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THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW BY A. W. MARKLE Publlahcd Every Frldny At 117 West Burlington Street. THIS RkviKW Is entered nt post office In Snhit Johns, Oregon, hs iimil mutter of the second class under the Act of Con ress of March J, 1879, OffltUl NtwipRper of the City of St. JoUnj. Subicrlptlon prlca $1.00 por yonr. Jack Johnson, the pugilist, is finding out that ho cannot inin- glu with white persons of the gentler sex too indiscriminately nor too indiscreetly. Strange what an inferior net of brains som(i younjp women aeem to he endowed with. You Have Absolute Protection If your cash, notes, valuable papers, etc., are locked in our burglar and fireproof vaults. A. ill I 1 bilk ?UV. OIUW V XJll I warning to tobacco users , . ,J , appeared in Monday's daily pa- "isii rcgisicr or siorc saie oi lers when the account was given fcrs llttllJ or no protection of a man, who had been a heavy you surely see the wisdom of tobacco user practically all his doing business with this bank. thus working a hardship on the relatiyes, and making it impos sible for anybody to maintain a first class undertaking place in your city, if this is to continue. I understand if Dr. Slocum is elected Dunning & McEntee will continue to manage the Coro ner's office. So I appeal to you to vote for Dr. Biersdorf and a public morgue, and prevent any graft in the Coroner's office. A. H. Blackburn, of Blackburn, Chambers & Lowry. I'aid ndvt. ORDINANCE NO. 512 ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE THROWING OR DEPOS ITING OP DIRT, REFUSE OR WASTE MATERIALS IN THE STREETS OF THE CITY candidacy is being OF ST. JOHNS, OREGON. Finds Bourne Wrong Commenting editorially on the independent candidacy of Sen ator Bourne, the press of the state almost unanimously agree tnat the very hie and permanency of the Oregon system would be imperiled by the re-election ol uourne. especial emphasis is made of the fact that if thevo ters should indorse Bourne's repudiation of the direct pri mary by electing him, the pre cedent might be urged by mem bers of the State Legislature as an adequate excuse for absolving tnem irom statement wo l or any other pledge to the people. The situation presented bv Senator Bourne's independent frankly dis- Open an account here to day or rent a safe deposit box for vour valuable miners. jewels, etc. First National Bank St. Johns, Oregon Congregational Church PrciichiiiK every Sunday tt n. in. 7:30 p. in. nt tlm Cnnuri-giitioiMl church. We conliiilly invite nil to llie-e .services. Sunday school at 10 o'clock as usual. Priiyerineel- wecinedwiy at 7:30 p. in. James K. Murpliey, Pastor. How Is Your Title? Have your abstracts inaile, con tinued or examined at the Peninsu la Title. Ahstiact and Realty Co Accurate work. Reasonable fees. II. Henderson, inaiiiiger, 208 North Jctsey, McDonald building at the age of 110 yeara. Had he not used tobacco he might have lived until lie was lfiO year old. II. L. Powers, the principal owner of the St. Johnu Water Co., has made the first overture to the city authorities to tiur ehao tiie plant. He has made it plain that any cut in the rates at the present time would cripple the service, and (Ins is 8tirel what the people of St. Johns do not want. The only alternative is for the city to purchase the plant. And why not? If a rea sonable price can he agreed up on, why should not the city of St. Johns purchase and manage the water ntlities? If there is only half rns much in it as many citizens profess to believe, the city would be vastly the gainer. It cannot possibly lose on the proposition, no matter from what standpoint it might be viewed. Then this city is greatly favored over a corporation. It can bor row money at a much smaller rate of interest, have no rent to pay, no light or fuel hills greater than is now expended. Viewed from a selfish standpoint, it need take no heed to pay tiny portion of the principal, nor provide a sinking fund therefor. Portland would necessarily have to assume that burden when annexation taken place, which surely will happen within the nest ipiartei of century. All further exten sinus could be bonded for, which also Portland would have to stand for in the end. The cost of maiiitainanceuud interest on the bonds is all the city of St. Johns need concern itself about, No city ever had abetter proposition presented 10 it, ami 11 is menu ceivable that any one could oh ject to purchase of the plant, provided 11 remKitmhle price could bo obtained. It is the otil true solution of the water problem When the big ihtilieH gel dosu on n candidate. tln cci landv make mountwinsoiit of mole iij in an attempt to besmirch the one they are gunning for. The have brought a mast sc riou charge against A. W. LiillVrty, the energetic candidate to sue ceed himself as Congressman. The