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St. Johns is Calling You Hai tcven churches. Hnt a moit promiiing future. Diitinctivrly n manufacturing oily Adjoin, the city of Portland. I (at nearly 6,000 population. I liia a public library. Taxable property, f4,500.000. I In. large dry dock., mw mills Woolen millt, iron work, Stuve worki, atbcttoi factory, Ship building plant, Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill, Dux factory, and otheri. More induttriet coming. St. Johni li the placo for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Otvoted (o lbs InlereiU of tba Penlmula, (tie Manufacturing Center of (he Norlhet VOI,. j ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, 8KPTKMMUR 26. 1013. NO. 4.6 COUNCIL MEETS Dry Docks Quite Busy Regarding Playgrounds Making Steady Progress A Wise Viewpoint St. Johns Is CnlliiiK You U ifconJ In numbrt o Induttiiei. U actenth in population. Can lo Portland every 16 mill. Ilni navigable water on 3 tidea. lint finett b and electricity. Hit two Iiohr hankt. I Ui five largo icliool hotiict. I Ini abundance o( purett water. Ilii haul tuiface ttrrela. Hat extenaive cweraue lyMem. Had fine, modern brick city hall. Hat payroll of f 95.000 monthly. Shlpt monthly 2,(XX) cnri freight. All railromli have accea to it. la gateway to Portland haibor. Climate ideal and healthful. 9 Matters of Importance Receive Attention With tho exception of Alder men Gnrlick and Wilcox, nil members were present at the regular meeting of the city conn cil Tuesday evening, with Mayor Brodeson presiding. A petition for a fire hydrant at the corner of Hudson and Os wego streets was referred to the water and light committee with power to act. ! An invitation was peceivetl from the Church of Christ invit ing the council to attend ita Ral ly Day services in the High School auditorium Sunday, Octo ber fitli, which was accepted and Mayor Brodeson recommended that all attend. The Water Company commun icated the fact that it had flush ed all hydrants as requested by council. Reports from the engineer and city attorney stated that an ex cess of $907.30 would exist on the improvement of Willamette boulevard between Hurlington and St. Johns avenue, and an excess of $820.GG on the improve ment of Willamette boulevard between Burlington and Rich mond street. Reports accepted, and in spite of the fact that the city had purchased a plot of ground and A. S. Reason had paid $200 in order to straighten out the street, all proceedings were ordered stayed on account of the excess cost. Aderman Vincent, who had been commissioned to investi gate the few cases of typhoid fe ver in St. Johns, stated that he bad found no cases that could be attributed to the use of water supplied by the local company, but thnt most of them had origi nated on the west side of the river. Tho viewers' report on the opening, laying out and estab lishing of St. Johns avenue was rend and accepted, despite tho vigorous protest of Lawyer Wul ley of Portland in behalf of his client, Morris Urban, and the city attorney directed to draft an ordinanco embodying tho report. Tho following bids were re ceived for the hard surfacing of Crawford street between Hur lington and Pittsburg: J. Halm, $2,528.10; Cochran-Nutting Co., $2,628.66; V. W. Mason, $2,631. 44; Star Sand Co., $2,528.62. The bid of J. Hahn being the lowest, ho was awarded the con tract. There was only a differ ence of 46 cents between Mr. Huhn'A bid and thnt of the Star Sand Co. Tho following bids were re ceived on the improvement of Central avenue between John and Buchanan streets by side walk and grade: J. Hahn, $5, 930.60; Cochran-Nutting &Co., $5,652.33: V. W. Mason, $5,512. 82: Star Sand Co.. $5,508.28; B. Kilkenny. $5,816.24. The bid of tho Star Sand Co. being tho low est with a margin of $4.54 it was uwarded the contract. An ordinance assessing the cost of improving Richmond street between Smith avenue and Fessenden street was pass ed. J. II. Black asked that Polk street improvement be widened to conform with the width of the street west of Jersey street, so that no jogs would appear on each side of the two blocks be ing improved. Referred to the city engineer and city attorney. Upon the recommendation of the city engineer it was decided that $3 per day be tho wage es tablished for street inspection. The following bills were al lowed and ordered paid: Portland Railway, Light and Power Co., electric light globes, $1; Miller Hardware Co., push bromos and duster, $8; Postmas ter, stamps, $10; county clerk, filing deed. $1; J. E. Tanch, fer ry bonds, $180; Geo. McCallum, carpenter work detention room, $2; Peninsula Sand and Gravel Co., sack cement, 70c; Bert Olin. six days' work on streets, $15; John Kline, ditto. $15; E. C. Robison. ditto, $15; Geo. Skaar, ditto. $15; making a "total of $264.70. Private tutoring in Grammar School. High School or Civil ser vice Branches. Book-keeping, Shorthand or Commercial Studies taught in your own town. Ad dress,? Polk street for appoint ments. The St. Johns dry docks is a scene of activity these days. Last week the W. H. Marston, H. 15. Pennell's five masted schooner, was on