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St. Johns is Calling You li icconel In number of Industries. I tevenlh in population. Car lo Portland every 20 min. Has navigable water on 3 aides. Hat finest gas and electricity. Hoi two strong banki. Hat five large school houses. Has abundance of purest water. Has hard surface streets. Has extensive sewerage system. Has fine, modern brick city hall. I las payroll of f 95.000 monthly. Ships monthly 2.000 cars freight. All railroads have access lo it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. St. Johns Is Calling You Mas saven churches. Has n most promising future. Distinctively! manufacturing city Adjoins the city of Portland. Has nearly 6,000 population. Has n public library. Taxablo property, f4,50O.OO0. Has large dry docks, sow mills Woolen mills, iron works, " Stove works, asbestos factory, Ship building plant, Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill, Box factory, and others. More industries coming. St. Johns is tin place for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted (o (he Interenti of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. 8 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 16. 1913. NO. 27 SWEET PEA DAY Will Be on Friday, July Ilth This Year At a meeting of the board of governors of the Commercial Club last Thursday evening, it was decided that Sweet Pea Day would again be" observed this year, and July 11th was the date selected for same. Either the St. Johns rink or the Commercial Club rooms will be utilized for the purpose, the city dock, where it was held last year, being deemed too unhandy and too far from the business district. An entertainment of special merit will take place in the evening. Ben It. Vardaman, one of the most eloquent public speakers of the continent, will be present and deliver a talk. C. C. Cur- rin, C. H. Boyd and S. W. Hog ers was appointed as a commit too on arrangements, it is ex pected that the Sweet Pea Show this year will equal, if not excel, the superb display of last year. C. E. Arney. a Northern Pa cific railway olllcial, requested t list of industries that are not represented in St. Johns, but to which the location is peculiarly adapted. A committee consist ing of John N. Edlefsen, F. P. uruiKcr and A. w. unvis was appointed to assemble the desired information. It was decided that all mem bcrs of the club shall be provid ett with a key to the rooms. Members may securo keys from Secretary Hiller. W. It. Evens, W. M. Tower and II. W. Bonham was appoint ed a committco to invest! irate into tho feasibility of installing a bowling alley in connection with the club. A two-dav campaign resulted in adding 20 nowmembors to tho enrollment, and seven wore ro instated. Tho matter of securing a car for tho rose shower during Car nival week was discussed, and it was decided that the editor of the St Johns Review should bo requested to solicit funds thin tho columns of his paper for de fraying the expenses incident upon fitting up a car that would bo a credit to tho city. It was decided that lunch bo sorved at tho regular monthly meeting Wednesday, May Mth. COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention With tho exception of Alder man Waldref, all members were present at tho regular weekly meeting of tho city council Tues day evening, with Mayor Brede son presiding. A petition for tho improve ment of Richmond street from Willamette boulevard to tho river was received, and the at torney directed to prepare a res olution providing for its improve ment Tho petition asked for concrete paving the full width. Tho proposed improvement is a most vital one, as it will afford tho only feasible outlet for sev eral large manufacturing plants along the river front. The Peninsula Iron Works ask ed if permission would be given the 0. W. R. and N. Co. to ex tend its switch on Bradford street from the woolen mills to the St, Johns Lumber Co.'swood yard. Matter referred to tho city attorney and engineer for recommendation. Ormandy Bros, asked for per mission to use a portion of Alta street sidewalk for display pur poses. Granted. The committee on better ferry service reported an interview with the county commissioners, in which the latter promised to arrange to have the boilers of the boai cleaned by ten o'clock Sun day mornings, and also to make a test of running the ferry boat until ten o'clock at night for one week in order to ascertain if the traffic demanded or justified con tinuing such later service. Jacob Hahn was awarded the contract of laying a