November, aud he ias a right to be tinder the prece dents. The hackneyed remedies of Taft aud Wilson, which propose to deal with the burning industrial !iiestlous of this great country by iling a few tedious law suits under the bhermau anti-trust law, will be thrown into the discard by the vot ers when the Roosevelt platform Is anuouueed at Chicago, and his campaign gets fully under way." The regular meeting of the La dies' Auxiliary was held on Tues day afternoon at the rooms of the Commercial club, and after the transaction of the regular business the election of officers took place which resulted as follows: Presi dent, Mrs. R. McKiuney; Vice President, Mrs. O. S. Mauuing: Secoud Vice President, Mrs. J. F. Gillmore; Secretary, Miss A. Drink er; Treasurer, Miss Lulu Gillmore. On account of hot weather they nd- our tied until September. Boston is to have a hospital for the cure of the blues. If the treat ment is successful, Boston will be the Mecca towards which all who loug to udd to the gaiety of the nations will travel. But the hospital itself is likely to be swamped, and between disappoint ed ambitions, blighted hopes, des pairing lovers and human tanks, its process of eliminating the azure tint and making life ouelong, rosy smile, is likely to drive its practi tioners themselves to melancholia of the bluest dye. o The master bakers of San Fran cisco who have bad contention with their workmen as regards the plac ing of labels upon bread, have won a victory by an arrangement that they will not nave to snow this la bel and under which there will be no spitting on the bread in placing such labels; and the demand for such labels thereby has been dropped by the unions. o ' The Washingtou Male Quartet at the Multnomah theatre Tuesday evening rendered delightful music. The pictures shown were far above the average. It is a pleasant place to spend an hour or so these warm uly evenings. Council Proceedings All members reported for duty at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening with the exception of Alderman Hill, who was at St. Martins springs; Mayor Muck presiding. The quarterly reports of the treasurer aud recorder showed that more than $Gooo remained in the general fund. A communication from the Com mercial club heartily endorsed the public library proposition nr.d offer ed the aid of tiic club iu any man ner possible toward securing the site and building. The Peninsula Natioual Bank offered par and accrued interest aud a premium of $55 on $9500 worth of improvement bonds, which had been advertised for sale. The First Natioual Batik bid par, ac crucd interest and $50 premium. A Chicago concern offered to take them at less than par. On motion of Al dcrmau Valentine the Peninsula National bank was awarded the bonds. A resolution adopting the view ers' rcort 011 the condemnation of Dawson street was adopted on motion of Alderman Valentine. A resolution to Improve Hart man street from Seneca to Myers was adopted on motion of Alder man Horsmau. utus amounting to f 132.10 were allowed on motion of Alderman Horsmau; all yes. Bills: Kindle Sattcrlcc, street clcanimr. 1.25; J. l'. Mitchcl, street cleaning, 3'95i W. H.Wanubo, dock watch man, $5; M. W. Root, dock watch, I5; D. I. Honimau, janitor, $25; II. A. Harrer, rodmnu, $18 50; J. McChcsuey, rent library, Jso; Herb Muck, watchman city dock aud street repair, fti; Frank Egcrcr, street work, ifi.15; I. B. Crow, street work.l2.25; J. F. Mitchcl dock watchman, tia.w: P. D. Cunningham Co., rubber stamp, $1.50; American Decorating Co. $35' An ordinance providing for pay ment of excess cost of improving bott tli liaison street was passed 011 motion of Alderman Valentine; all yes. F. W. Bushor had n misunder standing as to the grade on Cen tral avenue, believing the new grade would establish a pond of water in front of his property in wet weather. The engineer point ed out his mistake; that when the street was improved as per profile t would eliminate all possibility of standing water. Mr. Welmer of the same street complained that the contractors were building up the grade for sidewalk in front of his property with sal instead of dirt. Matter was referred to engineer aud street committee. G.W.Ford made a charge of rude treatment against the chief of tw ice. Referred to the health and police committee for investigation and report. B. F. Noouan having Informed the Mayor that he desired to re sign as fire chief of the fire depart ment, Mayor Muck declared the office vacant, aud appointed Chas. UreUesoti temporary chief. Mr. Bredeson being present declined on the ground that he did not have the time to do the office justice. William Mackey was then tempo rarily made chief of the department by appointment of the mayor. The park question was ngain brought out, and it was decided to et the matter rest until after the general election in November,when t would be made au Issue and a special election be called to vote bonds, The councilmcn are prac tically unanimous in favoring the acquisition of a public park or two. Insistent complaint having been made agaiust a stable near Fessen- den and Jersey streets, the recorder was directed to notify the owners to either remove the same instanter or place it in a sanitary condition. The public library proposition was then taken up. M. L. Hoi- brook offered to donate sufficient ground for the purpose on the cor uer of Central avenue aud Charles ton street. The recorder was di rected to iuvlte the Portland Li brary association