THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW BY A. W. MARKLE Published Evorjr Frldny At 117 Went Durllngtnn Stroot. For That Thanksgiving Tramp or for the dance in the evening, you'll need appropriate footwear. Sturdy, comfortable shoes for the appetite creating walk. We have them and many others sorts beside. And listen, we fit your purse as well as your feet, perfectly. Tint KBVIRW Is entered nt post office hi Saint Tolins. Orecon. as junll matter of the second class under the Act of Con ,;rc8s of IMnrch 3, 1879, Offlclnl Hf.wippr of ttax 01 ty of At. Johns, All eommunlcMloru should tit tddr.if.d to ON Toe BeMfvr, Ht. Jouni. uroson. Subscription price $1.00 per year Sc5 !T ill r il The city authorities are favor ably disposed toward securing better equipment for the Arc de partmcnt. More modern appi uncos for fire fhrhtimr arc need ed. It would seem that the boat that can be gotten would be none too trood for St. Johns. While the fire commission has recom mended a combination nose and chemical truck, yet many of ou citizens believe the equipment wou d not be complete and ade quatc unless a pumping engine also be secured. The former would cost about ?5(!00, while a trinhi combination fire fighting machine would cost close to S10.000. It would be aiumrcn to all that the best way to acquire this equipment would be to vote uuon a bond issue lor tne pur pose at a special election. Twenty year bonds would bo equivalent to Portland eventually paying the untie na . vm y this city in the meantime would enjoy its use by payment of the intcros only. There is no apparent ca or excuse for paying for sue apparatus out ol tne genera fund, with a corrosnoiiding crease in the lax levy. It is not right that our present population should burden itself to provid Homethimr that will benefit much larger population later on Lot Dos tori tv help to pay the bill because it will reap a large measure of the benefit). - If there be one better way than another to ruin a town, it is for those who live in it to iro abou imoloirizimr for its existence, There nru some who are always ready to say, by their actions at least, that this place don' amount to much. They will to Vou that the town is (lead; that no one would think of stopping here; that some town adjacent is more rosnectab e more enter prising, has better people, better enjoyments, is ahead ol us in everything. This is all wrong Hvcn if it be true, no one shouli cvdr admit it, when it conies to to making a comparison. Kver good citizen of this town, shouk take a snecial local pride in al that purlains to home. The schools, the churches!, thonmuse mnntfl. t ho business, nloasures the plcfifiw, the eololfrntlons. in fact everything should be loolc on by our own people as just as good as can be gotten up else where. The town that nays "we can, will always succeed The town that nny. "Oh. don't know. I don't think it wil amount to much," in never of muoh force. I f you have no locn pride, borrow noma. St. Johns citizens should spurn their money in bt. Johns, hvery time a citizen of St. Johns spends his monoy elsewhere for goods that are sold here ol as gooi quality and al as low prices, he works indirectly against himself as a resident of St. Johns, who is or should be concerned with the unbuilding of his own city. That it is the duty of every citi zen of St, Johns who has at heart the advancement and prosperity of this city, to trade at homo as far as possible to do so, needs no argument. It means the building up of more enterprises in bt. Johns, which will con tribute to tho city's growth and enrichment all along tho line. Tho wisdom of patronwing homo industries and home people should not be underestimated. An old maid in St. Johns had nearly passod through this jour noy of lifo without attracting any attention until one day. by accident, she caught her skirt on a nail and tore it just as high as you now seo the slit, bho had not noticed the effect that this slit had given to her appearance until sho noticed a neighbor man who had called taking very much of an mtorost in her, Anyhow, this couple was seen frequently in one another's company after this, and the story goes that they were soon married. I do not know this to bo a fact, but as she no doubt told her story, as women usually do, hence the slit skirts, tiood Government uiu otto, Newberg, Oregon. The Hnchclor Club has lensod the skating link, und it iti being placed in first clas condition uaviusou x nuuiaim nave uis continued their bankrupt stock bus iness on North Jersey. How Is Your Title? ''Have your abstracts made, con tWiucd pr examined nt the Peninsu la Title, Abstract and Realty Co Accurate work. Reasonable fees, unienderson, manager, 311 North Jersey street. Adv. III YOU It CA Itlihli&HXnSS Is tho only reason why