gutter on the south side of Philadelphia street between Hayes and Fill more streets. The contract price was 14 cents per lineal foot Bills amounting to $402.57 The Garden Beautiful The following interesting pa per was read by Mr3. T. J. Mon ahan at the recent Mothers' meeting: Dear friends and fellow work ers of the W. C. T. U. : Again wo meet this lovely May after noon to talk over plans and read papers that may be useful, not only to ourselves, but to others that we may come in contact with after we leave this hall and go to our several homes, inspir ed with the thought of tho gar den beautiful. My subject this afternoon is to be. the garden beautiful. There could not have been given me a subject more congenial to my tasto than the one assigned me, and though I may not bo able to. say very much that may be new to you, I hope by the time I get through you will have been inspired by some of my thoughts and ideas to take an active part in trying to get others to join in tho work i of beautifying our gardens until every one who visits our little city shall exclaim "How beauti full" Out hero in this great Pa eiflc Northwest, and especially in our now bcautiiul Oregon, na ture has done everything need ful, and it only remains for you and I to do our part, and wo can have beautiful gardens every where. My own garden is not laid out with any great amount of artistic taste, I am sorry to say, and still you know we take a great deal of pleasure in our home and irarden. It !b the dearest spot on earth to us, and tho more you beaut fy tho irar den tho dearer it becomes to you. It is so in all the ro ations of life tho more time and atten tion you give to anything the more you become attaciicd to it. How many times havo you pass cd somo lovely garden and just longed to be permitted to take a walk through it; just to breathe tho air laden with porfume.llow ers and shrubbery J And. don'i you know, that I boliovo that tho homo that is surrounded with a nice garden has a tendency to sweeten tho lifo and temper of tno family, for to a certain ox tcntoursurroundingshas a great deal to do with us. So let us try and make lifo worth tho living by beautifying our own gardens. Let us launch out this beauti ful May day with a now zeal and inspiration, that wo may got a greater vision of nature in all its grandeur, mat wo may go forth to work witli a united effort to interest all of our people to help in tho grand work of beautifying and building up the most beautiful spot in Oregon. t here is ono thing I wish to men tion boforo I close, and that is in reference to our vacant blocks, that tho weeds are allowed to grow up with no one to look af ter them. Tho sidewalks aro al most impassible at times. Why cannot wo interest our city coun cilmen and get them to help us to beautify tho town And now. dear friends, if I havo said any thing that will help any of you to a nobler, grander idea of life and tho way to obtain it I shall consider that what little I have done has not been in vain. Thanking you for your attention, and hoping wo may all get some good out of this and go forth from this meeting this afternoon with a greater vision of how to go out into life to help beautify and make lifo worth living; thank you. were allowed. The improvement of New York street between Smith avenue and Fessenden street was ac cepted, The recorder stated that tho contractor on the Fessenden street improvement between Jersey and Smith avenue had consumed a little over live months over time on the improvement, but as the state of the weather was mainly responsible for the delay, council decided not to im pose tho penalty provided in the contract A resolution providing for the improvement of Leonard street between bt Johns avenue and Bruce street by grading, six foot cement sidewalk apd 18 foot curb was adopted. Better Bargains For Saleseven full lots on Olympia street at $300 each, plus cost of street improvements. Terms, 10 per cent cash, balance $5.00 a month. S. C, Cook, 308 S. Fessenden street Work for a OcMtwr 8C Jebu. THE LIBRARY Interesting Review of the New Books The names of all tho children who have school gardens are posted in the library. On the table beneath tho names will be found a collection of books on gardening for children. Colored pictures of a few of the birds to bo seen in and near St. Johns during May aro now on display, li you see a bird which you are not acquainted with, como m and look up his name. Havo you read "Everybody's Calendar" for May If not, you are missing some clever fun. It is posted on tho library