officials to St. ohns and pass judgment upon this tract. Or if not suitable, to indi cate locations that they would be satisfied with. "LOOK" See if you are in it? The big Panoramic of Elks' parade at Burnside street bridge, East Side, Are you in the Sweet Pea Dock picture? And see the biggest pict ure of Portland ever made. Sec them and buy them all at St. Johns Pharmacy; made by Graves, the picture man. Vote On Many Measures There will be 38 initiative and referendum measures to go before the people of all the state at the general election which will be held November 5. In addition to these there arc seven local measures which have been filed with the secretary of state. July 4th was the last day for fil ing of petitions and although it was a legal holiday the .office of secre tary of state remained open to re ceive petitions. Two were filed that day. One of these was a bill to prohibit conspiracies or combina tions for the purpose of bovcott and the other prohibiting the use of public streets, public parks or mib lie grounds in incorporated cities of 5000 trcoplc or over to be used for specchmakiug purposes. flic seven local measures which go 011 the ballot in the respective electoral districts which are affected include three measures for single tax as provided under the county tax amendment of 1910. These local measures arc as fol lows: To establish single tax iu Clackatnus county; to prohibit the building of the prooscd Harney county court House; 10 establish national bank in Jackson to assist in financing the construction of good roads; to abolish the county high school In Wallowa county ;to amend me bin providing for electing mem ucrs 01 me rort ot rortiantl com mission; to establish single tax iu Multnomah county, to establish single tax in Coos county. 1 tic 30 measures which will go on the ballot all over the statu of Oregon arc varied iu manv details. Of these 38 bills and amendments 28 have been proposed bv iu t alive petitions, six have been referred to . . - the people by resolution of the state legislature and four have been re fcrrcd to the people through the medium of referendum petitions. I here arc 1.1 amendments which arc proposed to the constitution of the state and 20 proposed statutes or proposed amendments to statutes already iu effect, besides the four which have been referred bv refer cndiim petitions by the people. The measures of state wide Iu icrcsi which nave ueen meti to go before the people In November are iu substantially the order iu which they will go on the ballot, as fol ows: Proposed by initiative petition: Eaiial suffrage amendment ex. tending the right of suffrage to wo men. Referred to the people by the leg slative assembly: For constitutional amendment of section 8, article V, for the purpose of creating the office of lieutenant- governor, etc. For amendment of section i; of the Oregon constitution, pro viding a uniform rule of taxation, except on property specifically taxed, etc. For an amendment of section .12 article I, Oregon constitution, for permitting taxes to be levied upou different classes of property at dlf- jerent rates, etc. For constitutional amendment to repeal all of section la of article I, except that part prohibiting poll and head taxes in Oregon, etc, For amendment of section t, of article XVII of the constitution so as to require for the adoption of any proposed constitutional amend ment a majority vote of all the electors voting at such election, in stead of a majority vote of those voting on the amendment only. For constitutional amendment of section 3, article XI, of the consti tution making stockholders iu bank- ug corporations liable to pay for the benefit of depositors au amount equal to the par value of the stock held by any stockholder iu addition to having paid the par value there for, Au up country editor says that "one coyote will hang around the camp at night and create the impres sion that a pack of at least 20 wolves are looking for a chance to eat the campers. But investigation will reveal the fact that the siugle coyote is lean, hungry and coward ly and that he does not weigh more than 15 pounds. Likewise one kicker iu a town will create the impression that there is much in dignation against every respectable citizen and measure." A woman in a New Jersey court testified that she disappeared aud let her husband believe her dead, to test her affection for her. She fondly expected him to be heart-broken, but found out her mistake when he married again within a mouth. She ought to have remembered that the first woman's desire to know too much is having serious conse quences to this day. Ernest Young Killed Ernest J. Young of 811 Jersey street was killed while working for the Warren Construction Co. ou the Linuton road Monday morning. lie was working on the cement mixer when his glove caught In pulley and he was swunc between a huge fly wheel aud the pulley and crusneu so uatuy mat death result cd soon. As he was pulled from the floor the unfortunate man screamed: "My God, help me out." mu uc uau lost consciousness be fore the machinery could be stopped. Funeral services took place at Dun- niiig & Mchutcc's undertaking par tors 111 I'oruaiiu yesterday at 10 o clock, interment taking place at Rlvcrvicw cemetery. Mr. Yo::ug was by trade .a head roller iu a rolling mill, having worKeu up from water boy in Pennsylvania mill. He had, how ever, retired, was looklmr for chance to go Into business and took employment with the paving com panp only to