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ST. JOHNS It second in number of Induttriei. It seventh In population. Cms to Portland every 20 min. Has navigable water on 3 sides. Has finest gas and electricity. Has two strong banks. Has five large school houses. Has abundance of purest water. Has hard surface streets. Has extensive sewerage system. Has fine, modern brick city hall. Has payroll of 95,000 monthly. Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight. All railroads have access to it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. ST. JOHNS Has seven churches. Has a most promising future. Distinctively n manufacturing city Adjoins the city of Portland. Has nearly 6,000 population. Has n public library. Taxable property, H500.000. Has largo dry docks, saw mills Woolen mills, iron works, Stove works, asbestos factoiy, Ship building plant, Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill, Box factory, find others. More industries coming. St. Johns is the place for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted (o the Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. 8 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DKCKMDKR 27. 1912. NO. 7 It - ... .,. ' 1 Ui'.) ;iti Simplicity Dominant Note , For the American woman there is no "best" dress.as she is call ed upon to dress attractively and ti well on all occasions. Of course the nature of the occasion differs, each demanding a costume that is at once stylish and appropri ate, and most particularly, made of adaptable material. . But what is strikingly charac teristic of our women, is the fact that they make clothes to wear, and not to be hung in the ward rbbe, as the best dress in times '" i 1 I gone by. used to be, and which .was only taken out and donned for the very stately functions, Which occurred perhaps annual ly, or even less frequently. ' The clothes that the modern ' " well-dressed woman wears at ' Bucli quite ordinary occasions as tho theatre, or at the fashiona ble restaurants, or oven at such informal affairs as a gathering at ono's home, would open tho eyea of our grandmothers, for their elegance and beauty. Yet simplicity is tho dominant note in clothes to-day. Never were they less be-trimmed and bo-ru fTleu, but withal, there is in tho well mado dress to-day an unmistakablo artistic beauty, that never fails to impress tho observer. For example, let us tako tho charming littlo dress illustrated - here. Is it not at onco extreme ly simple, yet decidedly stylish and chic? Indeed, wonderful 1 tilings can bo done with drap- cry, which is still used a great ,( deal for almost everything worn . by women, nowadays. ' . .k Tho clover draping of this ' niodel is unusually graceful, and ',' is so constructed that the lines ' ' "aro soft and harmonio s. For tho A tall, slondor woman, this mode is perfectly faultless, and when ' ' mado up in golden brown char o" meuso with a darker stoide of - 'brown panno velvet, nothing . could bo moro becomingly attract ' ,'. Jve. ' Socialism's Utopia .iff. mo uregoninn reiers ine in vestigator of psychological phe- mi r 11. f.. , i-nomena today to a curiosity in soapbox sociology, in tho; shape of a letter from Valor Smith. "" ' Mr. Smith preaches tho astound- ;mg doctrine or unthrift, scons ' '"at the rainy day, and blames so felety for the hole in the lazy ' 'man's roof. -W There you have the entire So- HI wcialistic creed. Society owes the .; -: individual everything, the indi- . ' : vidual owes society nothing ex - i.cept a dreamy and impossible 1 conception of co-operation. If there is no meat in one's larder, . 1 . .society is to blame; if there are no shoes on the children's feet, .1' society has not done its duty: , 1 ".lit there is no shelter -for the Au family, society failed ,to put it there; if there is no honey in.the ti.n hive tor a long winter, society 1 ( j would let you starve; and so forth, and so on. . .i'i'-v Temperance, industry, frugal- , uh itv. nrovidence. honesty all will ..wut be of little account when the grand co-operative social scheme shall require the individual to divvy up with the otheri fellow who has none of these virtues and has only one positive convic tion that the world owes him a living, and you. who have some thing, must pay him who has nothing. Oregonian, When you have a bilious attack 'give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They are excellent. For sale by all dealers. Made Improvements Architect Lewis I. Thompson has entirely revised the steam plant at the Portland Wollen Mills at St. Johns, enabling them to utilize all the steam for heating purposes, and installed conden sers so that hot water can be obtained for scouring purposes without heating the water ex pressly for that use. thereby greatly