enormity of the charge is so great, they contend, that it has discolored the entire map of Oregon, ami while he is repre nenting the State, all eitixens must needs hang their heads in shame and humiliation. This apiwlling charge, and the only one they seem able to advance is, that this man Ullerty, who is a Imchelor, by the way, did seek to become acquainted with a graduate of the Washington high schools. Not that he sought to lilneken the character or harm the young lady in any way. but merely sought to make her ac quaintance. This little incident 1 1 ! PI . .1 .1 11 .1 iih mi oorn nwi uie loriHWlil pre that it slU in sack cloth 'Ppon uus ennuuiiue who is a and ashes, mix! with lamentations elean, honest man, worthy of the that would nikko J.Miminl. ,if nhi oince; nut what is ol most vital interest to an 01 us.that It elect ed he will he the Coroner, noth ing more or less, and when the duties ol his office have been performed he will not dictate to you or I what shall be done with the body of our loved one. One point I want to make clear, the County Coroner ' office cussed by nearly every newspa per in the state. Republican and Democratic publications alike uniformly censure Bourne for his repudiation of the direct pri- mnry ot winch he has been the The City of St. Johns does or dain as follows: Section 1: It is hereby declar ed unlawiul for persons, partnersh tion whatsocv it, throw or sweep miner, fruit. vegetables, refuse, waste mater ials.sweepings or dirt from store rooms, buildings, houses or from the sidewalks or from the land by the country press with an in adjacent, into any public street, ordinate desire to hold office. M.uieyard or a ley way within Attention is directed by some of the City 0 !St. Johns, Oregon. the editors to the fact that if Section 2: And any person, ulected as an independent, Bourne persons, partnerships or corpora- would be without party identity lions violating Section 1 of this n,l wnniii iu,h,k.i.i,. ....:.. i.:,. wruinaucu snail no misdemeanor and tion thereof shall lor any person or professed friend and advocate, tnership or corpora- The Republican papers are gen ver, to leave, depos- erniy jU8t tis enthusiastic in commending the candidacy of Ben Selling, the Republican di rect primary nominee. benator Bourne is also charged mg great claims to prominence as the father of the Oregon sys tem, yet proves to be a poor loser when the votes under the system are against him and like the spoiled child, says the other fel low didn't play fair. Mr. Selling received the nomination at the primaries in a fair and honora ble way, and is entitled to the support of the party and every iair mmucu citizen, ana win re ceive it. Moro Observer. Bourne went down before the people on his record and was do feared. As a man, he should stand by the people's decision. By coming out now he places the lie on the direct primary as he has been internretmir it. Bourne eliminated himself when he came out as a Republican and said: "The people are on trial, not I." - Independence Monitor. Senator Bourne was the irreat apostle of the Oregon system and went into a fair flcht with other candidates for the nomina tion on the Republican ticket for United States Sem.tor. The vote showed, that in accordance with the Oregon syston. the sover eign wili of the people gave the nomination to Bet Selling. Not willing to abide by the will of the people as exj ressed in the primary election an ellort was made to obtain the nomination for Senator Bourne in the new party. Here again ho was de- ieated. Kepublicans who believe m iair piay in a political race must admit that Ben Selling is tainy entitled to their support. ess than Five Dollars, 1 r .. inaii une nunured dollars, or sentenced to jail for a term of not less than Five days nor more than Thirty days. Adopted by the Council Octo ber 22, 1U12. Approved by the Mayor Octo ber 22, 1012. A. A. MUCK. Mayor. Attest: F. A. RICE, City Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Re view October 25, 1912. 1'or Rent New modern, five- . room house, 10 per month. 15. S. I Wright, 504 South Hayes Mreet. AUlft I V UIILILIL'll i-U LIIMII n IIIIIMI I . guilty 01 (l I commit tin tilneiM vhirh lio nnrou ir t ....'1 lltinn M. V, i j J ... u nul iiiuii UIU UR'KUll HjailMIl beli, invS 2?ifLch,of ,ms(m for hm HJ10. ni. in,.n riT V 11 t I"1- 111 " primary election ooirt. , HOI' more Tim fnllmvlnir iif unmo nf flin I 1.. .. ... r m. I ... w V ..' 