H'lfc Sochi,
St. Johns is Calling You
It second tn number of Industries.
It seventh in population.
Can to Portland every 16 min.
Ha navigable water on 3 tidet.
Hot finest gat and electricity
Hat two ttrong bankt.
Hat five large tchool liouiet.
Hat abundance of purett water.
Hat hard turface ttreett.
Hat extentive sewerage tyttem.
Hat fine, modern brick city hall.
Hat payroll of f 95,000 monthly.
Shlpt monthly 2,000 can freight.
All railroadt have access to it.
It gateway to Portland harbor.
Climate Ideal and healthful.
St. Johns Is Calling You
Has ttrcn church.
Hat a most promising future.
Distinctively a manufacturing city
Adjoint the city of Portland.
Hat nearly 6,000 population.
Hat a public library.
Taxable property, $4,500,000.
Ha large dry docks, taw milli
Woolen mills, Iron works,
Stove works, asbestos factory,
Ship building plant,
Veneer and excelsior plant,
Flour mill, planing mill,
Box factory, and other.
More industries coming.
St. Johns Is the place for YOU,
ST. JOHNS REVIEW
Devoted to (he Interest! of the Peninsula, (he Manufacturing Center of the Northwest
VOI,. 9
ST. JOHNS, ORKOON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1913.
NO. 39
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Purchase of Parks and
Play Grounds Urged
The following instructive pn
nor was read by Miss Lulu Ma
gone on "What Can We Do to
Make St. Johns Beautiful" at the
Mothers' meeting in the city hal
Monday afternoon:
it is wortli while to plan and
work for a beautiful city. It
should interest us almost as
much as wo are interested in
makingour own homes beoutiful.
Wo can be very glud James John
planned our streets for us, for if
they had been laid out like many
of our large cities, with no at
tention paid to the lay of the
ground and no special place for
a business district with wider
streets than the residence sec
tion, our efforts to beautify St.
Johns would be almost useless.
for like a dress or a house, if a
city is planned wrong no amount
of trimmings can make it beau
tiftil. Our principal aim must
bo to keep our city from degon-
eratingasit becomes more thick
ly settled. If we should simply
fold our hands and admire our
beautiful view of the Willam
ette and the hills beyond and
think continually of how people
from the Eastern stales "rai
over it and how those who come
from sunny California enjoy the
grcon things we have the year
around that grow wild without
being planted or irrigated, our
city would grow crowded, dirty
and unhenltliful. like many other
manufacturing cities, for it
takes more than nn ideal situa
tion to make a beautiful city.
Our city probably always will
bo a manufacturing city and the
population working people.
Many of them would liko to get
out on a farm, but they cannot
always do as they would liko,
and tho best thing wo can do is
to combine tho advantages of
city and country as far as possi
ble. It would be nice to have tho
curbing tho whole length of the
streets planted with shade trees
of ono kind nnd size with rose
bushes between tho trees. A
smooth lawn with Mowers about
tho houso and along tho curb is
admired by every ono, but not
all are willing to do tho neces
sary work to hnvo a place liko
this. Wo can insist, though,
that every ono keep their houses
and back yards clean enough so
they will not spread diseases,
with no tin cans partly filled
with rain water where mosqul
tos can breed and no uncovered
garbage palls with decaying food
to feed Hies and disease germs.
Files nro ono of our greatest one
mles, and if wo fight them all
over our city It will not bo so
hard to keep thorn out of our
homes. I like the plan that has
been tried in some cities of giv
ing prizes to the children who
kill tho most flies during tho fly
season. We cannot have a clean,
healthy city and flies at tho same
time. I'll never forget what
tho Ladles' Home Journal said
last summer about files: "A fly
walks with equal interest over a
dead body, a manure pile or a
nicely Iced cake." Itseemstome
that it is even more important
that we should have an inspec
tor of door yards than it is to
have factory inspectors, for
more people dlo of preventable
diseases than are killed by acci
dents. One thing is certain that the
first step toward having a beau
tiful city is to make and keep it
clean. We have already made a
start in the right direction by
getting an ordinance passed that
all property owners must cut
down weeds or pay the city for
cutting them.
Now that we women are be
ginning to realize what we can
do, it will not be long till the
dirtiest places of all, the saloons,
are a thing of the past.