bulletin board. The St. Johns banch of the So cialist party has presented the library with a copy of Bouck White's much talked of book. "Tho Call of tho Carpenter." It will be placed on the shelves as soon as it can be catalogued. It is a book which stimulates much discussion, for readers aro apt to either enthusiastically endorse or violently reject tho author's point of view. It is an attempt by a sincere Christian to free Christ's teachings from the wrong which he feels has been done them by an institutional Christianity, from tho begin ning in close nllianco with an empiro founded on slavery and exploitation of tho many Chris tianity, tho "rolig'on of slaves." a religion of quietism whoso value its a hypnotic for thisun easy class was recognized by tho Emperor Constantine. Quito a different Christianity a religion of revolutionary democracy he believes was taught by Christ. tho legitimate descendont of tho prophets who represented that democratic spirit of tho Hebrews which no foreign or domestic tyranny could stifle. Tho uso of a workingclass movement found cd on the same idea as that of Christ but antagonistic to insti tutiona) Christianity, makes it an act of tardy justice to take stock of the real teachings of Christ, who. in Mr. White's opinion, takes his n aco today in tho hearfof tho revolutionary la bor movement. John Howard Melish of tho Church of tho Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. Bays: "Tho aim of this book a to make Jesus the most interesting person in history, and it suc ceeds splendidly. It is a book which every ono interested in tho religion of Christ should read in order to get the social basis of tho Gospel It is a book which every ono interested in tho social question should read, that ho may havo a now view of tho re ligbn of Christ" A. Conan Doylo Lost World. It is not so much a lost world as ono that has survived. For tho world--a pleco of world which tho little group of English scientists and adventurers stum ble on in tho heart of South America is an elevated plateau where amid conditions that havo not varied for alons, tho lifo of the Jurassic period presists un changed. Tho inuanodon. pter odactyl and dinosaur fllourish, and after combating successfully with an or these the party meets. as a crowning adventure, a tribe of ferocious man-apes tho miss ing links! The climax of tho tale comes with the loosing in a Lon don lecture room, filled with scoffers who refuse to believe tho strange tale, of a youthful pteo dactyl. If you wish an idea of the excitement caused, consult the dictionary for a picture of the animal in question. The Lost World is the most imaginative of all the author's books. A highly interesting tale of out- andish adventure of a sort to stir tho pulse of even the most jaded novel reader. There is a good deal of fun incidentally and an abundance of animation and dash. Kennedy-Noble White ashes. A story which is concerned with the romance of fire insur ance. Big business interests enter into the plot. The date of the story is 1914, so the dramat ic burning of Boston, which comes as a climax, is allowable without any violation of facts of known history. Dissolution NoticedNotice is hereby given that the firm of Burkard and Mueller has been dissolved. Burkard and Mueller, Self Trimmed Dresses The woman who does not want. an admired dress is rare and no dress is more admired than one which is made by the wearer and carries a touch of personality and originality with it. No dress materials ever shown have offer ed so much opportunity for real ly artistic decoration and real economy as tho beautiful mate rials "the dresses that trim themselves." Many beautiful dress patterns aro Bpoiled by an unfortunate choice of trimmings and many a beautiful dress is out of reach of tho woman who wants it, because the cost of trimmings carries its nrico be yond her limit. Take No. 717G as an example except tho fow findings, not a bit of extra cost is added to the cost of tho material, and who says it is not artistically trim med has no liking for simplo beauty. Tho border of theso fabrics used any way you please blends in color schenio with the body of tho chosen pattern, and no mistake of shades is possiblo and there isn't tho chance of ov or trimming it. Naturally only materia s of soft tcxturo end themselves to this method of self trimming, such as foulards and crepes, voiles, charmeusc. crepe do chine, dimities, Swisses and tho like. Will Be a Great Success St Johns is bound to havo a Fourth of July celebration that will eclipse anything of a