the docks for repainting nnd slight repairs. Also the Hassalo for like treat ment. The tugs Wallula and Sampson have just been placed in first class condition. No sooner is one vessel repaired than another is ready to take its place. A lot of now machinery has been installed by the Port of Portland, consisting of a lathe, high speed drill press, power hack saw. bolt cutting machine and other minor pieces of ma chinery. Quite a force of work men are given employment off and on, besides tho regular force. Other improvement are being planned that will make the dry docks of greater capacity anil convenience. The most serious handicap is the lack of a road way from Willamette boulevard to the dock?. This is something that should by all means be pro vided. As it is, all material and supplies must bo moved by wat er, which is expensive as well as a slow method usually. The Port of Portland should include the cost of a roadway to connect with the docks when it next makes up its tax levy, and the city of St. Johns would no doubt agree to provide the right of way. The matter of a roadway has been discussed in the past, and former city engineer, C. 15. Andrew, made a survey, and then the matter was allowed to remain dormant. The Port of Portland should undoubtedly take the project up at once, nnd keep it going until a roadway has been provided. Out of Their Class What wna expected to be a ball game took place on the Dawson street grounds Sunday aftor- noon. The St. Johns Pharmacy team was on one side, and an aggregation from Portland with large letters "P. R." on their shirts composed the opposing nine. Judging from their size, tho P. R. evidently stood for Port and Runts, nnd it was unite evident that they had not been out of the cradle for any extend ed length of time, except in a vory few instances. They could play ball not at all. They seemed to believe it incumbent upon them to strike at every ball that was pitched, and if they hit it, which miraculously occurred onco or twice during tho game, it almost frightened them. In one instance through a comedy of errors they succeeded in get- t nir a youngstor to third, but in spito of apassod ball in which ho could have gotten homo a couple of times, ho refused to budge unti the sido was out. 1 ho lo cals gave them every induce ment to score, oven allowing a batter to run on a foul ball, and giving another batsman four strikes, hut un to tho timo dark ness settled over tho field they failed so to do. Tho scorer used up all tho blank paper that could be secured around the grounds in keeping tnu of the errors and runs made by tho locals, and then went to the city for more, and neglected to come back. All track of innings was thus ost. but they kept on playing, and probably 17 innings were played before darkness overtook the plavers. The locals secured any where between 20 and 40 scores, and the youngsters of Portland took nothing but goose eggs home with them. They were a cheerful bunch, however, and possibly may become ball players after the frosts of a few more winters have rolled over their heads. The coming annual State Fair at Salem, September 29 to Octo ber 4. promises to be by far the best ever held in the state. Hun dreds of attractive prizes are offered for the best products in all lines and competition for the various premiums will certainly be extremely keen, frank h. Lvnn. president of the Oregon Jersey Cattle Club.has offered a silver tea set as prize tor the best Jersey heifer under one year of age. and the club which he represents offers a similar prize for the best bull calf. The young people are to have their innings along with their elders, the management of the textile department alone ottering 54 cash prizes for work exhibited by girls under 14 years of age. The playground movement in America by which it is sought to place the natural activities of children of both sexes under the direct supervision of competent instructors that they may attain high stnndnrds of physical and moral development is discussed in an illustrated article by Grant M. Hyde in the October ropular Mechanics Magazine. A great many interesting exper iments have been mado in con nection with the playgrounds. and location nnd equipment vary widely. Mr. Hyde states: "One playground in New York City occupies a site that is val ued at $1,800,000, but this is un usual. Vacant lots in congested districts, areas useless for com mercial purposes, and bits of land in the out of way places niy rapidly being made into play grounds. Philnclphin has laid out tiny playgrounds under rail road viaducts: Reading. Pa., has a playground on the concrete roof of a water reservoir ;Spring field. Ohio, is utilizing the grounds around a city standpipc. Amusement piers have been built in some cities, and Boston has floating bathhouses for the small boys. Certain standard forms oi play and apparatus are pretty goner1 nlly present in all playgrounds. Swings, seesaws, slides, giant strides nnd gymnastic apparatus are always the first things that tire provided. Swimming pools are twite as common. For the smaller children, most play grounds have sand piles and wading