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Historical Sctltt,
St. Johns is Calling You
It second in number of Industrie!,
I seventh in population.
Cars to Portland every 16 min.
Has navigable water on 3 sides.
Has finest gat and electricity.
Has two strong banks.
Has five large school houses.
Has abundance of purest water.
Has hard surface ttreett.
I lat extensive sewerage system.
Has fine, modern brick city hall.
Has payroll of f 95,000 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
Hat tevtn churches.
Hat a most promising future.
Distinctively a manufacturing city
Adjoint the city of Portland.
Hat nearly 6,000 population.
Hot a public library.
Taxable property, $4,500,000.
Hat largo dry docks, taw mills
Woolen mills, iron works.
Stove works, asbestos factory,
Ship building plant,
Veneer and excelsior plant,
Flour mill, planing mill,
Dox factory, and others.
More industries coming.
St. Johns it the place for YOU. J
ST. JOHNS REVIEW
Devoted to (be1 Interests ol the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center ol the Northwest
VOL. to
ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914.
NO. 15
COUNCIL MEETS
Matters of Importance
Receive Attention
All members were present at
the rcKiilar meeting of the city
council Tuesday evening, Mayor
Bredeson presiding.
The Eust St. Johns Land Com
pany asked that certuin streets
in East St. Johns have grade es
tablished so that water mains
can be properly laid. The ongi
' neer was directed to furnish the
desired grades.
The Portland Railway, Light
and Power Company slated that
it had installed an nrc light at
the corner of Tioga and Seneca
streets, as directed by the city
council.
The mayor was authorized to
advertise for bids for the 'sale of
rock crusher, boiler and engine,
owned by the city and formerly
used at the Whitwood quarry.
The chief of police was direct
ed to prepare suitable boxes for
the installation of v four or five
telephones in the different sec
tions of the city, to be used for
emergency purposes, and which
the telephone company had
' agreed to furnish service free of
charge. The phones will un
doubtedly prove a great conveni
ence for those desiring to call
up Central late at night and also
for the police department.
An ordinance requiring prop
erty owners to provide for con
nection with the sewer in case of
imminent hard surface improve
ment was passed unanimously.
An ordinance fixing tho sala
ries of the various city officials
for tho next term of office reach
ed first and second readings, and
waa held over for one week. It
provides for all salaries remain
ing the same as the present
term.
Tho city attorney was author-;
ized and directed to draft an or
dinance providing for n bond is
sue in the sum of $9,500 for the
purchase of a triple combination
auto fire engine, and to be voted
upon at the general city election
April 7th.
Tho city recorder was directed
to write to various cities of a
slzo similar to St. Johns, and as
certain tho Balary paid engi
neers. Upon motion of Alderman
Martin, it was decided that tho
Cook. Caples. Catlin-Mnrkwart.
Jaeger, Stearns-Allen tracts and
a plaza of ground owned by C.
C. Woodhouso on tho corner of
Philadelphia street and Willam
ette boulevard be placed on the
ballot as prospective park sites
at tho city election next month.
Mr. Stearns, who was present,
stated that tho Stearns-Allen
tract had been withdrawn for
park purposes, and it was elimi
nated from tho budget.
The city engineer was direct
ed to mako a survey of Burr
street from Dawson to Bank
street.
Mr. Hunter asked for relief in
the way of keeping chickens be
longing to neighbors from tres
passing upon his property and
destroying vegetation, and he
was advised to prove the owner
ship of the straying chickens
and have the owners brought
beforo the police court, as the
1 ordinance provides.
Had a Jolly Time
Last Thursday evening the
"Bachelor Club Spirit" mani
fested itself in the form of an
evening's entertainment at the
rink. Only the members and
their lady friends were present,
and a most enjoyable time was
had by all. Dancing made up
the greater part of the evening's
entertainment, and all the new
dances were indulged in. Mr.
Rudd, of Rudd's Orchestra, with
the able assistance of his "ex
pert ivory key thumper," furn
ished the music, which, as us
ual, was first class.
Many novelty "stunts" were
pulled off, and some one forced
to bear the expense for the
amnspmpnt. of the others.