von Imvo not yet rented one ol' oor prlvnte surety 'deposit hoxes, mid put yotir vnlunhles, pnters will imd (i'i'i.s mid enntrnets In onr lire mid hnrfrlnr proof vmilts. The rent ol' n prlvnte hox for n whole yenr eost s hot very little. TODAY, hrhifr In ynnrvnlnnhles mnl rent n pri vate hox. Let OUIt ttnnd he YOUli llnnlc Ws pny 4 lvr vviit hitoront on &ttv!tiz AvoounlH FIRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON Notice of Cost of Improvement Notice Ik hereby given that the imie-w-uifiit for tin Itnpnivltig of N. I.i-otuinl street front ,St. Johns iivenne to llrnce Klreet. tin total cmt of which S 1.250 -ID. wiih (Iwliireil by Ordinunc No. 071, untitled "An ordinance dcclur iiil the cost nf Improving N. Leonard St from the northerly line of St. Joints nv mint lo the norlherly line of llrnce Street, in the city of St. Johns, Oregon mid aefwliii! the Property benefit thcichy, ilerlnrltiK such iicMineiit mid direction the entry of thv same in the docket of city Hens." The cost of said improvement is levic iitmii all the lots, twits of lots and imr rclsol hind within the hoiindarlen of the district, as follows: ltetueeii the north erlv line of St. Johns avenue mid the northerly line of llrnce sheet. A statement of wild aewtiient has been filtered in Ihe docket of city liens November 11. HUH, and wild ncMimcnt Is now due and Niyahle at tin olhcu o the rtcorder of Ihe city of St. Johns. Or Kou.auil will lie ileiiiiiueiit mm near in teret after Noveiuhei 10, I9IR, mid i not (mid ou or before December (I, 101!) nroecrdltiui. will be taken for the col Ice lion of the same by sole of pmerty provided by the city chatter. 1'. A. KICK, Citv Uccorder. l'liblUhcd In the St. Johns Review 011 Nov. 7 and I I, IU1II. NOTICE OF Proposed Assessment Notic e is herebv uivi ii that aiMxirllou inent of the cust of IlllPrnvllil! K. I'olk trret from the ninth line of l'eieudeil street to the moth line of St. Johns Ills, Addition, total font of hIiu Ii is f rtVlr7f tins I we 1 1 Mpitortioneil and l 011 (lie 111 the tifm eof the mideriilied. kiibju t to ex a initiation. AseMllcut dlslilct rxlentU buck lo the renter of lots, blocks or ttucts nl land almtliiiK on said treet as provided Ity the city charter ami roMiliitlotti.. Keiiionstraucr HUatiiM km 11 MtiiHiriiou meut may lie tnsde in writing and lllwl with the undersigned tiutll 5 o'clock M.Nov, at. lUl.t. V. A. KICU. Itecoriler I'tiblished ill the St. Johns Iteview Nov. 7 mid I I. 1D1U. Oregon FARMERS' WEEK December 8th to Kith, 1913 Thirt will bu a notable event in tho educational history of Ore iron. runners' uo onerntion will ue the leading topic of a stimulating series ol centres, ino wcok week will bo crowded with dis. cuasions. und demoustnUious in every thing that makes for the welfare of the farmer and home maker. WINTER SHORT COURSE January 5 to 30, 19M The College has snared no elVort to make this the most com plote short courso in Us history. A very wide range or courses will bo olVered in General Agri culture, Horticulture, Animal lusbnndry. Dairying, Poultry (eej)ing, Mechanic Arts, Domes- ic bcionco and Art, L'ommorce, 'orestry, and Music. Numerous ectures and discussions ou Farm ors' CO-OrEHATlON, at home and abroad, will be a loading onturo. Make this a nleasant and prolitnblo winter outing. No tuition. Accomodations rea sonable. Reduced rates on all ailroads. lor further informa ion address II. M. TKNNANT, Kegistrar, Corvallis, Orogon. Farmors' Business Courses by Correspondence without tuition. Several Good Snaps Here's a snap in St. Johns. 5 room houso for sale, lot 50x100. all fenced, tino porch, bearing ruit trees, cess pool bricked 32 'eat deep, four blocks from car me; all Kinds ot chicken coops, 'rice for a fow days. S750, one- ml f cash, On ixoru snap! ' Kcmeinber the bridge is going to be built (5i acres level land seven miles from Vancouver ferry, four room house, stable of 13 stalls, wcl and numn: $1000 dollars, cash Also, '10 acres nine miles from Astorin, second growth fir, one half mile from railroad track 2i miles from Knappa. For i short time, $1,000 cash. Sec ,). Webster. adv. RECORDER'S Quarterly Report Aug. 1st to Nov. 1st, 1913 Cah ou h.iud Ocucral I'tttid August 1st, 1913 Oeneral f3i.43 I'lnes t-12.00 Mccm.cs 208 CO Hngiueer'i r er ct. lU'.'.IIil linking Street bond sli fund. g iiiiti Street Intercut fund Streets 1,68-1.29 10.007.6: 4.67-l.0:i H,3Si.3:i Total , .$36,801.70 DISIIUUSICMItNTS. Ocucral ' f Siluriiw , Mght r.t ltuglucers. Health und charity Street rejudr muting UiKtd roller Library City dock interest on city ilodK iximts 1.676.46 2,695.60 l. 421. 3t US 1.00 6.60 2.031.80 259.00 19.80 G0.00 13.95 100.00 Street turn! sinking fund i0.Ufi7.Kt Street Interim fund 4.87I.C3 Street 8Jtffl. I'lre fund 17i.60 Total f3163ia0 Cash ou haud Nov. I, 19i. . . I,2(t7 49 f 85.801. 