economizing on tho fuel consumption at the plant. A water softener has been in stalled to remove the alkili and other mineral ingredients from the water which is obtained from a large well on tho com- mny's grounds. The new office niilding at the works has been finished and is ready for occu pancy. Tho power system at tho plant has been changed and all machinery is now operated by individual and unit motor drives. The changes and revision of tho power and steam systems now in operation makes this the most modern and complete woolen mills west of the Mississippi. Tho plant employs in the neigh borhood of 200 persons and has orders booked ahead that it will be impossible to fill for several months. Daily Abstract. Use Printed Envelopes A number of persons have availed themselves of tho oppor- tunity of securing 100 envelopes neatly printed for fifty cents. They realize tho importance of notifying their distant friends of their street address, and find it is the most satisfactory man ner of doing so. Some seem to bo under the impression that they cannot order theso envel opes except on Mondays. This is not tho case; orders may no left at this ollice at any time. Wo only rescrvo tho right toi do tho printing on Mondays. At tho extremely low price of 100 envelopes, furnished and print ed for GO cents we are forced to dovoto only ono period of tho week to this purpose, so that ono job of envelopes may follow an other on tho press. Everybody should begin to uso printed en velopes. It is considered qui to tho thing in theso modern days. Leave your order now. Tho en velopes nro first class-tho kind you often pay ten cents per pack for imprinted. Water Great Medicine It is possible to prevent many diseases nnd cure others by drink ing largo quantities of water daily. An eminent physician says that typhoid fover can bo washed out of tho system by water. Ex periments have been made with diseases caused by bacteria which demonstrates the curative value of water. In cases of cholera, where tho system secretes a large amount of fluid, enormous quantities of hot water aro of great benefit and will cure many -fil i - - - H Tf.i cases witnout meuicinea. nut water in fevers is of great use and an ordinary tumblerful of water as hot as can betaken once an hour is one of the very best remedies for general debility. The important thing is to t get into the system and out of it a sufficient amount of water to pre vent the accumulation of pto maines and toxins within the body. Are Generous That the people of St. Johns are most generous and ever ready to help the needy has been again demonstrated. Last week tho Review contained an article telling of the destitution of a couple of families in this city, and the people were quick to re spond. Contributions of flour, sugar, potatoes, beans, fruitetc, were sent to the homes and a quantity left at this office for delivery. Several of the churches have also become interested in the cases and are rendering aid. Small contributions of money have also been received by the families, and the St. Johns Lum ber Co. delivered a bumper load of, wood to each. It was surely a unristmas oi enter tu meuuaii tute ones. A call for aid never goes unresnonded to in St. Johns. especially where it is known that the case is worthy. Typewriter ribbons for sale at this oliice; 50 cents each. To the Public A word about water rates: The water company is doing its best to give you adequate ser vice. To accomplish this in a rapidly growing town like St. Johns is always difficult and not always possible. Portland, with unlimited credit and practically unlimited sources of supply, has suffered water famines more severe than any you have known. To give you oven an approxima tion to adequate servicu takes all tho money that comes from tho present rates, and more. If the stockholders aro willing to fore go their dividends and the presi dent to go without his salary for the sake of giving you bettor service (and they do that), you ouirht to be willing to keen on paying the necessary rates. The ordinance passed by the Council constitutes an attempt arbitrar-1 i v without investigation or with out process of court to rcduco the rates to a eve which no one. not even the Council, can Bay is just or reasonable. Wo grate fully acknowledge tho generous spirit of fair dealing that has led the great majority of water us ers to pay the regular rates in spite of this attempt The Com pany is here ready to meet iratiK iy any lawful inquiry into its rates. It will bo here to respond to any claims that may bo made against it. Tho attempted re duction in rates would simply deprive the company of any pos sible means of fulfilling its obli agtions to the public, nnd until the matter can be legally settled on a just basis, it is