Physicians tell us that the
time is coming when the plans
of all buildings will be inspected
and approved by some one com
petent to judge if the building
would be a healthful place to live
in or not before building permits
are granted. I wiU be -glad if
St. Johns will hasten this time
by employing a health officer to
do this work. We cannot do
much to improve jold buildings,
but we can see that new ones
are built right. There is no rea
son why every one at home and
in the various places of employ
ment should not have plenty of
light and air. Even factories
arc healthful, pleasant places to
work when b'.ult -right, as the
woolen mill has proven to its
employes.
We must not forget that child
ren need play grounds as well as
good houses to live in. We older
people, too, often wish for a nice
picnic ground within walking
distance of our homes. This is a
matter we must attend to very
soon, or tho woods in the north
ern and eastern parts of the Pen
insula, which are the only places
left for parks, will be cut down
for fuel. I hate to sec the trees
cut down, for I know if the city
does not buy tho land we not
only can never have a park, but
there will be no nice places to
even take a walk. The price of
the land, too, is certain to keep
rising, especially so after the
Panuma canal is finished. It
would not bo nocessurv to nut
many improvements on the lnnd
nt first, but we should buy the
park site as soon as possible.
Mr. Nolan, the principal land
scape gurdener and town plan
nor in America says: "if you
write an article on city planning
don't forget to nut on every page
an exhortation to American cit
ies to buy land buy land when
they aro young and buy land ev
ery chance they get. They
CANT go wrong. Tell them to
buy land." We cannot ulTord to
let Seattlo get ahead of us in
anything but size. They have
provided every portion of tho fu
ture residence section of the city
as it expands with a forest park,
a play ground nnd a drive along
the water. Wo need these things
now and will need them more
every year as the population in
creases. Children as well as tur
keys need plenty of "ramro" in
order to grow up largo und
strong. It has beoir proven by
statistics that in tho big cities
tho smaller tho homes tho small
er the children. In one of the
garden cities of Englnnd the av
erage fourteen year old children
wcro seven inches taller than
tho average height of the child
ren living in the slums nearbv.
Of courae they-had-botter food,
but good food alone cannot mako
icalthy children.
At tho foot of Oswego street
isxa nice pasture for cattle, and
:m sure children would enjoy it
f they could have It for n play
ground. The under brush is all
cut down and many beautiful
rees havo been left standing.
Wo can trust tho men to tnko
good caro of tho farm nnimnls,
but wo can't expect them to
rive much thought to play
grounds for tho children, for
they naturally expect tho moth
ers to look after tho children.
They havo made laws for the
)rotection of cattlo and hogs for
years, uncio bam sends out mil-
etms to help them, nnd now that
we women -are voting citizens
wo can do as much for tho chil
dren. We have been waiting
or years for St. Johns to provide
us with a pnrK, mil i believe
now that it is our placo to do
what wo can toward getting one.
A recent editorial in the Even-
ng Telegram tells of n mother's
appeal for some arrangement by
which children could play safely
in somo of the streets, as the
citizens have not provided ade
quate play grounds for them.
She made this request for tho
jenefitof other people's child
ren, as her own little one was
killed while playing in tho street.
t seems that in some of our most
crowded cities certain blocks are
closed at specified times to give
the children a safo place to play.
This plan is better than no
play ground at all, but we want
to make sure while St. Johns is
young that the children will al
ways have a pleasant place to
play.
When I was a child and my
mother would take mo to the
city I felt so sorry for the child-
1 1 t if
ren wno nuu aucn units liny
yards to play in, and feel the
same way yet.
We must agitate the matter of
a public park until we have an
opportunity to vote bonds for
one. We have no place for a
very large park, but do you not
think we would be very proud of
St. Johns if we had two or three
parks connected by a boulevard?
Representatives of the U. S.
Bureau of Plant Industry and
fruit growers of the Northwest
will soon hold a series of meet
ings to discuss in a general way
the subject of apple storage and
refrigeration and to report some
thing of the Government's prog
ress in investigations as to the
behavior of fruit in cold storage.
This is a timely topic and one
that will interest the live fruit
growers who appreciate the value
of the work that is being done to
develop the subject.
