St. Johns is Calling You It tecond In number of Industrie!, It seventh In population. Can to Portland every 16 min. Hat navigable water on 3 ildei. Hat fineit gat 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 f95.000 monthly. Ships monthly 2.000 cars freight All railroads have access to it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. St. Johns is Calling You Hai seven churches. Mat a most promising future. Distinctively n manufacturing city Adjoint the city of Portland. Has nearly 6,000 population. Mat a public library. Taxable property, f4.50O.O0O. I lot arge dry dockt, taw mlllt woolen mills, iron works, Stove works, atbeitot factory, Ship building plant, Veneer nnd excelsior plant, . Hour mill, planing mill, Box factory, nnd otlien. More industries coming. St. Johnt It the place for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Oavoted to the Interest of the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest li . , VOL. 9 ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBUR to. 1913- NO. 4S GOOD PAPERS Read at Mothers' Meet ing Last Monday (Note Wc believe the papers read at the Mother's meeting last Monday will bo of interest und benefit to many who were not there to hear thern and we have asked Bpace for two this week and the others next week. The wind and rain kept many away. However, the score or more that were present felt the time was well spent. Reporter.; Paper read by Mrg. Dr. H. 0. Brown on "Recreation, Fast and Present:" We know that forms of recrea tion change as do the styles of dress. It has been said and very truly, too, "No recreation is wronir which really does rc-cro ate. No recreation is right which does not recreate." But in the choice of recreation every one should have regard for his social aurroundings and the elTcct of his life and example on others. Sotno neon e say grown uns don't need recreation, they stay at home, but do they? Where do the nconlo come from who parade the streets at night? They are merely looKing tor amusement, recreation, but what thev find Is not elevating to themselves or of especial credit to an American city. As a re sult notice stations and nlms houses are filled. If the roughs who hang around street corners could work oil their energy in nlav or legitimate snort, they would not be so ready to assault and rob. There are gymnnsiums for them to attend.you say that is true, but there are not enough to supply tho demand. For In stance, in tho city of New York thero aro 3.47G.47G adult inhabi . tanta. There are about 150 pub- lie gymnasiums and recreation centers including settlement Y. M. C. A.s. This would make it necessary forabout23,000 people to attend ono gymnasium. But even if thero wero enough to ac commodate this number thoy would not bo filled, for ono of the essentials of play is the opon air. Of course on grown people's piny grounds the sand box and sliding chute would bo super fluous, but these could be substi tuted by gymnnBtic apparatus, base ball, basket ball and tennis courts. Thero are several games for adults which have become al most obsolete in this country. Archery is n sport much used In past years, requiring skill and practice; bowling on tho green is another game almost forgot ten, moving pictures aro given on somo grounds, pageants, dra matics and folk dancing could bo made especially interesting. Mr. G. E. Johnson has written a special paper on education by plays and games, and gives an estimate of tho value of 440 rec reations. He has gathered testi monies of masters of tho art of teaching which it is worth while to consider. "Play is the first pootry of the human being, it is the working off at onco of tho overflow of both mental and physical powers" Richter. "Man is wholly man when he plays" Schiller. Education should begin with the right di rection pf children's sports. The plays of children should be along tho line of their future oc cupation. "Do not use compul sion but let education be sort of amusement." Plato. The wants of civilized and progressive peo ple multiply in number and rise in rank. Savages have few and simple wants, but those aro firey and devouring passions. The in fluence of the highest religion does not issue in monasticism or asceticism, but in abundant life. Meat will not gratify the desire for music. A symphony will not quench thirst, a prayer is not a substitute for outdoor exercise. There is a time for everything. Piety does not remove the de mand for recreation, or for pic tures or for song. Healthy relig ion flows into the interests of existence amUsanctifies them. Joseph Lee, president of the