1 ill 1 11 111 I II, ill 11 111 IV 111 1 1111 11 H 1 t 1. .t comments from newspapers: Senator Bourne has repudiat ed the primary plan to such an extent as to present himself as a candidate lor United States country a certain class of office seekers. Tilamook Headlight. Bourne cannot resist the temp tation to "run." Defeated for the Republican renominalion and failing to secure the indorsement Senator. He was defeated at of the Bull Moosers, Jonathan in- HOUSES FOR RENT OR - for Sale on Easy Monthly Payments Several modern houses at Kast St. Johns can be purchased on monthly terms. Talk with ANY AGENT IN ST. JOHNS Or R. 0. HRAXI) S15 Lewis Hhljy,, .tli and Oak Sts. Phone Marshall 26.J1 An Open Letter iCentral Market the primary and now cries fraud. Did this Oregon statesman over hear of a defeated candidate who was not ready to cry fraud when the vote was against him? Jon athan's excuses are too thin to be considered. He wants the office and that's all there is to it. Sheridan Sun. The most objectionable thinir to Bourne's present candidacy is sof into that in disregarding the primary Oregon eiecation no sets the direct nn mary law at naught after having long posed as a snecial cham pion and defender of that law. Should Bourne be successful in his present fight the direct pri mary law will be weakened. Very likely legislators will try to tends to make the race for the Senate independently, and terms himself a "popular government" candidate. Bourne's decision to I enter the campaign is nothing less than n migrant slap at the primary law, a part of the Ore gon system, if you please, which this political incubus used in Lastern speeches to mould him- a little tin god. But has had enough of I Bourne, and the voters will be content to east ballots for men who are tit least residents of the state. Bourne wants office for Bourne's sake, but Bournoism bus had its day in Oregon. At hena Press. Mr. Bourne was defeated use ins action as n precedent to squarely on account of his votes jusiiiy inem in (i sreganiing the in tho Senate upholding the oiaumcni iso.i obligations. The present high tariff on cottons people should not open up such and woolens, the attitude of the possibilities. Pendleton East corporations with which ho is uregonian. identified at Lawrence. Mass., 1 lie Observer has ever mam- towards union labor and the fact tamed that Bourne's re-election that he is practically running would be a calamity to tho State sweat shops in the New England of Oregon and it reiterates that states. He poses as a friend of dec aration with the addition the Oregon system, but in a fair that he would bo doubly so if fight ho was defeated and now eicctei as a political inisnt, w th- wishes to run again. In all fair out affiliation with any political ness to the system with which he organization. He still would has been identified. Mr. Bourne f MOUIIIOOK HlOCK To the people of SU Johns and , vicinity : 1 hereby wish to make1 See us for the my poMiuou eiear 111 endorsing Dr. Miemdorf Air the office of County Coroner. I am not a pol itician, just an every day citixen and tax payer ot Multnomah county, who has invented my time and money in Si. Johns for the purpose of making nn honest living and supplying this city with ail Ulttodate lmdcrtakinir esiaiiiisiuneni a long telt in 1 . . IV 1 1 uy euorts nave neen apprec ihI. and I thank you. And for these reasons I appeal to you to ........ . 1. ; . 1 1 . Choicest Cuts ol the Best Meats Obtainable. continue to be apolitical outcast. 1 here is no oxcuso for nnv Re publican to vote for Bourno nnd mighty few of them will do so. Polk County Observer (Dallas). Jonathan is having n hard time trying tho peoiile. This is the second appeal from their decision. Politically, he was a creation of tho direct primary and ue lias done more howling in its favor than any other one man in Oregon, but as soon as I. P WARD. Proprietor. ought to withdraw or else tell the people that he is only in fa vor of tho Oregon system when he is the se'ected candidate. Such fooling with the primaries anu tno conventions as Mr. Bourno is doing at this time makes our Oregon system n delu sion nnd a snare. Freowater Times. Jonathan Bourne, tho father ot the direct primary system, 1 went uotore the neon 0 of Ore gon, relying on their intelligence to re-elect him to tho United States Senate. But the people oy oouu plurality voted lor Hen In oiiui to Insure a change of d- vcrnacmeni me copy tor tucn change sit up and take notice, deplores the injury, ruin and woe .Mr. Lafforty has wrought to the state by this one act. With an over whelming sense of shame the la ment is made that other states of the Union are holding Oregon up as a spectacle of disgrace be cause a baentHor member of Con Ocdrr lillrtl nml t.m.ilv Trade SollUUd. it tlirilS llilll down lie bolts and militates with the Bull Moose until horned out of that camp. He had also congratulated Ben belling and promised him his Selling. Bourne apparently ac support, the next thing for him quiesced in the decision of the tO (10 Will he tO COlltest the SOIlM mnnl, mwl tnlnirifiul.nl Cillln.. S I wende;d.lhioCc9k',p0, "VX" f ? Mmo may congratulations and promised his 'i llm t makes a difUrenco support. Later, Bourne tried ,iiu?i u ,a kuu oiivur iuivuwiiut ue nnu always denounced n!,1;. . . , , , . in otl'i. convention. Hero the first n ank nut forward in his ilofont um nmnnimmi aq Senator Bourne's platform is the a result In- has discredited the Huusiuuuon ot tne direct pri- peon e br. 1 In tho urimnrv nnd ......... 