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. j Showing of Dressers YOU Will do Well to lnnlf nnrpfnllv nuni nn lnnrr line of Dressers and Chiffoniers. We have a habit of saving our patrons as much as 20 per cent. You might as well have that Extra Coin. Royal Oak Dresser Dull finish, lots of Drawer space, 14x24 Mirror. Regular . $10.50 now $7.75. Royal Oak Princess Dresser Large Top, Mirror 18x30, 4 Drawers. Regular $12 50 now $9. Royal Oak Dresser Has 18x24 Top and 22x28 Mitror. Regular $13.00 now $9.75 Royal Oak Chiffonier Case 20XJ2, Mirror 14x24, has 6 drawers. Now $13.00. Alnhogany Chiffonier Has 5 Drawers and Hat Box. Top 20x34. Regular $16.50 now $ 1 2.50 Bird s Bye Alaplc Princess Dresser Top.2ox38, Mirror 18x40; lias Serpentine Front $18.00 Bird's Eye Maple Dresser Top 18x38, Mirror 18x30; Regular $20.00 now $14.75 Circassian Walnut Dresser Top 21x42 Serpentine Front, 22x28 Plated Glass Mirror; regular $28.50 now $21.60 Ormandy Bros. FURNITURE BRIGHTEN UP! ST. JOHNS HARDWARE CO. VOTE FOR Howard O. Rogers (INDEPENDENT NOMINEE) CITY ATTORNEYS STANDS FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY IN THIS OFFICE Advertlment :lu m ber: RougU, Dressed, Flooring, Finish. Prompt Deliveries. Qualit) Guaranteed. ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO. Phone Columbia 131 H. HENDERSON 31 Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Abstracts p( Title. Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed m CASH OR CREDIT Sherwin-Williams Painli and Varnishes If you expect to do any painting this Spring, come in now and let's talk it over. INe Sherwin-Williams Pre pared Paint. There is none better covers more Mirfnce lasts longer. Wcare t till giving Fro .nnplco( JAI'-A-LAC. Auk for n cnn. A complete tock o( Cnrilt-u Tools, I.nuti Mowcti,IIue, Scctl. Slabwood ! Dry, f Green, Blocks, Trimmings 1 North Jersey Street , Local News. -t- DAN'S That's all. adv For Sale Plymouth Rock eggs $1.00 per setting. 504 S. Hayes I street. Cyclone Cold Cure is curing hundreds of colds. Get it ut The St. Johns Pharmacy. adv. Perry C. Stroud, has announ ced as an independent candidate for the office of City Attorney. Mrs. M. Hamilton of Tacoma. Wash., was n recent visitor at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Jas. Murphey. Wanted Two or three work ing girls to room and board. A mother's care and advice; home privileges. 625 E. Charleston street. adv. Postmaster Monahan is having a neat garage built at his home on Smith avenue. E. S. Wright is doing the construction work. Don't fail to hear Benjamin Chapin at the high school to morrow, Friday, evening. Noth ing better ever presented. For Sale--Thoroughbred white Wynndott eggs, $1.00 for setting of 15. Phone Columbia 270. or call at 1008 S. Gresham street. adv. The steam schooners Multno mah and Alliance word docked for cleaning and painting and minor repairs at the St. Johns dry dock Tuesday of last week. The ladies of the M.E. Church will serve dinner and supper on election day, April C. in the church parlors, corner Hayes and Leavitt streets. adv. After April first the price of the Review will revert to one dollar per year, and will not ugain be lowered in price this year. So if you want to get in on the fifty cent rate, you'll have to hurry. For Sale- -MiiBcova Ducks and Eggs for Hatching. These ducks make no noise, grow to weigh from ten to twelve pounds, are fairly good layers, easy to keep. and for table use there are none frttcr. Cull at or address 1)20 South Jersey street, St. Johns, Oregon. adv. A. A. Muck has decided not to boa candidate for Councilman it Lurge. although nominated on the Democratic ticket. He finds that other matters will require too much of his time to give the office the uttcntion it deserves. Ho desires, however, to express his sittccro thanks to the many who gave him a complimentary voto at the primaries. As I have sold out to Mr. C. luhnke of Oregon City, I take this opportunity to thank the people of St. Johns for their pat ronuge during the past few years that we were in the shoo busi ness. Mr. Juhnke is a first class rihoo man and understands his nisincss thoroughly, and will no loubt provo his worth to the people of St. Johns. Again I thank you. John C. Brooks. Having been prevailed upon by neighbors and friends to be come a candidate for Councilman of the First Ward, and having cceived the second greatest number of votes of all the votes cast at the primary election for that oflico from the dmeront narties. and the greatest upon .he Progressive ticket, was theroforo declared their candi- late, and if elected will stand for strict economy, which means lower taxes.