WHAT IS NEW
In the World of Fashion
able Dress
You can't find anything smart
er for the summer outing than
this Balkan middy blouse, in
white linen frill or sateen, with
front closing skirt of white
serge, linen or ratine. No. 7015
shows a clever model, easy to
make, and in the popular drop
shoulder style. It; slips on over
the head and laces in front, un
der the tie that gives a cunning
touch of color. Even these out
ing things are made with tho
Rol bespierro collar, which is so
comfortable, rolling down to
show a glimpse of white throat,
and you can use a bit of contrast
ing color or fabric in this, Blue,
umber or rosoepongoor blue nnd
white or black and white striped
ratine would combine wejl with
white nnd black moiro or satin
tie. Of courso with this you
want a front closing skirt, be
cause in tub skirts the exigen
cies of laundering mnst bo con
sidered, and a skirt that buttons
all the way down the front Is tho
easiest thing in the world to
iron, for it can be opened nnd
spread out , flat on tho ironing
board. Thero are plaits nt tho
back, but if you feel they mako
tho skirt too wide- though mind
you, a tub skirt needs a little ex
tra width you may stitch tho
plaits all tho way down to the
lower edge. Thero aro six sizes
to tho blouse. 32 to 42. and size
3G requires 2J yards 36 inch ma
terial, lo cents, tho sKirt Yova
is in three sizes, lb, 17. 18 years
and size 18 requires 3i yards 42
inch material. Pattern 15 cents.
The Heights Boulevard
City Commissioner Brewster
is investigating tho project, pro
posed by property owners along
the heights between Portland
and Linnton, of grading for a
scenic boulevard to follow tho
hills high above tho present
Linnton drive. Iheir plan is
to turn the graded roadway over
to the city, with the proviso that
it shall be paved and maintained
at the city's expense.
Tho projected boulevard would
be about 12 miles long and would
follow tho contour of the hills,
instead of going In a straight
line.
It is the plan of the people in
Linnton to apply for annexation
to the city soon, Mr. Brewster
said, which would remove any
obstacles in the way of having
the city take -over the entire
boulevard. Oregonian.
As a result of the recent visit
of Chief Forester Graves to the
Siuslaw Forest Reserve, the ag
ricultural lands included in that
tract will be opened to entry by
homesteaders. A large part of
the land best suited to agricul
ture and dairying has already
been surveyed and segregated
and the balance will receive at
tention as soon as possible after
applications by prospective set
tlers have been received..
Get an electric head treatment or
massage at Gilraore'a Barber Shop.
Free School Books?
St. Johns now has the most
enterprising nnd progressive
School Board that it has over
possessed. New and valuable
features aro frequently being
added to the school work. Man
ual training, sewing und music
have been inaugurated, and more
pluy ground has been secured
for the children. The newest
thing thai is being arranged for
is cooking. Not only will the
art of cooking in its sovcrn
phases be taught, but tho pupils
will bo given instruction as to
tho food value contniucd in the
different articles of diet. This
is a most important feature, and
should provo of incalculable val
uo to the coming generation.
Another innovation that the
Board is favoring, and which
means much to the parents, is
tho proposition of placing before
the voters of tho school district
tho issue as to whether or not
the district shall purchase all
school books, instead of tho par
ents, as has been the case. The
buying of school books by parents
heretofore has been most bur
uensome. Almost every year
there has been now books to buy,
and parents of largo families
have u difficult time in providing
muds lor payment of same. If
the vote is favorable, they will
bo relieved of this burden be
ginning with the September
term, und the whole school dis
trict will bear tho expense. In
these modern times school books
change qui to often, for what
reuson many havo never been
nblo to clearly understand. But
if tho books aro provided bv the
district, tho parents will not bo
burdened nearly so bad y when n
chunge of books is eifected. It
is understood that tho micst on
will bo placed uri to the voters
in about twenty days, and It will
then be up to tWnurcnta to vote
and work in fnvpr of free school
books. In Pennsylvania school
books aro furnished .free to tho
pupils, and it seems to boa most
excellent system. Tho enter
prise of tho school board in pine
ing this question boforo tho peo
ple is to bo highly commended.