Coffee and cake were served
as refreshments, which seemed
tn nut. nverv one in fine snirit.
an H it then seemed onlv a few
minutes when the twelve o'clock
car for Portland took away the
music and put an end to the jol
lification.
To get a reputation for po3
gMing common sense, agree
with the other fellow.
"It Couldn't Be Done"
Somebody said that it couldn't
be done,
But he. with a chuckle, replied
That "maybe it couldn't." but
he would bo one
Who wouldn't say so till he
tried.
So he buckled right in, with a
trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried,
he hid it;
He started to sing as he tackled
the thing
That couldn't be done, but he
did itl
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll
never do that,
At least no one ever has done
it;"
But he took' oil' his coat and he
took oil' his hat,
And the first thing we knew
he'd begun it;
With the lift of his chin, and a
bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quib
bling; He started to sing as he tackled
the thing
That couldn't be done, and he
did it!
There are many to tell you it can
not be done,
There are thousands to prophe
sy failure:
There are thousands to point out
one by one
Tho dangers that wait to as
sail you;
But just buckle in with a bit of a
grin.
Then take off your coat and
co to it:
Just start in to sing as you tack
le tho thing
That "cannot be done" and
you'll ,do it! Exchange.
Adult Women Workers
The Industrial Welfare Com
mission has made the following
rulings affecting adult women
workers, which became eiiecaivo
last month:
The minimum wages fixed by
this rulinir are wage rates. Con
sequently, experienced employes
working for less than a full week
aro to receivo a pro rated wage,
. e.. at cast Si. 37 n day, and
proportionately for parts of a
dy. ...
In occupations wnero payment
is mndo by piece rato, the piece
rate must bo so regulated that
tho average ordinary worker"
may earn at least $8.25 in a fifty
four hour week.
Tho max mum weekly hours
shall bo 51. The maximum hours
for any day are fixed by the state
law at 10.
In some occupations sufficient
experience may bo had in a few
days or a few weoks to warrant
the weekly wago of $8.25. In
case employers in such occupa
tions fail to establish voluntari
ly a reasonable term for experi
enced workers.'tho Commission
will call conferences and fix ap
nronriate terms of experience.
The present ruling simply indi
cates that in no occupation will
mnni rtmn n vnnr's ovnnrinnrn
be required. In case several
months experience is requireu,
't would be in accord with the
purpose of the law to have a
gradual step.up m tne rate oi
wages from tho beginner's wages
until the rate of $8.25 a week
is reached.
It is not intended to include in
the order for 8:30 p. m. dismis
sal any occupation, the very na
ture of the service of which re
quires night work.
Asleep in the Basin
Thorn is n hov nin venra old
in a fnmilv whfph reeontlv re-
rnrnpH rn their nnnrtment nfter
spenuing sumu unit; in coun
try. Mother.small son and maids
went to the flat. Father went to
his oSice, where a pressure of
work compelled him to labor all
day and far into the evening.
When he trot home evervbodv
had gone to bed. Approaching
the bathroom door, he found it
closed and adorned with a large
sheet of wrannint? rmner. on
which a proclamation of some
X-x- "- a T -
sort seemed to nave peen iarxr
intiRlv nrinted in larcre and stran
gling capital letters. Turning
up the hall light, this is wnat
father renH ? Tin not onen the
bathroom dore; do not rase the
window: do not turn un the
lioht? rlo not make anv noise.
There is a mud turtle asleep in
the wash basin. Forest and
Stream,
THE LIBRARY
Interesting Notes for the
Library Patrons
Library hours:
Afternoon 12 to 5:30.
Evening 7 to 9.
Sunday-2:30 to 5:30 for read
ing only.
There will bo a free lecture in
the library auditorium at eight
o'clock on tho evening of Friday,
March 6th. The subject will be,
"Tne Biggest Bear Story Ever
To!d;'"tho lecturer, Prof. F. S.
Dunne of Oregon University.
So many people have inquired
if there was to be a lecture on
the subject of the astronomical
plates now displayed on the walls
of the nuditorium that the libra
ry decided to ask Prof. Dunne if
he could arrange to give us his
lecture on the sturs. He replied
that he could come on the even
ing of March Gth. It is most
unfortunate that this date con
flicts with that of the next num
ber on the high school Lyceum
Course, but we were mndc ac
quainted with Prof. Dunne's
choice too late to make a change.