like nature ever held on tho Peninsu- a. Negotiations for attractions that will attract widespread at tention are now going on. Each committee is working its very best, and funds aro still being subscribed with gratifying gen erosity. It is understood that Vancouver will not celebrate this year, and it is proposed to divert the immenso crowdf, that habit ually attend tho Vancouver cele brations to St. Johns this year. Tell your friends there will bo something doing in St Johns on the Fourth. A list of events will bo published in the near future. It is confidently expected that all business houses and resi dences as well will decorato for the jubilee, and that as many business interests as possible be represented by floats in the pa rade. Prizes will be ofl'ored for tho best decorated floats, also for tho best decorated buildings. Who Will be the First That a rose car be fitted up in manner reflecting the public spiritedness of St. Johns for the rose shower during Carnival week, it is necessary that funds be raised for that purpose. The Review is ready to receive all subscriptions toward that end. The object is a worthy one, and should meet the approbation 01 all. Tho expense will not be arge. but the more money the better the display. No sum. no matter how small, will be refus ed. Don't wait for some one else to lead the way. Bring or send in your contribution' at once. A list of contributors will be published from week to week. This appeal is in pursuance of request by the Commercial club. Who will be the first? Currin says: All things being equal, trade at home. Glltnore's Barber Shop a spe cialty on childreas' hair cutting, AN ABLE PAPER On How to Furnish the Home Tastefully Tho following excellent paper was read by Airs. Elizabeth 01 Ben at tho Mothers' meeting, subject, uood Taste in furnish ings:" I think tho furnishing of the homo a delightful task, and yet a problem. A home cannot be made in a uay, nor a wcck, nor a year, and tho wise woman will not try to, but will buy slowly, deliber ately, and thus wisely, only the things actually needed at the start. I say the furnishings of a homo is a problem, and it is. because there is not only ono but many questions to be considered in tho buyingof one piece of fur niture. Why do wo fail so often to make our homo beautiful? There are three reasons wo might mention lack of trained color sense; we overlook the laws of appropriateness, and last but not least, lack of money. Why havo our homes successfully fur nished, anyway uocauso we want that peace of mind that comes from really beautiful sur roundings, somo homes arc as noisy as a saw mill because of tho children? no, but because of tho lurnish ngs. Then wo want our homo successfully furnished that it may please our friends. wnen wo try to uazzio men we become a failure. If tho key note bo simplicity, order, clean lincss and harmony, it is made a standard 01 tasto bv winch other homes aro measured. The furnishing of tho homo falls mostly upon tho mistress, and sho knows that her homo passes judgment upon her, and so she endeavors to make tho best of what alio has. There are certain principles which enter chiefly into tho furnishing of a homo tho lines of tho room, the amount of light entering tho room, the uso of the room, and tho use of tho article Wo sometimes get tho idea that furnish or decorate means added to and has nothing to do with original construction. A bond of kinship should unite all tho elements in tho room. Kooms must bo considered not only as individual rooms, but in their relation to tho other parts of tho house. For instance, what a sharp contrast from a bright green upholstered parlor into n dull and faded sitting room with all cast off furniture. So many of us aro not permitted to build our own house; wo must make possiblo somebody olso's impos sible idea. Wo find tho ceilings too high: wo can lower them with a drop border. Then if the ceilings arc too low wo can uso the narrow border, or nono at all. A friend of mino lives in what 1 havo always called a doll house. Tho ceilings aro exceed ingly low, nnd somehow or other theso two who havo always shown such excellent taste in tho homo furnishing put tho drop border in their rooms. I always felt that I was being smothered when ever I visited with them. Tho drop border spoiled the whole ellect Now as to colors, the warm colors aro red, orange, ye. low; the cool colors aro green, bulo and violet. Ilenco rooms on tho south side of tho house could have the cool colors, and in those rooms where is received little or no sunshino