1 11 . . uiu.v jut uie caucus anu conven tion. Yet his own candidacy.nn nounced on the eve of the elec tjon.is a repudiation of the prin ciple of the people electing their own candidates. After ante-primary statements, a pretense that he would make no campaign, ami givaw from Oregon had the te- j established for the purpose of merity to seek the acquaintance of an attractive young lad v. Isn't it awful? Will the state ever survive? As a matter of fact. Iail'orty made good in Con gress. He has tried to get more tilings than any Congressman ever sent from this district. II has lit a light that cannot be hid under a bushel of mclrojiolilan papers. The kople realize that he is a good man, and that is the reason tliev are sticking to him. It is true that he is a poor man, so far as worldly goods go, and therefore, is oor picking for those who are in the picking business. But if he is re-elected the burden of shame and dis grace will be so ovoriwwering to the metropolitan papers that it is doubtful if they ever recover from tho shock. Mrs.Shopnrdion, who has been visiting hor daughter, Mrs, B. S. Wright on South Hayes for sev eral weoks, has roturaod to her home at Catlin, Wash. inveamiruunir an nvsterious or violent deaths of any nature that occur within its boundaries, to ascertain 11 a crime has been committed. If there is evidence ol a crime, then the Coroner has full power to act in whatever manner seems to him best, but if he finds no evidence of crime, then his duty ceases, and he has no more right than 1 have to tell you that your loved one's re mains must be taken to Portland or any other place. It is the family's right to say whether or not they want their dead left in their own homes. I have been compelled to take this stand be cause of past experience with the firm of Dunninir & McKntoo. deputy coroners under Nordon. These men have come into our city and bluffed and bull dossed our people, when they wore half erased with grief and distress, Into believing they had the right to remove to Portland the re-1 mains of any one who had mot with violent death, whether an Inquest was necessary or not, IN CASE OF FIRE Are your insurauce policies put away in the property insured? Are they where you have access to them im mediately? I lave you an inventor' of your household sds so necessary in order to make your claim? A SAFETY DEPOS IT BOX which you can rent at a nominal cost at the Peninsula National T ma ijsuik will insure insurance. your PENINSULA NATIONAL BANK United States Depository 4 Per Cent Interest on Savings 1110 convention, as he is running inuepomieu.. Who is trying to oreaK down an commence in the primary law.' Jonathan Bourne. - anuina Bay NewsfNewnort). Aside from every personal and partisan c:aim won belling has upon the electoral good will of assuming an attitudo from Oregon, the bad faith of Bourne wuicn nono out n Knave might and lus eo.. tempt for public ex recede, that ho was the only real pressions as recorded, should dyed-in-the-wool exponent of the move all men to support the for Oregon system, he now comes mer without regard to politics, forward with a petition to be if only to signify their loyalty to 4MUV.I-U wii iiiu uuiiut 3 cjiuui-ime suite anu entorco the will of date tor the office for which he the electorate which is at last was ueaien at tne primaries, no the greatest and best power re- ivu. u ui me pcopie, luiu, 10 inu servca 10 tnem. Astorian (As f 1 1 a. 1 1 f 1?AAA -. 1 . -. ... I!l.. ll.H I 1 . min- ui iiuvupiuraiivy, uiu people 1 loriaj. oiiiu uiey preierreu mr. selling. Bourne's long platform is super fluous. He might more proper ly come out in the open nnd say that he wants the job, through remihll" clmnntila if lift onn trof it. but get it nnvwav. The Inde- The followiuc list of letral blauks . ' " k ' . : 1 . - . . 1 pendent predicts that the thimra are Kept tor sale at tins office and outers will le added as the demand arises; Warranty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, Satisfaction of Mortgages, I Contracts for Sale of Realty, Bills of Sale, Leases. All these blanks t the uniform price of 30c per dozen. REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS Washington County will do to this non-resident Senatorial can didate will bo plenty, and it has faith that the other counties of the state will do likewise,- Hills boro Independent. Jonathan Bourne has finally butted" into the camnaiurn for reelection to tho United States benate from Oregon, notwith standing his defeat at the nri- mary election by Mr. Sellincr in a an(i fair fight. 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