meet cxtwuscs aud to keep busy until au opening ap peared. He is survived by a wife, daughter aged 10 years, and a son. Walter, aged 12; three brothers, two sisters and his aged mother, the latter iu Sweden. W. R. C. News On July 6th 1912, the General Compson W. R. C. met in their hall for the transaction of the busi ness belonging to the order. There was quite a full attendance and aft er the regular business period wc joined the G. A. R. Post.which was out in full force, iu n social way. 1 he Department President of the W. R. C. of Oregon called the house to order aud duly installed Department Chaplain Mrs. Minnie Hall of St. Johns. Aside from the G. A. R. present we had visitors from Sumner W. R. C, Depart ment President, her secretary, and several other members of other city W. R. C. Our social time was composed of a lunch, elocution, nut- ale, both instrumental aud vocal, and plenty of visiting, as the 4th had just passed and the F.Iks were to come, so It was part participation auu anticipation. nverv one seemed to net as Is it was good to be there. We finally said our good byes to meet again 011 July 20.' Press Cor. REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS The following list of legal blanks are kept for sale at this olhcc aud others will be added as the demand arises; Warrauty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, batisfactiou of Mortgages, Contracts for Sale of Realty, Hills of Sale, Leases. All these blanks itt the uniform price of 30c per dozen. How Is Your Title? Have your abstracts made, con tinued or examined at the Petiiusu- a Title, Abstract dud Realty Co- Accurate work, Reasonable fees. II. Henderson, manager, 20S North Jersey, McDonald building. Uurrel Real and Clarence White, according to a social to the Ore gonian from Klamath Falls, Ore,, while out iu a row boat at that place Monday, were surprised by having a ii-pouud trout jump into the boat. Why not? If either of the lubbers wished to commit sui cide he would likely have jumped nto the water to the fishes. It but returned the compliment. Rut they will doubtless be conscience stricken that their bungling, awk ward manner of fishing should so lisgust the fish as to drive it to deliberate suicide. Contributed, If you are a housew'fe you can not reasonably hope to be healthy or beautiful by washing dishes, sweeping aud doing housework all day, and crawling into bed dead tired at night. You must get out in the open air aud sunlight. If you do this every day aud keep your tomacli aud bowels in good order by taking Chamberlain's Tablets when needed, you should become both healthy aud beautiful. For sale by all dealers. There have been several cases lately of doctors being sued for sewing up surgical supplies in the bodies of their patients. Perhaps, after all, a trust to raise the prices of doctor's outfits would not be a bad thing. DR. RAM BO DENTIST riionc Columbia fil First National Dank building 5T. JOHNS, OREGON. DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENTIST Opn Evanlnga and Sundaya by Ap pointment Office Photic Columbia 140 Resident l'lionc Columbia 38 JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Physician nnd Surgeon. Day ft Night Offlco In McChtanay bit St. John, - Oregon. Daniel 0 Wcbster,T. B. M. D Residence, C97 Dawaon Strati Office, Plitor Dlock. University Park, Portland, Or(on. PERRY C. STROUD LAWYER Fifat National Honk Building ST. JOHNS . . . OREGON 0. J. GATZAIYER ATTORNEY AT LAW McDonald BultJins ST. JOHNS . . ORECON Wc buy or sell St. Johns Property McKINNEY & DAVIS Real Estate 1,1st your property with us if you desire to sell mtickly 202 N. Jersey St. St. Johns CALL ON - HARRY CAPLES CONTRACTOR for Palnllnf,, Kiliomlnlnf, JnlnlnJ and Virnlth- inj. riper Hinging a specialty til W. Richmond Slrttt J. R. WEIMER Transfer and Storage Wa dallvcr vour irooda to and from all parta of Portland, Vancouver. Linn ton, Portland and Suburban Express Co., city dock and all polnta accessible by wagon. Piano and, furnltura moving Office Phone Columbia 24 Residence Phone Columbia 198 St. Johns Express, Transfer and Storage Co. Piano Moving a Specialty. Haul ing done to and from Portland Residence .joo Fast Richmond Office 103 North Jersey Street ST. JOHNS GARAGE 114 U. Ilurllniton Street Automobile Kcnlrliig und Vulcatiltliig Wc can get yuu Auto Tires of ull klmW lllcyclo and General Kepalrlne in connection. New nnd sccoutf hand bicycle for tuile. Illcyclc tire iu stock. J. At. and V. I. WRAY, Props. I'hone Columbia 587. CAMP 773 VV. 0. W. Moots er. ery Wod n a a d a y evening In Dick, nar'a Hall DORIC DODGC NO. 132 A. T. and A. M. Regular communication on first Wednesday a of vucli mouth In Odd Hol lows' Hull. Visitor wcl- come. S. Chas, Davis. V. M, C. O. Rogers, Secretary ORDER EASTERN STAR Minerva Chapter Meets Uveryl'irst and Third Tuebday livening of Kach .MOIItll III Uiltl 1'ellow Hull. Mm. Susie Rogers, Secretary. HOLMES LODGE NO. 101 KNicnrs or i'viiiias Meet every 1'riday night ut 7:30 o'clock in I, O. O. V, Hall, Visitors ulways wel come, V. W. MASON, C. C, I). 1', IIOHSMAN, K, K, S LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. P, ST. JOHNS, ORCGON Uaeta aacb Monday evening In Odd FV lows hall at 7:30, A cordial welcome to all visiting brothers, NEST NO. 1151 Meets 2nd aud 4th of each mouth iu M. W. A. Kail. V, 11. GRANGJiR, Sec. Central Market! hOLBROOK BLOCK 88 us for the Choicest Cuts of the Best Meats Obtainable. Wcr WA and ramify Trad SoFldUd. T. P. WARD, Proprietor. 1