It is n most difficult matter for
the school board in St. Johns to
got tho sentiment of tho nubile
on any proposition. So very few
attend tho public school meetings
as to mako tho meotings of but
utile use. Therefore, the mem
bers of tho board aro compelled
to rely wholly unon their own
judgment on all matters relating
to school worK, without nn ex
pression from the people. And
they hnvo been doing exceeding
ly well- In fact, could not do bet
ter. TJio non-attendanco at tho
meetings is conclusive evidence
that tho people havo no obiec-
tion to raise against tho admin
istration of school affairs, and
nro entirely pleased with tho
management. Tho books aro
open at nil times for public "In
spection, und a statement of re
ceipts and disbursements will bo
published in December.
Profoundest Truth
The following extract is taken
from an address by W. J. Bryan
in 1910: "My friends, tho build
ing of theso great battleships,
these preparations by Christian
nations to fight ono another, is a
challenge to tho Christian civili
zation of tho world; It is infidel
ity to the doctrine taught by tho
Founder of the Christian relig
ion. Christ taught no such doc-
trine; ho taught us the power of
love, not the power of tho sword:
and those who havo tried to put
into practice this doctrine aro
the ones who have suffered least
from the use of force. I believe
that this nation could stand bo-
fore the world today and tell the
world that it did not believo in
war, that it did not believo that
it was the right way to settle
disputes, that it had no disputes
that it was not wining to submit
to the judgment of the world.
If this nation did that, it not
only would not be attacked by
any other nation on the earth,
but it would become the supreme
power in the world." To many
these doubtless seem like the
words of a dreamer. Perhaps
they are. To us, nevertheless,
they are words of profoundest
truth. Ex.
There will be a slight inclina
tion to claim that reports of pros
perity are exaggerated when
various bloated gentlemen aro
called upon for their" income tax
figures,
TOWN PLANS
Suggestions for Making
City More Beautiful
Tho following excellent paper
on Town Planning was read by
Mrs. A. T. Serrurier at tho Mo
thers' Meeting in the city hall
Aiondny atternoon:
As 1 looked over our Mothers'
meeting program and read the
title of the subject I was to take
part in. "My Idea of a Beautiful
Town," my memory ran back
over the years of my life to the
beautiful little village of New
Lisbon, where I was born. It
Is situated in the Lomomvnro
Volley on the banks of the Lom
omvnro river In Junean county,
Wisconsin.
No longer is the buzz of tho
saw and shrill whistle of tho
busy mills heard in its borders
Tho woodman's axo has long
since finished cutting the timber
available for lumber. It is now
surrounded by rich farms of
grain and fruit, with tho slick
kino roaming in the pastures of
sweet red clover, and lowing at
the pasture bars at the close of
day for the husbandman to draw
tho rich streams of milk for
commercial use in the cheese
factory and creamery. The beau
tiful little village of 1200 popula
tion, with its broad, well paved
streets, bordered with tall elms
that shades tho walk completely;
the comfortable homes in the
large, well kept lawns; a lovely
mrk near tho center of the vil
ago with a fine monument erect
ed to the memory of the sailors
and soldiers of the Civil War; a
arge pavilion for nny public
speaking; good graded schools
with n tine High school building;
four comfortable churches where
tho sweet chimes of tho bells
ring on n nuict Sunday morning.
calling tho villngers1and nearby
farmers to their devotions in the
Houso of God, and to the God of
lovo- such are the pictures that
hang In the hall of memory, and
it is nil thero still, for I visited
there three years ago this month.
It is not grandeur, but simplic
ity, that draws us nearer to God
and brings out what little good
there is in us. Wisconsin has
several beautiful towns, and I
might mention Waukesha, l uni
ons for her healthful water that
is bottled and shipped all over
tho United States. She has many
beautiful homes and surround
ings, but tho same can bo said
of thousands of other villages
and towns all over the United
States, and world, too, for that
matter.
Town planning, towns nnd vil
ages, aro planned and started
from conditions surrounding
them. It is tho several indus
tries carried on that makes or
mars a town. Men for ages have
been building und beautifying
towns nnd villages for homes,
nnd made a success of it. I
might almost say that it has
been carried too far. Man has
done this for the pleasure of wo
man. Now let woman use her
infiuonco to keep theso clean.
Vice and drunkenness can not
thrive without patronage. Let
us use our muuence to Keep our
children from patronizing vice,
and it will naturally move out or
die.