essential that tho present rates should bo adhered to, and if, as tho fact is, they are paid uncomplainingly by most users they ought to bo imid bv all. If any one feels aggrieved that ho nays too much ho should remcmucr mat tne stockholders who aro getting no returns whatever on a largo in vestment very economically managed, feel on thoir part that they tiro not getting nnytning. The company is reluctant to in sist upon its legal rights, and is earnestly desirous of tho good will of tho public, but it must insist, for its own protection and that of tho public, to whom it owes first of all good service, that until rates aro lawfully re duced ovcrybody must continuo tonnv tho existing rates. Wo I .1 , - .fll I .1 --.?lt L nopo hub win no uonu wiinoui troub e. it not. we shall bo com pelled to bring suit against any individual who has not paid his water rate Wo trust this will not bo necessary in any case. St. Johns Water Works & Lighting Co. Early Morning Blaze Tho inhabitants of St Johns, or at least n greater nortion of them, were aroused from their slumbers by tho fire alarm early Monday morning 1:40 o'clock. The blaze cast a glaro of light over tho whole town, and at a distance appeared to bo the St. Johns Lumber Co.'s mills. Fire men and citizens hurrying to tho scone, however, found it to bo the Algoma Hotel, at the in tcrscction of Burlington and Sa lem streets. The conflagration had gained considerable head way before tho alarm was given, and despite the heroic and untir ing efforts of our splendid fire department, only a small portion of tho structure was saved. Other buildings in close proxim ity were, nevertheless, saved from a like fate by the fire lads. The hotel was owned by Moses Tufts, a former well known citi zen of St. Johns, but who has lately been located in California, The cost of the building was $40000 and insurance to the amount of $2500 was carried, so we are informed. Mrs. Minnie Smith had leased and was oper ating the building as a boarding and rooming house, and had sub let a small portion on tho ground floor to H. G. Canpen, who was conducting a cigar and confec tionery store therein. Mrs. Smith carried no insurance on the furnishings of the house, and her loss is estimated at $1500. Mr. Canpen's loss is said to be $550, with insurance to the ex tent of $450. The Algoma was well filled with loomers who barely escaped scantily clothed. Almost all of these lost their clothing and other valuables, The origin of the fire is a mys tery, like so many other fires that occur in St Johns. It orig inated in the cigar store. The DroDrietor states that there was no fire in tho stove when he left Council Proceedings Owing to the fact that it was Christmas eve, the regular meet ing of the city council Tuesday evening was a brief one. A mat ter of high importance to tho city, however was acted upon. It was the fixing of the tax levy for city purposes for tho year. For n number of years past it seems that a deficit in the city exchequer has ever made its ap pearance at the end of the offi cial year, and to prevent a recur rence of this and also to provide funds to pay for excess street imnrovemcnt cost, fire apparatus, etc., it was decided, after mature deliberation, to place the rate at nino mills. This is tin increase over last year of two and one half niilis. A re-adjustment of tho assessment of taxable prop erty was also a potent factor in the increase. Tho assessment books for tho St Johns district had been left with the Commer cial club several months ago. and a committeo was appointed by the club to go over the same and correct any irregularities that might exist, and equulize those assessments that needed readjustment As a result the value of nsscBsablo property was lopped off to tho extent of over S400.000.in itself making a high er mill rate imperative. While the levy of nino mills is higher than has obtained in St. Johns for a number of years, yet it is much lower than other cities of like size. For instance, tho levy in Eutrene for city purposes has just been placed at fifteen mills, t ti f . r ..i.iA.i fi fi.. nnu it is uoubtiui 11 any city 111 tho state outside of Portland will gctns low as nino mills. We believe the city duds were wise in putting an end to tho annum deficit If it were continued much longer it would bring tho city into bad repute in financial circles, and anyway it is not tho proper way to do business. A high mill rate thin year moons a bwer 0110 next year, when there will be no excuso whatever for a deficit resulting. An ordinnnco was passed fix ing tho levy as above stated, nnd n budirct of bills amounting to $90,25 were allowed. No other pressing business requiring their nttention, council adjourned. All wor.o present with tho excep tion of Alderman