Tho library does not desire to
draw from the Lyceum attend
ance, but if you are not going
there, we think you will enjoy
hearing Prof. Dunne.
New Books:
Ely Another handy garden
book.
Readers of Mrs. Ely's "A Wo
man's Hardy Garden," will wel
come this second volume from
the samo pen. Especially wel
come is it n'ow in the spring o'
the year when everybody gets
tho gardening fever. The au
thor tins given only the result of
her own experiences in raising
vegetables, fruits and (lowers
during u period of many years.
Gould Where havo my profits
gone?
The pubishcrshuvc this to say:
"Tho various chapters touch so
many dilfcront sides of commer
cial life that every retail mer
chant in every line of trade, of
every condition and location, as
well as the jobber, hotel and res
taurant proprietor, manufactur
er, shipper, public service cor
portion, banker, traveling sales
man, sales manager, auditor,
and every business mun, will
find hero an interesting array of
useful facts presented in such a
clear and powerful stylo as to be
revolutionary in olleet. Within
three months after tho fust edi
tion appeared, considerably over
fifty tnousnnd merchants and
manufacturers have written to
us in regard to it,"
Richmond Mrs, ued l'epper:
n sequel to Red Pepper Bums.
Walker Pocket book of elec
tric lighting and heating.
The author says: "This pock
et book was first suggested to
me by a central station engineor.
'How useful it would be.' he
said. 'if one could havo a book
containing in a handy form tho
information as to appliances un
der ohq's control, or required to
be furnished on an emergency,
that one has to hunt for among
a number of books or catalogues,
which in some cases are open
only to certain members of the
staff.' In pursuance of this sug
gestion, I have endeavored in
this volume to put into the small
est possible space information
which not only central station
engineers, but contracting engi
neers and their assistants, and
engineers in charge, are con
stantly wanting."
Wiggin story of Waltstill
Baxter,
A new and attractive story by
the author of Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm.
Willa Sibert Cather. author of
"O Pioneers." recently added to
the library, has just received a
vote of thanks from a gathering
of Bohemian editors. who recent
ly met in Chicago, for her " de
piction of true conditions exist
ing among the early pioneers of
Nebraska." The story has been
assigned for class work in the
Bohemian department of the Ne
braska State University, and is
arousing much interest.
Did you read "From Bend to
Burns" in the February Atlan
tic? It is a dramatic recital by
the naturalist Dalles Lore Shark
of the effort to carry a carload
of young trout over the .High
Desert with which to stock the
Silvies Kiver and the creeks
about minis, The magazine
may now circulate.
The glasses on top of case at
left of the study door are to hold
specimens of the various wild
"Public Enemies"
One of the large financial in
stitutions in New York recently
mailed to its customers Walt
Mason's parody, "Public Ene
mies." as follows:
"If you build a line of railway
over hills and barren lands, giv-
ig lucrative employment to about
a million hands: if you cause a
score of cities by your right of
way to rise, where there former
ly was nothing but some rattle
snakes artd flies: if, when bring
mg kale to others you acquire a
little kale, then you've surely
robbed the pecpul.and you ought
to be in jail. If by planning and
by toiling you have won some
wealth and fame, itwill make no
odds how squarely you have
played your little game; your
success is proof sufficient that
you are u public foe, you're a
soulless malefactor, to the dump
you ought to go; it's a crime for
you to prosper where so many
others fail; you have surely rob
bed the peepul and you ought to
go to jail. Be a chronic politi
cian, deal in superheated air;
roast the banks and money bar
ons -there is always saioty
there; but to sound the note of
business is a crime so mean
and base, that the fellow guilty
of it ought to go and hidu his
face; change the builder's song
triumphant for the politician's
wail, or we'll think you've rob
bed the peepul, and we'll pack
you oil' to jail."
Infant Science
Following are the numbers of
the lecture course on "Infant
Science" under tho auspices of
the Parents' Educational Bureau
of tho Oregon Congrejis of Moth
ers, held in Room 551 of the
County court house, Portland:
Murch G Patent Foods, Dr.