pools. The love of com petitive play has brought facil Ites for group games base ball, tennis, basket ball, volley ball. and, in some places, foot ball and lacrosse. These are for tho older children, but war games, hikes," hare and hounds, folk dances and other games, invent ed sometimes by the attendants and sometimes by tho children themselves, ure being developed for the little tots. In some cit ies the competitive games of the larger boys have grown into organized athletics with pluy ground tenms and interplay ground games nnd track meets. All furnish play under direction. Directed play naturally leads to instruction through play. In many cities, such as St. John, N. B there is regular kinder garten work for littlo children. In others, sowing, embroidery. basket and ratlin work ore pro vided for the older girls, along with manual training nnd gar dening for tho older boys.Spring- iicld, Ohio, has this. New Or leans tins regular gardens laid out in tho playgrounds and priz es are given for tho best crops raised by the children. In Glen Ridge, N. J and other cities, manual training and cooking are moved from the school house to tho summer playground. Col- umbus.Ohio. and Holyoke.Mass,. do tho samo thing by teaching tho older boys to clean the play ground and erect nnd repair tho apparatus. At Youngstown, Pa., the boys dug their own swim ming pool on the playground and mado water wheels. Many novelties in methods and apparatus have been brought out in various parts ot tho country. East Liverpool, Ohio, has found that if hammocks are provided, the smaller children can be pur suaded to sleop in them during the afternoon, benefiting both themselves and the playground's peace. Croquet and quoUs have appeared among the other games at Springfield. Ohio. Kite day is a regular feature at Akron.Ohio. The boys on one of the play grounds at Buffalo revived the old pastime of stilt walking and the city had a hundred pairs ot stilts made for them. Competi tive athletics for the boys brings very qomplete organizations in many cities. At Jacksonville, Fla., regular athletic meets and an annual circus are held." The vote of water consumers on the proposition of whether monthly or quarterly payments of water rates has been complet ed in Portland, showing that of those who voted 14,925 were in favor of monthly and 6,561 of quarterly payments. With this overwhelming majority in favor of monthly payments. Commis sioner Daly, of the Department of Public Utlities.has abandoned the scheme to have quarterly payments. Subscribe for tho tJC Tobna Review and keep pee ted on the dolngi of tie city, In the opinion of realty men, St. Johns is making steady pro gress. Vacant houses are filling so rapidly that few desirable ones are left. Here and there homes are under construction. The most pretentious structure under way at present is the Car negie Library, which is a beau tiful brick building. The brick work has been completed and the finishing will be started. It will be finished early this Fall and occupied. Tho library is near the central school house. The City Library association will furnish the books for the St. Johns Library after it bus been finished, and will then take care of it. It will cost about $15,000. Work is in progress on the dock for the Star Sand Company, which will cost $15,000. The St. Johns Commercial Club has re ceived many inquiries for sites' for factories of various kinds, which have been referred to committees of that organiza tion. Several street improvements ure projected, including the pav ing of the Willnmottoo boulevard through the central portion of the place near the City Hall and the High School house, a dis tance of ten blocks. The city enigneer is preparing plans nnd estimates of cost oi this im provement. Proposals are to be eceived for the Improvement of Central uvenue from Buchnnnn to John strooL The engineer estimates this improvement will cost $7407. It is proposed to improve East Burlington street from Jersey to Central avenue at a cost of $1995. Also Craw ford street will bo improved from Burlington to Pittsburg streets at a cost of $11113. The assessment for the improvement of Fessenden street from Oswego has been assessed, and there arc some minor street improvements projected for the rail. ' A special election soon will bo called to submit the question of parks and playgrounds to the people, it is thought that about $30,000 will purchase central park tracts that will serve tho place for several years to come. Mayor Bredeson says bo is much in favor of tho purchaso of thoso park tracts now whilo land is not high nnd is available for tho purpose. This is the sentiment of tho St. Johns Commercial Club. Oregonian. Work is Progressing Work is progressing on the paving of Willnmetto boulevard from Wabash street to the SU Johns line, and will be complet ed this Fall. The contractor has an army of mon at work pushing forward tho improvement in or der to keep ahead ot the fall rains. When this link in tho Peninsula hard surface pave ments is finished it will make Willamette boulevard one of tho great scenic drives of the city. St. Johns plans to pave the