Wilcox. W. R. C. News II. B. Compson Woman's Re lief Corps held thoir nnnual elec tion of officers on December 7th, nnd it was ono of tho most hnr mnnimiH elections I over attend ed. Every office but ono was filled by acclamation. ThoW. R. C. and Post will mont nfc tho Odd Fellows' hnll at 1:30 on tho 4th of Jnnuury to in stall officers, after which they will adjourn to tho I'ost hall and nnrtnkft nf refreshments. All members of the family of Post members, and also tho family of W. u. C. are expected to no pres. ent, and are requested to bring well filled baskets. iross uor. at a late hour Sunday night, and there was no fire burning in any nnrti'mi nf tbf linilfift Tho firemen Buffered consider ably in the raw night air.drench- nA with wnter. n some of them were, but thoy stuck valiantly to theirposts and did not relinquish their efforts until all danger was past and the names extinguish ed. In order that you may communi cate your street and number to friends at a distanco.BO that they mav address letters to you proper lv. the Review will print and furnish 100 envelopes with the name nnd full address of any individual in the city for tho small sum of 50 cents. The envelones will be of good quality. On account of the low price we shall reserve Mondays only of each week for printing envelopes Leave your order now. Better steamer service on the Upper Columbia and tho Snake rivers wna the subiect recentlv taken up by a conference of commercial club representatives at Kennewick. Plans were made for the operation of boats during the coming year, ana resolutions adopted that the organizations represented should assist in every way the steamboat compa nies operating on theso streams. To be sure of recovery tako The Bonviile 99-Year System VHKSUS The Old Financial System By Frank Bonviile. In the preceding article we have briefly outlined the evils of our present industrial condi tions with the causes leading up to them. Wo now nronose to presont to tho public a system whereby these wrongs mny be mado right without injuring any person or party. In investiiraling the causes of the iiresont industrial denrossion nnd its attendant evils, wo find that it centers m tho control by the minority of the country's fi nanciers, or its complete domi nance by a few financiers. There fore, a Bystein. in order to effect a cure must close tho avenues whereby control is gained. The Bonvi le yj-Yenr System meets Hub requirement by doing away with stock transference. This is thokeynotoof the nation al problem, and the dominant factor ot the ninety-nine year system. No matter how diamet- r cti Lv opposed men seem to be on questions of government and social and industrinl aiiairs, no matter how dilforont their rclig- ous beliefs, when they become acquainted with the principles 1 1 -- il l.. 1 :i !..-..! involved 111 huh sysiuin, it justi fies their common admiration and approbation, and they can not but view it, not as a compro mise between labor and capital, but as a just and certain medium for tho adjustment ot the vital industrial questions that confront us today, and as 11 gate-keeper who extends an impartial hand to all men alike who knock at tho door of opportunity, whether they bo of high or low degree, ignorant and unknown, or learn ed nnd influential. How a corporation is organized under the Boir. Illo 9D-Ycnr Sys tem : The nromotor or promoters organizing a corporation under this nowBystem aro allowed only 10 percent in Btoek not transfer able for 99 years. They do not get their stock certificates until GO per cent of tho capital stock has been subscribed and paid for. so if Micro is any chance in tho proposition tho promotor or promoters aro ink ng It. 11 tins stock is not good enough lortiiom to keen and iret tho earnings, or, in other words, tho divi dends, surely it is not good enough for other people who do not know as much about the proposition as they. Only n GO 100 part of tho last GO per cent can bo sold to any ono person. For instnnce.if a company should oriran zo forSlO.000 tho promoter may say. I will tako all l can in this company." It is truo that he could keep tho lu por com which ho is allowed for promot ing tho proposition and ho could also subscribo for tho other 150 per cent, which would givo him 40 per cent, but tho G0-100 part of tho last $0,000, which would be GO per cent of tho $10,000 com pany (Btock always pur value $10.00), it would take GOO people to buy that GO por cent That would givo $10.00 each, providing thev went the limit. Thus tho controlling interost lies in the hands of tho majority. Another thing that cannot be dono under this system is for any ono person who owns stock in tho first 40 por cent to pur chaso any in tho last GO nor cont, It will readily bo seen now this system spells death