- Randolph Graden. adv Tho Forest Grovo girls' basket mil team will play James John qrirls' team Saturday evening, the 28th, Our team Is in good con- lition now and it will be the hardest game we've hud this season. It will pay you to see it. Thus far our girls have won every game, and they will sure ly do their best to close the sea son with an unbroken record. Come out and give them tho support that will help them win. -High School Heporter. Two youthful robbers, one about 17 and the other about 19 vears old. robbed the East St. Johns Grocery early Monday Icht by surprising Jack Byers. proprietor, while he was reading in the back part of the place and forcing him at the point of a re- volver to open the till, from which they took between $10 and $15. The men disappeared in the direction of tho North Bank railroad. The local police made a vigorous search, but failed to locate the robbers. On last Tuesday afternoon the Oregon Grape club of W. O. W. were entertained at the home of Mrs. Margaret Buery, 418 E. Ty ler street. Fancy work, and music were the two main feat ures of the afternoon, after which a dainty lunch was serv ed. Those present were Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Emma Beam, Mrs. Effa Beam, Mrs. Armstrong, M.'ss Carrie Armstrong. Mrs. George Muhm, Mrs. Tracey, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Aiken, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Canright, Mrs. Smock, Mrs. Keyhole. Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Tallman, Mrs. G. E. Buery and Mrs. Margaret Buery, Subaerlbo for tko St, Tok&a Rarttw Strictly sanitary. Gilmore' barber shop. adv. All patent medicines, toilet articles at special cut rate prices at The bt. Johns Pharmacy, ad Picture framing done at Portland prices at II. 1. Clurk's, the turn litre man. Adv. "Watches" made over into at reasonable rates at Rogers', 301) N. Jersey street. J. he rami uaio, on the corner of Philadelphia and Ivanhoe streets, has been treated to classy new bpnng iront and other attractive improvements. The S. P. I. class of the Chris tian church is planning on "hike" after church next Sun day. All nembers and friends be ready with your lunch to go across the river. A pleasant af ternoon is anticipated by all. Reporter. Don't let that rocking chair remain in tho discard when 50 cents will place n new rocker on it at the Jersey fatrcet Repair bhop. Ambulance service, day and night. St. Johns Undertaking Co.. successors, to liiackburn Undertaking Co.; office Col. 527; Residence, Col. 209. A line of typewriter ribbons. both narrow and wide, has just been received ut tho Review office; 150c each. Also carbon paper at two sheets for five cents. The White House gives good rooms and good straight board for five dollars per week. Your patronage is solicited. adv. The Congregational Church. corner of Richmond und Ivanhoe streets a homelike church: Sunday school 10 a. in. ; preach ing 11 a. in. and 7:30 p. 111.: C. E., 0:45 p. m. ; prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. We welcome you to these and all other services of the church. Pastor. Where shall I get my haircut? At Gilmoro's barber shop. adv. Our Peroxide ranked .second in government test of Peroxides, for efficiency and purity. This menus something; hoy ours and you linvi one of the best. No household should he without it; beware of ehenp department store Peroxides. ST. JOHNS PHARMACY, adv. Mr. Chapin's Lincoln is mas terful. It will never disappoint. It is strong, vivid, splendid and full of soul. "-Elbert Hubbard. t the high school tomorrow. Friday, evening. Baptist Church: Morning ton ic. "Tho Highest Ground:" evening. "Christian Citizen, ship." Special music nt the evening service. S. S. nt 10 n. m. Come and join a class in S. S. We need you. There will bo n special program by S. S. Sun day nt2:30 p.m. At this ser vice the scholars s ha open their "Pig Hnnks," which wero given them some time ago. All aro in vited to this sorvice.- Reporter. A committeo from the Com mercial Club is soliciting funds for tho Sweet Pea Show, School Garden Exhibit and Industrial Exhibits, and it is honed that all give as liberally us possible. as it is desired to make the affair tho best yet. and funds are need ed to make it a success. Rev. Murphey desires to cor rect an impression that seems to lave been circulated to the effect that services in the Con gregational church havo been or will be discontinued. There are regular services ovary Sunday. and thorn is no reuson to believe that they will be discontinued. The theme Sunday morning will )o "Creation," third series; in evening. 1 lie worKman and His Tools." The city fathers were lucky to be able to secure ton charters good as now, which Mr. Mona iian had discovered when he took charge of the postofllce. and which ho had preserved ever nee. City charters have been scarce as "hen's teeth." Christian Science tonic for Sunday will be, "Reality." On Saturday evening. March 14th. a number of tho younger set were delightfully entertained at the home of Miss Vida Evans. 