tho warm colors could bo used. To enlarge tho rooms, use cool colors. Now as to our floors, shall it bo rugs or carpets? Our grandmothers and grandfathers, perhaps, my cling to tho carpet,and I will not quar rel with them. It does feel fine to jump out of a warm bed in the winter time and step on a well padded carpet, and 1 say lot them have their carnetbut when cleaning day comes, from a hy gienic point of view, and as a la bor saving, givo mo stained floors and rugs. In tho bed rooms, especially." I prefer the stained floors and small rugs well placed with reference to their use. We have ono bed room in our house that has a carpet, and that room is a night mare to me when cleaning day combs, for I must take everything down and cover them up, and then sweep as carefully as 1 may, I will raise a dust Mother always said that if raising a dust would clean a room I certainly would clean it. Whereas the stained floors, all I havo to do is throw the rugs out on tho porch, go over the floors with my mop and go out doors and clean my nigs, and all the dust is out doors and not in the room settling on walls and curtains and bed, to be breathed in. On tho hall floor unstairs I would put a small rug or strip of carpet and no carpet on tho stairs. Circumstances alter cases. If I had a large family of children l believe I would carpet the stairs, to deaden tho noise. I called on a lady ono afternoon. She has niile boys. From neces sity sho believes in bare floors. After spending half hour in that homo I said away with your no tion of sanitary bare floors, or else give mo rubber heels and soles for the shoes of each boy. I should put rugs on all the floors downstairs, be tho rugs large or small. Un the kitchen floor in oleum with rugs spread where you have to stand or walk most In tho selection of nigs wo must always keep m mind tho color scheme, and that t is nual tv and not quantity wo want The Oriental makes aro tho best all around rug we can buy. Now as to furniture, let us go to the bedroom first. Tho charm of this room is Its s inn c tv. An iron or brass bed ia better than mahogany from a hygienic view point. It is said that a cer tain collector of nntimics slent on an old cot for years. Ho was waiting to buy an old fashioned four poster bod. Let us buy tho furniture that meets our needs. not that of the last century, merely because it is old and rare. A dresser, a straight chair or small rocking chair, somo soft dainty curtains at the windows. Some ono else will hang the pic tures in this home, for that is not in my subject. Tho furni ture may be light colored wood in natural finish or painted white. Tho whole room thould have the effect of daintiness and fresh ness, which comes from light furnishings, and that inrnacu- late cleanliness which is possiblo in any home. In the reception hall. bo it lanre or small, tho general color scheme should bo cheerful, extending a cordial wclcomo to the guests. us lurnishings aro not a com plox matter. They should be simple, suitable and rather for mal in character. A crat rack Ib necessity. Do not buy tho creations which combine shoo box, umbrella stand, 'scat, bu reau and glass and crat rack (from experienco I say), for tho umbrellas and coats got tangled and tho seat is always full just when you want to open it to got your hat or something out. Choose a good plate ghiBs for mirror framed in plain stained uirdwood, hang it wheru tho ight falls on tho person, not on tho glass. Ono or two chairs. and, if room, a small tablo and scat, thus you havo a comploto lall outlit Sty'cs in furnishings vary, but good co tors, good doshrns and appropriate furnishings aro always In fashion and a satisfac tion. In tho living room, which s tho dominant room in the louse, 1 would not put sets oi ike furnituro in here, but I would uivo iirmncss nnd plainness. Do nway with carved and scroll ed furnituro in this room, and n all rooms for that matter. Tho furnituro should bo made for comfort and to last. Avoid cheap things, uemember "a cheap articlo gives satisfaction but onco - whon you pay tho bill." A good articlo costs more n the start, but in the end ia the cheapest, because it never ias to bo replaced. That is why suggest wo lurnish our homes slowly, because in tho most lomos wo do not havo money enough to buy good furnituro at tho start. All furnituro should bo of ade quate size and shapo for com- mi.. i.ru t onuuiu uau, ijiu uujuciiuii una )ccn raised that some ot tno arts and crafts furnituro needs a derrick for moving it about tho room, and somo of it does, but a chair is not built to bo trund- ed about tho room like a go- cart; it need be moved but little and at infrequent intervals. There is a satisfaction in settling one's self into a commodious chair for an evening, which is never felt by tho owner of frail furniture. The table should mvo firmness, bo that tho child could not push it over whenever le comes near it. The table should be adequate to hold a few books, magazines and a reading ami). A couch covered with eather. denim or burlap is bet ter than plush-like texture. It is well to reflect that what ever we buy wo encourage man ufacturers to produce. 