boulevard through the business section sooner or later, which is nt present under consideration. Beginning at wubasn street. Lombard street is being paved eastward to Patton avenue, and later will be paved to Albina av enue. This will make a straight hard surface street through to St. Johns, the St. Johns end be ing Dawson street. Albina ave nue will be paved under proceed ings which have been started. A complete circuit on tho Penin sula will thus be provided trom Killingsworth avenue. The Perrine Fireplace The great and peerless fire place builder. G. L. Perrine. has just completed installing one of his unsurpassed iirepiaces in tpo home of the editor. So utterly devoid of smoke, so brilliant in blaze, so substantial and beauti ful in construction, and so per fect in draft is it. that ho would advise all our friends to go and do likewise. Perrine's Vacuum fireplace simply cannot be beat en. All objectionable features of the old timo fire places aro eliminated, and the amount of heat thrown out with little fuel is amazing. It is only a matter of a very few years until the Perrine hren ace will be used universally to the exclusion of all others. Satisfaction, is the word Gil- i more, the Barber. adv. The Oregonian agrees with the esteemed Springfield Republican that "too much is being said a- bout woman's dress, which in trinsically is a subject of no im portance." We also commend the wisdom of the Pittsburg Jus tice of tho Peace who dismissed one of the sartorial coses which are now so common with tho re mark that "good women will not dress indecently." The simple fact is that decency and indecency are mere matters of convention and custom. The trousers which Turkish and Per sian women wear as a matter of course would distress our police officials terribly. But there is not a possible doubt that the women of those countrie are as modest as our own. In matters of costume they are even more pnrticuar. Some see signs of frightful degeneracy in the slit skirt merely because it is new to them. When it has been worn a dozen years or so the skirt that it seeks to displace will appear just as shocking. Nothing is immodest except what we have agreed to design ate thus. As soon as tho com mon designation changes the objectionable quality goes with it. In nature there is neither modesty nor immodesty. Things are thus and so nnd there is nothing more to sny about them. It is fnir to presume that into - igent women ure the best judges of their own clothing, not only in reaped to material and color, but also in respect to moral qual ities, if we admit for a moment that there can be such u thing as immoral gowns nnd bonnets. What the elect of the sex prefer to wear on tho street nnd else where is their business solely. If it pleases them it really ought to make very little difference whether police officials like it or not. Neither common sense nor the law of the land makes them the arbiters of such sub jects. In "society" women have long worn clothing which is shock ingly immodest in comparison with the slit skirt and nobody has been troubled. The bare shoulders of the ballroom aro certainly more horrible than the indicated ankles of the new at tire, but who has ever been ar rested for displaying thorn I Whothor we like it or not, the women will work out their own salvation in tho way of dress. If the men will attend faithfully to their own clothing nnd con duct, it is all that can reasonably he expected ot them. Ore gonian. Separating Boys and Girls Tho question of separating the boys and girls in their school work is disturbing a lot of poplo just now. This matter has been threshed out ubout a century since, nnd it was decided and wisely, that boys and girls got a better all round training when brought up togethor than they would it educated separately. If parents are of a right com position and teachors are watch ful and sensible, the number of sentimental boys and girls that will trouble a school are reduced to a bare minimum. It just de pends on how children are taught in regard to those things. Experience seems to indicate that the main reason for immoral thoughts and relations between boys and girls is duo largely to a misunderstanding of each other. Do you think that un derstanding would bo improved by educating them separately? On the other hand experience has shown in some instances, at least, that girls educated in sep arate schools aro wildly sonti mental, and that they find it practically impossible to control their escapades, which aro really little less than nuture's demand for social neutralization. We believe this word is used advis edly. Tho sexes aro differently magnetized, as it wore. Tho neutralization which occurs through social meeting, games and exchange of thought servos to hold them in balance and saves them from more violent display of feeling. Keep them apart and they become imagina tive, insubjective and insubor dinate even to their own judg ments. Better think twice bo fore suggesting a discontinuance of the only means of developing social poise in tho growing citi zenship of tho country. Beaver State Herald. RUSSIAN DESIGNS FUR TRIMMED ATTRACTIVE FOR WINTER SUITS There In NtintDtliltiK nlinut the IUm aiiin Mount) with ItH cozy fur trliuiuliiic that hukkoxU crlip winter day-. IloturoMiit) anil becoming, tlicno HuhnIiiii I'o.it and null denlmm uro iron em I favorite. Tim addition of u, clnv rrly dniiHtd nhhIi iiinken (lie milt drcaay uiiuiikIi for un afternoon ten, wlillo worn with it broad IhU of patent leather or mifili) It lit perfectly appro prlatn for it Hhnpplng trip. Collar, ton, ndil to (ho envoi. 