I think we need to begin m
the home, and when the child is
small and teach the child not to
mark or mar and destroy proper
ty. Just as soon as a family
moves out of a house thero is a
bevy of boys ready to ransack
tho house, carry off everything
movable, break windows und
sidewalks and leave things In a
deplorable condition. Another
thing that mars the beauty of
any place is to see names and in-
tints and hideous pictures cut
n every available place, even on
tho bark of trees. I was walk
ing yesterday in one place where
a beautiful laurel is just shed
ding its bark in the beautiful
pale green of the new bark. It
was all cut and marred. It just
made mo shiver; it was almost
ike cutting into the flesh of a
uiman being. We need to learn
children not to do such things.
Learn them that their name is
something to bo kept pure and
clean and a part of their charac
ter, and not to be scratched
around everywhere. The Elec
tric Power Co. cannot place a
seat along its track for the tired
passenger to sit upon without it
being all cut-and marred up.
1 seo by the bt. Johns Review
that Mr. Lewis, a gentleman up-
pointed by tho Commercial Club
'COUNCIL MEETS
Matters of Importance
Receive Attention
With the exception of Alder
man wucox, all members were
present at the regular meeting of
the city council Tuesday even
ing.
The fire department asked that
tho citV Insure thn flntinrlmnnr
against accident and illness, as
i was proposed some time ago. One
.member of the department. J.
F. Mitchell, is now suffering
from n broken leg contracted
' while on duty. Matter referred
to a committee consisting of Al
dermen Wilcox and Vincent and
Attorney Gatzmyor to draft ah
uruuiiwicu pruviumg lor sucn 'n
novation, which power is dele
gated to council by tho charter.
u. u. Lewis, as spokesman
nnd chnirmnn of tho park com
mittee of tho Commercial club,
told of the club's rccommenda
tion that the city hold n special
election lor the purpose of secur
ing land for park purposes, und
that the club had recommended
lour pieces of land lor the pur
pose, which aggregated about
eleven acres of lnnd at a total
price of $30,000. Mr. Lewis en
larged on tho desirability of
parks and play grounds, claiming
that they had n tendency to re
duce crlmo and Immorality. Up
on his recommendation the may
or and city attorney were ap
pointed to work in conjunction
with the Commercial club in
looking the sites over, und se
cure options on same if tho loca
tions were deemed most nractl-
cal for the uso intended. Alder
man Vincent earnestly advocat
ed parks as crlmo reducers nnd
their value from n health stand
point.
As the present council b some
what uncertain us to tho citv's
situation in regard to tho city
rock crusher and equipment
lease, the city attorney was di
rected to investigate tho status
of samo und report us soon as'
possible.
Attorney Gatzmyor iravo us
his opinion that the reconsidera
tion of the proposed mnrove-
mcnt of Richmond street, which
had been voted down several
weeks ago owing to excess cost,
was Impossible under tho rules
of order embodied in Ordinanco
No. '1. Since tho former voto
took placo it has been found that
tho excess cost could bo greatly
reduced, and several of tho conn-
oilmen wcro desirous of recon
sidering the vote. Tho only
thing possible, according to the
attorney, In order to hnvo tho
improvement tako placo would
be to begin at tho beginning of
proceedings, which council ex
pressed no disposition to do at
this time.
I ho city recorder was directed
to udviso the Homo Tolonhono
Co, to Install efficient service in
St. Johns in accordance with tho
provisions of its franchise. Tho
company has held a franchise for
tho past five yeurs, and It is un
derstood that so far thero are
only two phones in tho city.
Ono citizen stated that ho had
applied for a Home phone mo'ro
tlinn a year ago. but had been
unable to secure one.
'lhe proposed mnrovement of
East Polk street, which Improve
ment Is being vigorously fought
by Miss Elizabeth Cuplcs et. al
was held over once more for an
other week, In order that tho
city attorney might delvo more
deeply into several technicalities
that have ar sen as to tho nower
of signing remonstrances. Miss
Caples stated that she would bo
willing to grade the street be
tween Lynn avenue and Jersey
street, provided tho improve
ment of tho street did not tako
place, after the issue had been
raised by Alderman Martin, who
also believed sidewalks should
be laid on both sides of the
street for that distance.