79 ItiveiiHiry fl2(l,027.31 lloml lmlellteo:lles City Improvement llouds. 70.000,00 200.302.01 FHANCHISKS AND CON TRACTS WITH THE CITY. No. 10 J. C. Scott, successors ami assigns to operate a water system. No. 31- I'ortland ucnoral hlcc- trie Company, a supply of elec tricity. No. 31 -0. W. U. and N. Co.. to lay sidetrack on Bradford street from Hlock 0 to Hlock 8. James John Addition. No. 78 O. W. K. and N. Co.. to ay sidetrack on Bradford street to Philadelphia street. No. I'M Homo lolophone Company, to operate a telephone and telegraph systom; M00 per year, payable January 1st of each year. No. Ms- racillc lelenhonoand Telegraph Company, to operate telephone and telegraph systom: $100 per year, payable October 1st of each year. No. 237- Portland Gas Com- puny, to operate a was plant; SdOO per year, payable Decem ber 1st of each year. No. 312- Portland Railway. Light ami Power Company, to operate a street railway system on Fessenden and Jersey streets; !N)0 per year, payable December st ot each year, No.365 Mount Hood Railway. Jght and Power Company, to operato an electric light and power system; two per cent gross earnings, payablo 1st ot each year, bt. Johns Lumber Company. ease of Bradford street; $20 per year, payable January 1st ot each year. Ordinance No. 503 Port and Railway, Light and Power Com pany, uawson street; ?i July 1st. St. Johns Lumber Company. Turlington street: $150 nor year. payablo semi-annually. r, A. KICK, Recorder. Published in tho St. Johns Ro low Nov. 14, 1918. Photic Columbia 137 Uut COUPON and wa will glv you 1 0 S. & H. Green Stamps FREE with 50c purchase in ndditionto the Stamps with the CASH purchase Not good after Nov. 1G, 1013 COUCH & CO. General Merchandise St. Johns, Oregon Double Stamps will be given on all Purchases of $1.00 if accompanied by this Coupon. Wc Have Never Been Found Out in an attempt to deceive our customers for the simple reason that we don't attempt to do it. In buying groceries we insist on getting exactly what we pay for and we believe you are entitled to the same privilege. So we give you exactly what you order weithcr you come in person, send your little girl or order by telephone. . Mi COUCH & CO. Phone Columbia 137 "PIONEER MERCHANTS" The St. Johns Millinery Closing Out Sale I am now giving the final cleanup prices on everything away below cost. SHAPES, TRIMMED HATS Plumes, Fancy Feathers, Flow ers, Ribbons, Velvet Silks, Velvet Molines, Veiling and Fancy Furs. EVERYTHING IN STOCK MUST GO If in need of anything in this line, it would pay you to come and see for yourself. Shapes from 25c up to $3.00 for the best it the house, regular $7.G0 Trimmed Hats from 50c up A nice line at .$1.75 $2.50 and $3.75. Welcome to Look if not Buyina Just now Mrs. E. J. Martin Phone Columbia 670 Prop. Be Comfortable this Winter Get one of Perrine's Vacuum Fireplaces and you'll be happy. No smoke, little fuel and big heat. See Perrine about it. lumber: Rough, Dressed Flooring, Finish. Prompt Deliveries. Quality - Guaranteed. ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO. Phone Columbia 131 4 4 Slabwood '. Dry, Green, Blocks, Trimmings Heaters Prices Range from $1.25 to $20.00. See our line before you buy. ST. JOHNS HARDWARE CO. Charter Oak Heaters -4 -m m 4 - 4- 4 H. HENDERSON 311 North Jersey Street Real Estate, Loans, Insurance J Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guarauteed. NOTICE OF Proposed Assessment FOn RENT cardi at hi offlcj tioi). Notico is hereby given that apportionment of the cost of im proving Burlinirton street from ; the east line of Jersey street to to tne west line ot Central ave nue, total cost is $1,530.10, has been apportioned and is on file in the ofllco of the un dersigned, subject Tto examina- Assessment district extends back to the center of lots, blocks or tracts of land abutting on said street as provided by the city charter and resolution. Remonstrances against said apportionment may be made in writing and filed with the un dersigned until 5 p. m. Nov. 24, 1913. F. A. RICE, Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Re view Nov, 7 and 14, 1913. Subscribe tor lb lohna Ruvlow aud keep ycBtad oa the 4o4bi ot The Best Light At The Lowest Cost ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes, offices, shops and other places needing light. Electricity can be used in any quantity, large or small, thereby furnishing any required amount of light. Furthermore, electric lamps can be located in any place, thus affording any desired distribution 01 light. No other lamps possess these qualifications, there fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replacing all others in modern establishments. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Read the Review and keep posted.