Playground and Recreation As sociation.made it evident that we have had a loss of the play tradi tion in which America was es pecially rich decades ago. Mod ern farm machinery, he thought, had contributed in some degree to this decadency, reducing the proportionate number of farm hands' necessary. Rural comun itlee have thus become too sparsely, and cities too closely settled. The games of today, he said, are a heritage from bygone ..f I f i civilizations. To have them die would be a calamity as great as would bo the loss of the inherited accum ulation of good poetry and mu sic. Children inherit the instinct to play, but they do not inherit knowledge of base ball any more than of the Lord's Prayer. There must be teaching, leadership and encouragement of game playing, and this is ono of tho prime pur poses of the association. The minister is continually asked to day, where shall I draw the line? The answer of Christ, I think, I would be, there are no lines. He would not teach that knocking balls around on a green lawn is right, because that is cronuet. and knocking balls around on a green table is wrong because that is billiards. He would not teach that cards arc right if you have historical names on them, and wrong if you have hearts and spades on them. And as I have already said, no recreation is wrong which really does re-crc- atc. No enjoyment is right that docs not help to develop manhood and womanhood. But in the choice of recreation every one should have regard for his social surroundings and theeffectof his lire mid example upon others. MOTHER. Wo had the funniest story In our paper t'other day, About a mule and buggy That Beared and run away. I like to died a-laughin' And so did pa and Josh, But mother couldn't stop to hoar She was busy with the wash. Last week wo had a picnic Out to Mechanicsvillu; I went with 'Lizy PorgiiB, And pa took Jen and Bill; The time we lied a-funnin' N Would beat a story book, But mother couldn't go along : She hed preserves to cook. On Monday was the circus; We hed a glorious time A-seein' beasts and serpents And birds of every clime, Wo went in bright and early To see the show go round, But mother stayed at home to sow On Jen's alpacky gownd. Last fall when all tho Rankins Camo down to stay a week, We went one day for walnuts 'Way out on Sugar Creek; We took our dinner with us And stayed the day through, But mother couldn't get away The scrubbin' was to do. Tomorrow night's the concert; I said I'd go with Jen And Bill and "Lizy Fergus And Sairey True, but then After I'd dono and said it Tho thought of mother came; She never gets a holiday That's half-way worth the name. She's lookin' worn and weary, And it's occurred to me To send her to tho concert, If only she'll agree; I'll stay and do tho dishes, No odds if Jen does coax, For mother needs a little fun The same as other folks, -Emma Grant Curtis, in Youth's Companion. Paper read by Mrs. Nye on The Public Dance-What Shall bo dono with It:" Wo hear much at tho present time concerning the social and moral welfare of our young peo ple and it is a subject in which wo should all oe intensely inter ested; always ready to do what ittlo we can to help solve the problems that confront those who have such matters in charge. Well perhaps it is not much that wo can do; we can at least pre pare ourselves to help the young people of our own community, for we believe a community large- y to blame for whatever condi tion may exist that is detrimen tal to the welfare of our boys and. girls. It is far better for a com munity to aid in the prevention of these things harmful to the social lives of our young people rather than wait until it has as sumed such proportion as to make it truly a problem to han dle and one no longer to be ig nored. The public dance halls which h,ave become such a men ace to society irom Maine to California have attracted consid erable attention the last few years. New York has tried to work out a plan to handle danc ing more satisfactorily. With over five hundred dance halls, with an average attendance of one hundred thousand a week, ninety per cent of whom are un der 21 yenrs of age and forty five per cent under sixteen years, and it is believed that fully eigh ty per cent of the working girls between the ages of fourteen and twenty regularly attend the public dances, Mrs. Chas. Henry Meals, chairman of the commit tee on amusements and vacation resources of working girls in New York, says' the every heal thy and normal girl of fourteen believes thut on tho first Satur day night when alio receives her first pay check she is a freo and independent