The hard surfacing of Fessen-
to look after tho uvailable loca
tions for park purposes hero in
St. Johns, has selected four
different places and says they
can be secured for thirty thou
sand dollars. I think all four
are fine, and that we ladies of
the W. C. T. U. should uso our
infience to help them all we can,
for if there is any one thing
that makes a city beautiful and
restful it iB these small parks
right in tho city where they aro
wanted not so much for tho
present generations as thoso to
como after,
den street between Smith ave
nue and Oswego street was ac
cepted by the council, upon ac
ceptance by the engineer and
street committee.
Tho report of Chief of Police
Allen for tho month of July was
read and accepted.
A quarterly report of the city
recorder showed a balance in the
general fund of $10,391.
As the city exchequer is being
depleted in a rather rapid man
ner, it was decided to reduce the
street working force ns much as
possible.
Tho First National Bank was
awarded $5,296.90 improvement
bonds at par nnd accrued inter
est. It was the only bid offered.
An ordinanco providing tho
time nnd manner of Improving
Fox street between Charleston
und Oswego was passed.
An ordinnnco establishing the
Erado of Willamette boulevard
etween Richmond and Burling
ton streets was also passed.
A resolution providing for tho
improvement of Burlington
street between Jersey and Cen
tral avenue by grade and cement
sidewalk was adopted.
Directory resolutions for the
improvement of Crawford street
between Burlinuton and Pitts
burg with standard concrete
paving, and Central avenue be
tween Buchanan and John street
by grade and sidewalk were
adopted.
A petition for tho improve
ment of Willamette boulevard
between Richmond nnd John
street wns ordered returned -to
tho petitioners with the request
that tho Improvement bo contin
ued to Burlington street, and
more property owners sign same.
u. L. I'crrino usked that tho
open sower" near tho woolon
mills bo mndo less odoriferous.
Tho gentle western zephyrs were
so laden und permeated nt times,
ho said, with tho "perfume"
cminnting therefrom that the
nhnbitants in that neighborhood
were almost overpowered. Mr.
Perrino ulso recommended that
tho crematory bo placed in good
working order, and that it bo
ooked after in n more efficient
manner than has lately been tho
case. The mayor promised that
theso matters would receive duo
attention.
Iho following b us were ul-
owed:
Chns. Secrist $7.50, W. A.
flynn. $15. II. II. Rnsier $5. N.
Shoemaker $12.50, C. F. Brooks
$15, Paul Nelson $15. B. Wanless
$15, E. Jones $15. A. 15. Strait
$15, Fred Zolgler $15, Fay Rob-
nson $15. II. Williams $15, L.
VanDuzen $15, Fred Brown $3.75.
Jess Walker $3.75, Portland
tnllway, Light and Power Co.
$1421.31, J. T. Harbin $2, T. L.
mcrson $20. John Kline $15,
St. Johns Hardware Co. $30.83.
Geo. Skarr $15, E. C. Robinson
$15, Bert Olin $10, St. Johns
Planing Mill 70c. Portland Glaz
ed Cement Pipo Co. $71.70, St.
Johns Review $85.70, Edmondson
Co. $2.70, St. Johns Express and
Transfer Co. $24.25, B. Simmons
$15, Bates Sand and Gravel Co.
40c, making a total in all of $1,
920.14. Spend Your Money Here
What makes a town? People
and business. What you buy
helps mako the business. Thu
more you buy the better tho bus
iness; the more business the
better the town. You want tho
town to grow and improve, don't
you? Then you should help it to
grow by increasing its business
as much as you can. Every time
you send elsewhero for goods you
givo your town a blow. Enough
of these blows will ultimately
kill tho town. Tho mail order
houses do nothing for your town
except to try to kill it. Aro you
helping them? You are if you
send your money to them for
goods that you could buy at home.
If you aro more interested in the
growth of Portland, Chicago or
New York than you aro in the
Erosperity of your own neigh
ors, then continue to send to
those places for goods, If you
want your own town to thrive,
spend your money here.
A party from Raymond, Wash.,
was boasting about the number
of industries that town contain
ed, claiming the number was
much greater than in St. Johns.
When a citizen asked the num
ber, the reply was "fifteen."
Tho local man then began to enu
merate tho industries of St.
Johns, but when ho had reached
nineteen, the Raymond booster
collapsed. As a matter of fact
thero aro fow cities of its size
that contain more industries
than St. Johns.