7030 linn a liroail capo collar coiiiIiik well down over tho etiuulditrH. unit it .Mfullul glvei tho new high collar lino In tho buck, Duvetyn velourn (lit IiiIiip. rntlno or broadcloth may all ho lined, a pretty NUKKcitlon Ih HuhmIiui Kroi'ii broadcloth edgod with narrow Imnda of ukunk and cloned with frond of hlai'k Milk braid, Tlmro lire llvo pattern hIim, 34 to 43. To outuln oitlior pattern llluatrated nil out Hill twuiwn and Ineloie It cnta In mump or ruin lis turu lo alula number of Hiltrn mihI lt. meuaurlnu ovr (h ftillertl part of the nM for tllnuindon. A'Hr IMi"iii Iriirtinrnt. THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons Now Books: Brooks- Science of Fishing. "The most practical book on fishing ever published." Telia how to catch llsh for those who have caught them, as well hh those who never hnve. Stcphonx Crock of Gold. A quaint nnd fantastic tale concerning tho two philosophers who lived not long ago in the centre of the pine wood called Coilla Doraea and wore wiser than any thing else in the world except the Salmon who lies in tlio I'ool of Olyn Cagny into which the nuts of knowlodgo fall from tho hazel bush on its banks. Alio has much to do with the fairy clan of tho Leprecauns of uort na (Jloca Mora. The author is a talented young Irishman who is highly thought of among his countrymen who are working for tho revival of learning in Ireland. Tho book will bo hugoly en joyed by thoso whose sense of humor is well developed and whose practical side is not too well developed in otlior words if they can allow thornsolves to bolievo in lanes for un ovening. Tarkington- The Flirt. A nonular story which recently ran in the Saturday livening Tost. Wilson, Woodrow- New Free dom. A call for the emancina tic n of the generous energies of a people. The book is mado up of the moro suggestive portions ot Mr. Wilson' campaign speeches put together m the proper senuonce. It is dedicated to every man or woman who may donvo trom it, in however small a dogree, the impulse of unselfish public ser vice. Lost- Tension certilicate in envelope. Finder please return to 115 Grosham street. ' 1 7064 Hire. 3 require 3ft ynrdi of 3 Inch material. A two-piece aklrt (7934) with n. allKhtly ruined wahit-lino uocompanlu tho coat. 1'attnriiH nru cut In llvo nUex, 32 to 30. HUu 24 require S yurdii of 3D Inch material. Autumn fimlilonn for himiiII folk aro faaulnatltiK to it decree. Hlmpltclty of courriu Ih thu keynote, ami tho plainer tlm ilreM tho belter milted It In to (ho Hlendur little. Ihtiiro. 790 1 would bo very pretty mado up In onu of thu dark Horsi'M or novelty HUittn und rullovod wKh, n i-imtritnUivit himIi, ..... 7 LoiiKi l'Tunch witliti aro-decided fa vorite. Three pattern mIkoh aro cut, S to IS ywtM, Hlxo 10 yean reiiulrea 3 yards of 30 Inch material. Kaoh pattern IS cents. Ul BU Nam Addrru ... The Park Question To the Kditor: There seems to bo an erroneous impression out as to the extent of the Caples tract submitted to the (Jity Council for the park purposes. The tract submitted extends from Tyler street, near the rear of the ice plant to St. Johns Heights, or I'olk street, fronting on Dawson. It is my understanding that Mrs. Cunlim also owns the tract extending from the Hoights.or Polk street, to Buchanan street, which, like the preceding, is flue for small park purposes) but the above was not submitted to the com mittee or City Council, so can not be considered. The impression nmong many seems to lie that the tract sub mitted for park purposas em braced all of the timbered land fronting on Dawson, extending from tho ice plant to Buchunau: that is a mistake. The Jaeger Bros, have also submitted u frontugo on Dawson street of about J125 feet, which, like the Caples tract, is fine for a small park. Tho Jaeger tract comes on Buchanan und Dawson streets, and is one block towards Port land from tho Caples' tract. Tho park committee has plucod all tracts tendered before the City Council, so good soloctions for well located parks can bo made, and feels that when un election is called to determine whether St. Johns shall have narks or not, all should get into lino and whoon it up for better conditions and aid in starling a boom und be a part for hnving done something for the bettor ment of munkind. We can't recommend nil the ncreuge submitted; some one must be disappointed, but wo believe the City Council will do tho right thing with the voters, price of property and location being taken into consideration. Let us all work for a better and bigger St. Johns, and do those things that will invito peo ple here. D. C. Lewis. For Salo- Small chicken house, 90 feet of six foot wire fencing. Phone Columbia 412.