J. B. Lnbhe.
March 13 Teething and tho
Care of the Teeth, Dr. Wm.Cav
nnaugh. March 20 reeding after tho
First Year, Dr. James W. Ros
en f eld.
March 27 Physical Develop
ment and Training, Mrs. Kanz-
ler.
April 3- Common Ailments of
Children and Their Treatment,
Dr. I tall.
April 10 -Intellectual Develop
ment and Training.
April 17 -Story To'ling and
Children's Literature, Miss Mil
lard. April 21 Social Development,
Environment and Training, Mrs.
W. W. Williams.
May 1 Mora Development
and Training.
Maya- -The Kindergarten Sys
tem.
May 15- -The Montessori Sys
tem, Miss-Talbot.
May 22 -The Beginnings of
Sex Education, Rev. W. T. Eliot.
May- 20 Religious Develop
ment and Training- tho Sunday
School, Rov. D. L. Kiuhle.
Juno 7--TI10 Child and the
State-Child Welfare Work-
Legislation, Dr. Rebec.
1 here is no admission fee to
any of these lectures.
Building Permits
No. 8 To K. Zajar to repair
dwelling on Smith avenue be
tween Nicklin street and St.
Johns avenue; cost $100.
No. 9-To J. S. McKinney to
erect a dwelling on Edison street
between Polk and Pierce streets;
cost $1300.
No. 10-To Tony Tuleis to
erect a dwelling on Bank street
between Midway and Oregonian
avenues; cost $000.
flowers and plants as they first
come iiito flower and leaf in the
woods and fields near St. Johns.
They now show the trillium or
wake-robin, huckleberry leaves,
wild ginger and flowering cur
rant buds. Contributions are
welcome.
Are you interested in the dra
ma? If so, you will like to con
sult the drama bulletin and the
books shelved near it.
Story hour Saturday afternoon.
Three o'clock for children of
third grade and below; four
o clock for children of fourth
grade and above.
Have you any pictures you
would desire to have framed?
If so, the Jersey Street Repair
Shop will do it neatly and at a
very reasonable price.
HIGH SCHOOL
Items .of Interest Regard
ing School Doings
The boys' basket ball team of
James John last Friday evening
defeated Grcsham High with a
scoro of 30 to 13 on the Grosham
floor. Krouger, "The Flying
Dutchman," made 24 points. The
rest of the quintet passed well,
but had hard luck in shooting.
The floor was largo and dirty
ith very poor lights, which
made the game slow though ex
citing. Lust Thursday Mr. Fry's bot
any clans took their first excur
sion. The students enjoyed this
trip very much, and expect to
take several trips in the near fu
ture. They started at 1:10 and
came back at 2:30, going to the
greenhouse. They were a scien
tific looking bunch, carrying mi
croscopes and note books. Mr.
uergensan showed them how to
plant and set out cuttings and
bushes.
On Tuesdnv Miss Onal James
joined tho Freshman class. She
comes from White Bluffs, Wash.
Tho rroshmnn c ans organized
last Friday evening, and tho, fol
lowing officers were elected:
Hernico Brownley, president:
Susie Linley, vice president;
Clarice Wilson, secretary, and
Wycth Jnyne, treasurer.
The books of tho II. b. refer
ence library have been moved
down from the room upstairs to
Room '1. Tho change is much
better in a number of ways for
those who uso the library. In the
first place the location is much
more convenient and then the
room itself is larger, lighter and
more pleasant as a placo for
study. Two largo tables give
room for as many as need to be
at work thero at any period dur
ing tho day. The student libra
rian in charge has his own desk.
Tabs are placed on the tables and
boforo leaving the room every
student must give a report of
what they did while there.
This, Friday, ovonlng Dr.
Thomas E. Green will give a lec
ture on "The Uurdon of tho Na
tions." This will be one of the
best numbers in tne Lyceum
Course, and is the fifth and next
to last number. Koporter.
The Life of a Soldier
A writer in tho Houtzdnle.