being, and she's going to have a good time and goes to the dance hall to have it. The influence of the mixed com pany, the excitement, the drink ing, for thero is usually a saloon in close proximity and a vicious hotel annexed. All went to show the necessity of something bet ter being provided, and they se cured a law to license and reiru late all dance halls. No liquor must bo sold or given away where dancing is taught. The presence of girls under sixteen unaccompnincd by adults, allow ing improper dancing or disor derly conduct makes their license subject to revocation. This good law helped to some extent, but it was not enough, and through the eirorts of this committee, who contended that tho city must give the girls and boys a decent place to dance, for the past two years dancing has been allowed in six of New York's recreation centers. When one night one of tho supervisors vis iting a school house found ono hundred and fifty boys and girls enjoying themselves in whole some dancing, while across the way a notorious dance hall had only thirty dancers on the floor, proved to him that the new use for the building was not wholly a failure. Lust Winter neigh borhood dances were a feature of several more of the recreation centers. Mothers and fathers attended with their sons and daughters and enjoyable times were reported. Chicago, shock ed at the report of the Chicago Vice Commission, who after an exhaustive research, reported that without doubt the public dance halls were tho starting point of so many of our boys nnd girls on tho road to Bhame and irreclaimable dissipation, result ed in tho establishment of a mu nicipal danco hall. If this plan is carefully worked out by ex perts along this line it should prove to bo a good substitute for the evil aifairof its kind, but it must bo properly managed, and its rules strictly lived up to or it will also become a menace. Then system of registration in order to secure admittance, also having tho register open to the inspector of nmusements where they have them as thoy do in Denver, and to probation and public officers as well; if strictly enforced must make them safer places than they have been. Other cities have done much to ward bettering these dancing places. Some opening the shelter nouses in the parks for that pur pose. Tho park department fur nishing the attendants police men, floor managers and tho music, all indecent dancing, dis orderly conduct and tho selling of liqour strictly prohibited; other cities have dono nothing toward bettering the condition of these places. A Portland manj who manages a dance hall through the winter months was asked "if ho could keep it re spectable" and he shrugged his shoulders and said it was impos sible to do so. It seems to me that that would rest with the proprietor but we know that no self respecting parent will allow their young boys and girls to attend a public dance which is conducted as a money making affair. Superintendents of amuse ments tell us that young people must dance and we know that af ter having danced, no other pas time quite satisfies a great many of them. Working girls say they must have the dance or picture show, something to make them forget the drugery of the day. Perhaps it drives away that tired lonely feeling for the time being but it brings it back with heavy penalties the next day. If they must dance, then they should at least have a decent place to dance in and no city should grant a license to any individual to operate a dance hall who is do ing so for the money there is in it without all of the restrictions necessary to keep it decent and to see that they are enforced. Just what shall be done with them? We as Christian women would feel that much good would have been done if dances of a public nature, with their harmful THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons j A Hint to Sunday School Teachers: uo you Know mo miie wecKiy magazine called The Survey? Hero is what a Sunday School teacher of Ithaca, 'N. Y. says of it, "I think you will bo interest- eu to Know mat i use articles in The Survey us topics for my Sunday School class. I have in the class young men nnd women students in Cornell University and I -concluded that I could do nothing better than fit them to live as they should in the world. The clnss has been' enthusiastic and I have seen in tho members n decided growth in judicial at titude and desiro to know both sides of all social questions. As for myself, I find the Survey a live wire, connecting me with tho fo of our- irrcat ntorcsting old world, nnd I Bhall never be without It." Tho Survey