1 he din ing room, the color scheme be ing warm and cheerful, chairs and tablo should be of dark brown. Tho yellow brown var nished furniture do, but cheapen SCHOOL NOTES Happenings Told In An Interesting Way The right kind of spirit for the Katawa was shown last Friday by the few irirls who took tho trip. Despite the fact that tho weather was uncertain and roads muddy, tho hikers started out with the full intention of oniov- ing themselves as much as ever. Tho hike was long enough to make them know that they had hiked, but short enough to make them want to go soon again. Every girl reported, "the best time we ever had." Monday evening all those as piring for track honors tried out for places on tho team, which will meet Vancouver High school this Friday at Vancouver. Van couver has a team which prom ises to be a strong contestant, for they havo won tho Southwestern Washington championship, be sides winning dual meets from such schools as Lincoln High and Oregon City. Tho records of James John aro so much belter than those of Vancouver that wo expect to win an easy victory. Last Thursday afternoon tho track team of the James John 1 1 itrh School, eomnosod of Hnsil Smith, Cyril Magonc, Eugono Thurmond and Homer Plasket. with their coach, left town bound for tho State High School track meet at Eugene Saturday. Tho team had hopes of bringing back throe or four medals, but tho bad weather of Friday and Saturday prevented them from doing as well as they anticipat ed. However, their ciforts were not without reward, for they succeeded in winning six points. This is not as bad as it might bo. for thero wero twenty-nine schools that did not win a singlo point Cyril Magono won first place in tho polo vault hgainsr about fifteen competitors, and this was done by a vault of only ten feet, which is a foot below the he ght ho is capable of. Ba sil Sm th took third place in tho broad Jump and made an excel lent s lowing in tho high hur dles, t lough ho did not succood in winning a place. As a result of his work in tho polo vault at Eugene Saturday. Cyril Magonc has been invited to attend an all star track meet at Corvallis given by tho 0. A. C. on May 17th. All tho win ners of first places at Eugeno will compete with a number of tho best college track men of tho stato and tho 0. A. C. toam. Sparks From Eugene. "Doc" Thurmond says that tho tooth acho and half milo runs do not go well togothor. Homer claims that tho eats on tho campus given by tho girls of tho university wero equal to those of the Argo3y picnic. "Pinkie" on tho train-" Look at that China pheasant, boys!" His cousin failed to look, Somo class to that milo runner from Athena was tho comment of the grand stand. Tho Junius John boys confirmed this opinion on the train Sunday morning. Hevengo is sweet. Tho won derful McMinnville basket ball center failed to win a placo in tho polo vault. Baker took e oven at i otua to the meet and did not get a singlo point. tho effect of the room, whatever color tho walls and floors may bo. A plate rack is an addition to tho room, providing it is not abusud by placing upon it brightly or lightly colored plates. Pewter or tho old plates of subdued color tones aro bettor. A room spotted with a display of garish china can never bo anything but distracting, whereas a few old pieces selected with care aro an enrichment. Remember I am giving you authority, not my words, and they say do away with your china closet or else hang curtains inside tho doors. Tho average' sideboard is most generally a catch-all, and is really not of much service. Also they say do away with tho rug under the dining room table, but place rugs about the tablo when they aro of direct service to those ap proaching the feast Tho idea ia ui uo uway wiin an useless ar ticles and all shine off furniture, floors and walls and avoid imita tion in everything, choose tho plain and simplo, tho endurable and usoful and appropriate, and wo will havo a homo most beautiful.