Pa., Citizen, seems to have a
very low opinion of tho lifo of a
soldier, as the following clipping
win attost:
Young man: The lowest aim in
your lifo is to become a soldier.
Ihogood soldier never trios to
distinguish right from wrong.
He never thinks, nover reasons.
ho only obeys. If hoisordered to
firo on his fellow citizens, on his
friends, on his neighbors, on i s
relatives, ho obeys without hesi
tation. If ho is ordered to fire
down a crowded street when tho
poor are clamoring for bread, ho
obeys and sos tho gray hairs of
age stained with red and the life
tide gushing from the breasts of
women, leeling nolther remorse
nor sympathy, If ho is ordered
off as a firing squad to execute
a hero or benofactor, he fires
without hesitation, though ho
knows tho bullet will pierce tho
noblest heart that ever beat in
human breasts. A soldier is a
blind, heartless.soulless. murder
ous machine. He is not a brute,
for brutes only kill in self de
fense. All that is human in him.
all that constitutes tho man, has
been sworn away when he took
the enlistment oath. His mind,
his conscience, ayo his very soul,
are in the keeping of his officer.
No man can fall lower than a sol
dier: it is a depth beneath which
ve cannot go. Keep the boys out
ot the army; it is hell, We don't
need killing institutions; we
need life giving institutions."
The writer of the above seems
to overlook the fact that the hor
rible things he mentions seldom
happen, and that the soldier is as
a rule neither cruel or inhuman.
Tho picture drawn is greatly ex
aggerated.
Fruit and Berry Plants
Now is the timo to buy nur
sery stock. lor apple, plum.
prune, pear, cherry trees, and
all other fruits and berry plants,
see J. H. CANRIGHT. 415 North
Leonard street, St. Johns.
! Wi" Be Hir! lom
Dr. Thomas E. Green return
ed to America in early June,
1012, after completing u thirteen
month tour around the world.
Beginning with the coronation
in England, he visited every
capital in Europe. Exceptional
opportunities gave him access to
places and things impossible to
the usual traveler. Ho saw and
nterviewed sovereigns, nrime
ministers, cabinet officers, gover
nors, ecclesiastics, journalists,
revolutionists, students, people
of every sort and kind, in order
to obtain facts and study condi
tions. Turkey, Palestine, Egypt,
India, the Philippines, China
and Japan have been the scttimr
of an oriental tour of wonderful
interest. Those who havo been
the delighted listeners to Dr.
Green's lectures for the pnst ten
m i.-. i i . ,
yuura win Know wnninunow nas
in store. He and his work are
known wherever thero is an in
tellectual American public. Ho
stands now at the very front of
the American platform. His
now lectures, dealing with pres
ent -conditions throuirhout the
world, and particularly with our
own country as related to XXth
century world concerns, is to tho
last moment timely and full of
vital interest. Dr. Green will
fill but a limited number of dates
during tho coming season, othor
mtorosts making largo demands
upon his time.
lie will lecture in the High
School auditorium this, Friday,
evening, being the fifth number
of the Lyceum Course.
All Trains Now Stop
For some time a committee
has had the matter up with the
Northern Pacific Railway com
pany to got tho lato evening
train Irom Sentt o to ston at the
St. Johns depot, and it has just
recently been advised that train
No. 413, which loaves Soattlo at
4:15 r. M. and arr vos at St.
Johns at 10:10, and at Portland
at 10:30, will stop at tho St.
Johns station from now on. This
train in called the Seattle-Port
land special. 1 he tra n just re
cently ordered to stop, makes it
now that all Northorn Pacific
trains atop both ways at St.
Johns.
Following is a schodulo of the
Northern Pacific trains as they
go to and irom soattlo irom tho
St. Johns station: Trains to Se
attle leave St. Johns at 7:40 and
arrives in Soattlo 12:10; 10:45 a.
m. arrives in Seattlo at 4:45;
4:15 p. m. arrives in Seattlo at
10:40. Trains arrivo at St.
Johns station from Seattle at
G:41 a. m., 2:21 p. m G:2G p.m.,
and 10:10 p. m.
1 ho committee- is to bo con
gratulated upon securing this
concession, which makes it a
great convenience to tho travel-
mg public, and tho Nothern Pa
cifle officials aro deserving of
commondation for making tho
concession.