may be tis ni i ill... . nau at mo acjonns nnrury. New Books: Altshelcr-Horsemen of the plaitiB. Altflhelcr - Texan scouts. No comment on' these books need be added for AJtshplor is u magic word among boy-readers. and indeed with thuny men who aro lovers of adventure tales. Chcrinton -Advertising as u Business Force. A compilation of experience records published for the Associ ated Advertising Clubs of Amer ica us an individual instruction text. Probably the most com- plcto and practical manual on advertising overput out; con crete, detailed, practical. Crcseo Practical Fointors for Patentees. -- Contain ng vnluablo informa tion nnd udvico on tho sale of patents. An elucidation of tho best methods employed by the most successful inventors in handling their inventions. McKinlay Panama canal. Tho author visited tho canal as a member of Congress with the Interstate Committee of the House. His book ia excellently illustrated and will be valuable for those who wish to train it clear idea of the cannl.Hita his tory and engineering features in few words. Post-Across tho Andes: n talo of wandering days among tho mountains of Bolivia and the jungles of the upper Amazon. "A highly entertaining story of adventure, full of exciting situations and thrills." Both regular and charge copies of. Laddie V. V.'s Eyes, and The Inside of the Cup aro now In cir culation. Dr. Chapman will discuss Tho Inside of the Cup in the second number on his lecture course at tho Portland Y. M. C. A. Mon day evening, October 13. The subjects of the entire course tire posted on the library bulletin, q A group of books giving sug gestions for Halloween enter- ta nments. trames. tr cks. cos tumes, dialogues, ,'ghost stories, etc. may now be found on tho now-bdbk shelves. Locals Win With Ease A game of base ball between tho St, JohnB Pharmacy team and the Japanese team of Port land took place on tno Dawson street grounds Sunday uf ternoon, The game was won with ease by the locals, the score being 19 to 4. The Japs have much to learn about tho great American game of base ball. On account of the many errors made by the visit ors, the game was lacking irt in terest. The locals had their strongest team on hand, but af ter the first inning when it was seen that the Japs could neither field or throw, the locals Bimply toyed with their opponents. The attendance was larger than at any other game since the Fourth of July. influences could be abolished. It might be done in St. Johns easily but in the larger cities it would be a big proposition. We believe steps are being; taken to better conditions but there is much yet to be done. Subscribe for the 6t lobns Revfow and keep petted on tha dolnga of HIGH SCHOOL Items of Interest Regard ing School Doings The James John Alumni have three additional representatives In institutions of higher learn ing this year. Basil Smith and Emery Gilmore entered O.A. C. 1 the former for a course in civil ! engineering and tho latter for a 'course in pharmacy; Theodore Bugbee began a course in law at Stanford University in Septem ber. I The appetizing odors which steal thru me nans on Domestic Science days make the boys wish they also were of tho elect. The High School regrets the loss of Veda Rosing, who has gone to Eastern Oogon with her people. We hope she may return for work before the end of this semester. Edith Weaver spent last Mon day among her friends at the II. S. Sho is attending school .at LaGrande this year. The Lyceum Course of this year -opens next Tuesday, the fourth, when tho Commonwealth Quartette of Boston appears. Although the course of this year surpasses all previous courses in talent and the number of enter tainments, the price has not been advanced from that of last year. Notwithstanding these facts, the sales of the tickets has not been as successful as expected. We have only a few days in which to raise the remainder of the six hundred and forty dollars. From this it is plainly seen we need the support of every loyal James John student. Boost for the Lyceum Course ami have the largest crowd that has ever at tended a Lyceum number out next Tuesday. On Friday evening, October 3, tho upper classmen gave their usual reception for tho Fresh men. The entertainment pro vided was most informal, and as n consequence every one felt thoroughly at home. The invi tations gave a hint of the nature of the program, for thoy road: "On Friday ovo at eight o'clock, Noah's Ark will sail from the High School dock. Now, don't dress up, for, of course, 'twill rain, And party frocks will soil and sUiin." For refreshments "animal cookies" instead of etiko wore served with tho punch ;uul ico cream to carry on tho "Noah's Ark" idea. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Whito wero prosont in addition to the atudent body and the High School faculty. ThoKlatawas did it! What? Took their tramp as planned, to Orenco on last Saturday. A com pany of nine, equipped strictly according to tho rulos of tho club, started up McCluro's hill at 0:30 a. m. Tho morning was all that could bo dosi rod- cool and bright so that tho climb was a delight. A half mile or so on the other side of the hill a halt was made for breakfast. The girls proved expert at mnk inir n 'little, low v fire" and fine coiree. Then on and away, over firm winding roads; past orchards whero grew moBt deli cious fruit, and hospitable farm houses whoso interested dwellers cheered tho "hikers" with free ly offered gifts of refreshing grapes and cool wator. After u visit and rest of several hours t the homo of Ethel Coupe in Or enco, the happy company return ed to Portland by wagon and came home on the car. It was a day well spent and wo hope that next time the company will bo larger. On Tuesday Mr. Chipmangavo the American History class a most interesting story of his ex periences on the field of Gettys burg. His description of the great battle of July, 1803, was aided by means of maps and photographs. He also related his experience during the reunion of the Gettysburg veterans last summer. Tho class deeply ap preciated Mr. Chipman's talk, for such personal experiences make history seem real to them and they thank him most sin cerely. j How is Your Title? Have your abstracts made, con tinued or examined at the Peninsu la Title, Abstract ami Realty Co Accurate work. Reasonable fees. II. Henderson, manager, 311 North Jersey street. Adv. 'COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention All members were present at the regular meeting of tho city council Tuesday evening, with Mayor Bredeson presiding. A petition to improve Hartman street between Oswego nnd Cen tral avenue by grade and six foot cement sidewalk was received and referred to to the engineer and street committee for investi gation. E. O. Magoon petitioned for li cense to conduct a family liquor store on Jersey street, which was referred to the liquor license committee for recommendation. Upon favorable report of tho wator and light committee fire hydrants were ordered installed at the corners of Hudson and Polk streets and Decatur and John streets. A report of tho treasurer showed that there was a balance of $4,428.25 in tho general fund. The building and grounds com mittee was authorized to pur chase 25 cords of wood for the city hall from the lowest bidder. The proposed improvement of Willamette ' boulevard between Burlington street and St. Johns avenue by hardsurfacing in the center and sidewalks eliminated was again discussed, several property owners being unalter ably opposed to such improve ment, while two favored it. Messrs. Couch, Anderson, Sor ber, Chinmnn, Stadelman, Rog ers and Majeske took part in the discussion. It was finally decid ed to improve tho street, if pos sible, in the manner asked for in the original petition- hard sur facing and sulewalkB included, proceedings to continuo until the bids had boon received, when If the lowest bid showed u too great excess cost, the improve ment to be abandoned for this year. The attorney was direct ed to propare the necessary doc uments for improvement of the at root upon the original plan. A representative of a cumont company asked council to accopt cement that did not quite come up to the engineer's test, but which the representative declar ed had passed muster in Port land upon five d liferent testa. Ho intimated that the engineer's tea ting apparatus might he at fault, nut the council firmly re fused to have anything to do with the matter, leaving it en tirely up to the onginoor, who stated that he could not accept the content offered. An ordinance laying out and establishing St. Johns avouue was unanimously passed. Alderman Munson urged that crosswalks in tho outlying dis tricts bo kept clear of mud as well as the business streets this coming Winter. No action taken. Tho following bills woro al lowed and ordered paid: Kilham Statiouory Co., sup. plies, $11.70; St. Johns Furniture Co., furniture for Detention room, $13.75; St. Johns Hard ware Co.. supplies Sopt., 11)13, $22.70; E. C. Robison, 5 days work on streets, $12.50; John Klino, 3 days work on stroots, $7.50; George Skaar. (5 days work on streots, $16.00; Bert Olin, 4 days work as Stroot Inspector, $12.00; Bert Olin. 2 days