to tho fnko promoter's schemes, and places tho control in tho hands of tho majority. Under this system, whether a promoter is honest or dishonest does not strengthen 01 weaken tho proposition, for this reason that tho majority of the neon 0 have their hands on the lever all the time. There will be no moro uuestions asked in regard to the promotor or those who are at tho head of tho prop osition, in regard to their reputa tion, than there is today when u, man makes a purchase of five acres of land. If tho buy appeals to him and tho abstract is correct to date and his deed is all right, it does not occur to him to look un the owner s reputation, be cause ho does not care. It makes no difference. Itdoes nqt weak en or strengthen the deal ho is closing in tho least; and it will be tho same in purchasing stock in the future. Wo are not left to the mercy of tho president of a corporation and a board of directors under the Bonviile 99 Year Svstem. The principle of majority rulo is strictly adhered to in all tho transactions of a company or ganized under this Bystem, to illustrate: A corporation organ- izos for $10,000.00 for a mercan tile business. Under this sys tem there would bo no favors shown to stockholders in any way, shape or form. It is true that the officers would bo elected from among the stockholders of the comnnnv. but if tho majority of the stockholders decided to elect a man for president or gen- nil mnnmrer of the company, and such a person had only ono dollar invested in 11, muy cuiuu uu it and turn tho man down who owned 40 per cent, of tho capital stock. No minority rulo here. Again, there will bono special ivilege class" under this sys- pr tern. The persons occupying remunerative posittons win be chosen for t ie r nu ty to till such places and are at all times subject to a recall by the major ity. The stockho dors of such or ganization will not be entitled to discounts, rebates, or other fa vors, but thev will iret pro rata what their dollar earns, outside tho running exnonso of a prop osition, and tho dividends will bo forwarded to them no matter on what part of tho globe they make their homo. Under tho 99-Year system, nil business is transacted on a strictly cash basis or its equiva lent, from start to finish. 11 a corporation fails it must bo through the demerits of tho bus iness invested in, and such n company mity bo dissolved at any time by three-fourths of the stockholders with a division pro rata among tho investors. Now, here is an argument that is put up to tho representatives of tho 99-Year SyBtem often in fact, I am Bitfe in Baying that wo have this to contend with moro thnn any other objection: They say unit once t ie r money is in a cor poration of this kind that it has to stay there; that if they saw some better investment they can not sell and therefor cannot tnko advantage of it. Beforo going any furMier 1 would like- to say this to ovcrv reader, give your- sulf a littlo time and let this sink way down in your mind: If tho proposition you have invested in is not n paving ono for you nei ther will it ho a profitable ono for tho other stockholders, therefore tho on v alternative w be a (Its solution of tho company, and wo can Btifoly trust the majority to Utko tho wisoHt course where tho host intoroats of all aro concern ed. This system does not claim to prevent iuisuikus 111 judgmum. Neither will it stop peoplo from being unreasonable, or from be ing extravagant; it will not put brains in people's heads who haven't any, nor will it stop peoplo from abusing privileges providing tho avenues aro loft opon for them to do so whether it is a detrimont to society or not. It will make 111011 equal in two wuvs 011 v. before the law. and in getting pro rata what thoir money earns. If a man invests his money nnd Iohcb it in a corporation or- ganized undor tho 99-Year Sys tom, even if ho losos it on tho domoritB of tho proposition, ho knows how ho oat t. ror in stance, n company can organize to sink an oil won, or it may no a mining proposition, and thoy understood whon thoy invent thoir monev that if thoy strike oil or oro tho earnings on thoir monev wi 11 bo big. T horoforo. thoy tako tho chnnco. On tho other hand, if thoy do not find tho profits thoy oxpoct, that comes under the heading of los ing thoir money on tho demerits of a proposition and nil of the invostora lost pro rata according to tho amount invested. Tho host judgment of tho majority was at fan t and tho whole trans action comes undor the heading of a mistake. This is vastly d fforent from tho prosent moth ods, whoro tho majority lose, but tho "special few" havo n sure tiling. Under the old system tho promoters will tuko tho 50 or GO 1 it 1 1 1 por cent wnica inuy wio iuiuwcu, for what they aro pleased to call their "good will." This gives thorn tho control; they favor their friends in tho way of positions or using them as dummies. In a good many instances they uso tho mortoy that comes from the treasury stock, tho 40 per cont, and uso it for salaries und run ning expenses, for publicity ad vertising, and experimenting on the proposition. If it should ac cidently turn out good, thoy let the mine, if that bo the invest ment.fill up with water, or say it filled up, or uso somo other methods to picture all tho dis couragements possible in order to gather in all tho stock thoy can before tho public wakes up to the value of tho mine. If it does not prove any good, thoy MaRe Money from the Soil Eastern Oregon can be count ed on to do its share in the state's agricultural production. Now that the crops are gathered, in stances of big yields are being reported. Elba Rogers, a far mer of the Frcewnter district, received over $1100 for tomatoes raised on three-quarters of an acre. His crop was marketed through the Fruit Growers' Un ion, which was probably respon sible for a good price. Curtis and Rolph of Ontario dug 1,000 bushels of splendid potatoes from two and one-half acres. From ono hill GG potatoes were taken. Moro than seven car loads of pure alfulfa honey was shipped out of Vale this year. advertise at the expense or tho peoplo who are paying for this stock, bought out of the 40 por cent, and sell their personal slock as fast as they 'can instead of tho company's. They uso all they can of it for iidvertiMing their own stock which thoy are selling out of the aforeitiid GO per cent, inow, me oniy tiling they must account for. that i show how the money watt upont that was taken in from the treas ury stock; this is easily dono by l . 1 K.( . ..... XT salaries, advertising, etc. imuw, can't you see how eauy it is un der tho old system to carry on wholesale robbery, and use the stock transferring scheme u a shield? And it comes under tho heading of business, and lit sanc tioned by the laws that wo make not "they." but "wo." Tho majority of tho peoplo sanction this law either knowingly or un knowingly, and wo alono are re sponsible for these conditioiiK. We refused to think. I am satis fied that the majority of tho peo ple aro honest, or mean to bo. A good many peoplo havo grown up surrounded by this utiuos piicre and have made themselves believe that it is business. And thoy only tnko advantago of op portunities allowed by the law. Thus thoy reason and we. tho ma jority, allow those conditions to continuo. Now, 1 would ask the renders, for thoir own benefit to spend from ono to two hours a tiny, t lenstono hour, figuring on tho conditions of the country, got acquainted with the ins nnd outti nnd throw aside a few of tin books of fiction that tho minori ty of us aro reading today and spend that time rending tho bi ography of mon who did some thing, got acquainted with tho constitution of our country. Watch Bomo of ourbigmagtixinoK what thoy aro tolling us today, and our newspapers. Tho ma jority of them aro doing their share, but wo seem to lot it go in ono onr nnd out of tho other. Don't be misled that there in anything going to sottloour pres ent trouble but a system that will givo the people direct action, in other words, majority ink. This ia what tho Bonviile 99 Year System doos. Wo my thw system givos tho peoplo direct action. By direct action wo moan tho power to vota the amount of snares thoy represent They not only possets the amount of money those sltHroa roproeont, but by tho provisions of tho bylaws of this system they control it If thoy aro thousand ofmiloHuway from the Homo office of tho company in which thoy havo Btock thoy can voto by letter sent by rogistorod mail. No voting by proxy is allowed. It is tho policy of this systom to leave no stono unturned, or no nvonuo left opon to admit graft in any form. Our banner bears this inscription alone: A Square Deal To All. There will be no twenty billion dollar estates un dor this systom. Whon un indi vidual's income roaches annually one hundred thousand dollars, tho surplus immediately goes to the stato wherein ho resides to bo used for tho public good. Wo udvocate somothing for very one. Not overything for some. Wo shut out tho money king and in his place wo put tho public benefactor. This systom will bo a potent factor in bringintf about a condition of universal justice which will bo world wide, when once tho peoplo become ncquaint ed.with it nnd recognizo its mer its. It is a universal law that tho old must givo place to the now. Worn out traditions must go down beforo the whools of progress. Tho needs of tho hour must bo rockonod with. The Bonviile 99-Year systom is horo to meet that need. Wo invite investigation. Subscribe for U10 Review and be happy.