How-the small items in a large
organization run into largo sums
is well illustrated by tho amount
tho Southern Pacific has exnend
ed for emptj sacks to hold sand
used in protecting levees along
the right of way. Tho general
purchasing agent of tho railroad
tho othor day placed a single or
der for a quarter of a million of
thorn, for which he paid almost
ten thousand dollars. It can on
ly be estimated how much more
it would cost to fill them with
sand, afjter distributing, and to
placo thorn where they might be
needed.
Abraham Lincoln proved that
it as possible to bo groat on a
small lacoMO.
''' ssssH
PROPOSALS FOR
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
City of St. Johns, Ore.
Sealed proposals will bo re
ceived by tho undersigned at his
office in tho City of St. Johns,
Oregon, until six P. M. on the
Seventeenth day of March, 1914,
for tho sale of tho whole or any
part of Bonds of tho City of St.
Johns, issued under Ordinance
No. 58G, at not less than par and
accrued interest
Said bonds to be dated as fol
lows r
$2,031.51 Jan. 10, 1914.
$4,250.89 Jan. 31, 1914.
Amounting in all to $0,282.40.
All of said bonds are issued in
denominations of Five Hundred
dollars or less, and all of said
bonds arc payablo ten years af
ter date of said bonds.
All of said bonds nre coupon
bonds, bearing interest at the
rato of six per cent, payable
semi-annually, subject to all the
conditions imposed, directed and
stipulated by Section 131 of tho
chnrtcr of tho City of St. Johns.
Tho right is reserved to re
deem uny and nil bonds at any
interest paying period at or af
ter one year from date.
All bids must be accompanied
by n certified check for two per
cent of the amount of the bid,
and the snid check shall be pay
able to tho City of St. Johns,
and tho said check shall bo re
tained by the City of St. Johns
as damages in caso the bidder to
whom tho bonds aro awarded
fails to accept and pay for the
same within fifteen days after
tho acceptance of tho bid.
The money is to bo paid and
tho bonds nro to bo delivered at
St. Johns, Multnomah county,
Oregon.
The right is reserved by tho
Council to roject any nnd all bids.
F. A. RICE,
Recorder.-" "tT
Published in tho St Johns Re-
viow Feb. 27, Mar. G and 13,1914.
City Primary Nominating
Election Notice
Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, tho 7th day of March,
1914, nt 401 South Jersey street,
ut tho corner of South Jersey
and Charleston streets, for the
First Ward, nnd at tho City Hall
for tho Second Wnrd, a Primary
Nominating Election will bo
held, ut which the Republican,
Democratic and Progressive par
ties will chooso their candidutcu
for city offices, namely;
Uno Mayor.
Ono City Recorder.
One City Treasurer.
Ono City Attornoy.
Two Councilmen First Wnrd.
Two Councilmen Second Ward.
Three Councilmen at Large.
Snid election will bo held at 8
o'clock a. m., and will continue,
until 8 o'clock in tho afternoon
of suid day.
Dated this 12th day of Febru
ary, 1U14.
1. A. KlUK,
City Recorder,
Published in the St. Johns Re
view Fob 12, 20, 27 and March G,
1914.
Regarding High Taxes
L. II, Wells of tho Oregonian
in an address boforo tho Gresh
am grange recently, had tho fol
lowing to say regarding taxation:
"The grango is a great economic
force. It should stand for more
moderate taxation, which has
been increased beyond all meas
ure until sometimes it is a ques
tion whether it is profitable to
hold property. In our cities tho
demand for money by our public
officials results in a tremendous
burden upon tho small homo
owner. The farmer, too, has
not escaped. Money and more
money Is the demand. Tho as
sessor piles up tho taxable valuo
and annually adds facilities for
moro taxes. We were told in
Portland before commission gov
ernment was adopted that tho
now plan would save tho taxpay
ers $1,000,000 a year, but no ono
expects that any such amount
will bo saved; on tho contrary
wo all will havo to scratch lively
to get money enough to pay our
taxes."
Girls of today are not a bit sil
lier than the girls who lived in
yours longgono by,