work on streots, $5.00; Peninsula Sand and Gravel Co., use of road scra per, $18.00; Geo. II. Lemon, 1 days worK as street inspector, $12.00; total, $122.15. Ban. on Street Playing Tho National Highways Pro toctive Socioty in New ork has placed its ban on roller skating, "ono old wit," push mobiles and otlior ju'nilo streot amuse monts. Theocioty's Septomber report shows an unusually large mimlini' nf children killed or in jured in street accidents. lidward a. t;orueii, secretary of tho organization, said that a.Vrvnl triirhnr.s Klumld warn their pupils of the ever increas- ing dangorot playing on tno streets and highways and that clergymon should urge parents to forbid their children to use tho streets for playgrounds. Since tho first of the year 1931 childron lutvo boon killed on tho streets of Now York by wheel traffic, " i Note the libal on your paper. An Immense Scheme To remove Swan Island, use tho material to fill Mock's Bot tom and Guild's lake, thus giv ing a roadstead a mile and a half long by nearly a mile wide, is a proposition which tho Public Dock Commission may submit to the voters at tho election No vember -1. Chairman F. W. Mul key was authorized by the com mission today to open negotia tions for options on Swan Is land. Removal of the island leaving a 35 foot depth will cost approximately $3,240,000, and to dredge to a -10 foot depth will cost $3,0000,000. While thero have been sug gestions that Swan Island be re moved as it is handicap to the harbor and interferes with ship ping, nothing definite looking to the actual starting of the under taking lias ever been done until the meeting of the Dock Com mission today. Chairman Mul key has had Engineer G. B. Iicgardt work ng on the details the past four months and the re sult of tho investigation was not broached publicly until this fore noon. To remove Swan Island, fill in adjacent lands and leave a great middle harbor is the most monumental piece of public im provement ever contemplated in this community. That Swan Is land has been a hindrance has been the argument of the United States Engineers, the Port of Portland and others for several years. In the scheme of supplying Portland with docks to accommo date the vast shipping which will come here after the l'anamn Canal is completed, the Commis sion contemplated the erection of docks at Bridgeport and Mock's Bottom, the former, how- over, being just outside the city limits. As bwan Island, owing to its position, has to be consid ered, tho Commission realizes that the island must either Do improved or removed. If Im proved the cost will ho $18,000.- 000, which will give accommoda tions for 31 big ships at one time. If removed, say to -10 feet, the cost will be about $3,- 000,000 and give Portland ono of the greatest inland harbors in the world. Computations made of tho area and volume of Swan Island, Portland harbor, givo tho folio.. ing results: Area within low wator shore linos is 205.31 acros. Area within harbor line is 310.00 acros. Amount of dredging required to remove island, within harbor linos, to provide a 35 foot low wator depth is about 27.00U.UUO cubic yards. Amount of dredging required to remove islnnd, within harbor lines, to provide a 40 foot low water depth is about 30.000,000 cubic yards. It is estimated tit's material can bo moved for about 12 cents per cubic yard, if deposited within practicable operating dis tance of tho drodgos. Based on the price of 12 cents per cubic yard, the cost of tho romoval of Swan Island for the 35 foot depth woud bo about $3,210,000. For tho 10 foot low wator depth about $3,(500,000. Tologram. A Jolly Affair Probably one of tho jollioit affairs of the season of its kind was held at the Simmons' rosi donee on Oswego streot Inst Fri day evening, October 3. A birth day party was tendered to Miss Ruth Crouch and Mr. Harry Simmons in honor of their joint birthday, both of the young poo plo passing the milestones of lifo on the snme day. Twonty wero present and all declared afterwards that they had tho time of lives. Splendid music, singing and games furnished tho evening's entertainment, not forgetting howovor the eats. with a gigantic birthday cako as its mam feature which had a real "genooine" ring in it which Miss Crouch found in hor piece of cake, A false rumor has It that this was a framo up, but of course this .was indignantly branded by the fair recipient as untrue. Many appropriate gifts wore received by the young couple which wore highly appre ciated, Ladies wear your own hair. Bring your combings. Work and prices that will please you, Mrs. P. Hill, 618 N. Jersey, Adv.