31 Swenson street, in honor of the good St. Patrick. The even ing was enjoyed with most ap propriate games and contests followed by very interesting stories of the Emerald Isle. The house decorations uniting the yellow and the green were most effective. At 11 o'clock the guests were called into the din ing room, where 'neath showers of ferns and daffodils a dainty uncheon was served. The guests departed assuring the- hostess of a most pleasant even ing. Those present beside the hostess were : M isses Mae John son, Catherine Gensman, Viola Westhefer, Gladys Palmer, Mag gie Dickie, Arli'ne Shaw. Edna Green. Lulu Day, Hazel Evans, Madonna Wright; Messrs. Ar- ington Nolan, Fred and George Marlett, Willard Cox, Deane Knowles, Lee Gensman, Lester Emerson, Ed. Westhefer: Mrs. J. H. Evans, Mrs. D. I, Jones and Mr. J. B. Marlett VOTE FOR Hrh1 E. C. GEESLIN Independent Candidate City Attorney of St. Johns A(1t GEO. W. MUNSON Republican, Democratic and Progressive Nominee for COUNCILMAN SECOND WARD Adv VOTK FOR H. D. BEAM Democratic nominee for CITY TREASURER 7 Vcant Olllce Hxiwrlcncc Adv Evangelical Church This week ends 28 years of work in St. Johns by tho Evan gelical church. Our annual con ference convenes April first at Dallas, Oregon. The pastor li(itnu rVIMwlfii iirttttftif itWsitwI. VJ l7IIWtlfY tllUIIIIIIJi IllbVllll" ing to visit his parents at Stay ton on his way to conference. buiHlay services will bo nt the usual, hours. Tho pastor will lecture Sundny evening, theme. "Under the fc'hadows with the Searchlight urned On." There will bo sne- cial music. Wo havo a good livo Junior C. Society led by Charles Root and Miss Minnie Plasket. Par ents, hnve you children running at largo Sunday evenings? Send them to our Junior at 0:00 p. m. Tho services Sunday. Anril 5th. will bo onchalf hour later n the evening. After the C. E. meeting the choir will render a program that promises to be very good. Allayclcomc. Thero will be no presching Sunday, April 5th. Reporter. North School Notes Fifth Room. For tho week ending March 20th, Christina Toole and Ken- neth Catto of tho 5th grade had the most stars, and in the Gth Bessie Haynes and Lola York md the most, Last Friday afternoon Mr. Boyd visited our building and addressed tho children on 'School Gardens." All were quite enthusiastic. Miss i'erkins visited 5th and Gth rooms and entertained the children for a few minutes with comic readings. For Sale Eighteen laying Brown Leghorn pullets. Call 50-1 S. Hayes. adv. A few special deals on Colum bia Phonographs which you can not duplicate elsewhere; terms to suit, at The St. Johns Phar macy, adv. Our line of bulk chocolates and fancy packuge candies is the most complete and best in the city. Come in and let us con vince you. bt. Johns Pharmacy. adv. For Sale Silver Camphie Kggs and early seed potatoes R. L. Lamb, 613 Smith Avenue N. adv. PENINSULA NATIONAL BANK ! Oldest Bank Pimm Autzun, Pres. John N. Eui.iti'siwV, Cash. 4 1 sAi'irrv DHrosir TEN ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS Where Located Portland (2) Oregon City Silvertou Cazadcro Kstncudn Hull Run Uorl.-.R St. Johns Salem Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Broadway and Alder Streets Phone Marshall 5100 Home A. 6131 Portland Cement Much confusion exists as to the meaninir of the term "Port land cement." To correct tho many erroneous impressions as to how this kind of cement came to bo named "Portland" tho Rivcrsido Portland Cement Com puny has prepared tho following historical sketch, so that a hot ter undcrstaudinir of tho term mny bo more Kcnernl. Since tho dawn of civilization "lime" has been used as a bind er in building construction; in fact, as long as man contented himself with simple structures that had to resist only tho effects of the atmosphere, he found lime to serve his every need as a hin der. With the rlso of tho Ho. mnn empire, tho want for a bin der or cement Hint would hard en under water and resist its ac tion soon made itself felt. Tho necessity for such mnteriul soon produced it. The Itomans found that by mixing about three parts of slaked lime with one part of tho volcanic ash from Mt. Vesuvius a cement resulted which would nvv iw tittiM iiitano utiuut water. This cement was called "puzzolane," and with it tho fa mous Konmn aqueducts and public buildings wero construct ed. Up to tho end of tho eigh teenth century it sorved all tho needs of man as a cement. In 1795 John Shenton, an English man, was entrusted with tho building of the Eddystono light house, Ho cast about to find a local material to displace tho ex pensive puzzolane, Ho found that by burning a certain chalk and grinding it to a powder ho obtained a cement that set up very rapidly and wns much stronger than tho puzzolane. This ho called Koman cement, and with it ho built the Eddy stone light. This Koman ce ment was of a red-brown color. In 1824 John Aspdin. a Leeds mason, set about to mako Roman cement by artificially mixing powdered limestone and clay, and burning the mixturo to a clinker, which was then ground to a fine powder, After much experimenting ho produced a product by this procedure which, WIICII JIIIAVU till WUtUi . QUI up' very rapiuiy unuer water to a hard, stonelike mass of gray color, resembling the famous Portland building stone. From this resemblance he called it Portland cement, to distinguish it from Roman cement and puz zolane. It soon displaced all other cements. Portland cement, then, is an artificiallyprepared product made by mixing powdored limestone and clay substance together in definite proportions and burning them to a clinker, which is then pulverized. Since Aspdin's day great im provement in tho quality of Portland cement has been made. due to our bettor understanding of tho chemistry of it, and to Start an account for your your boy at this bank. It will take ouly J1.00 to do It and It may be the waking of him. When he sees how money deposited in the bank makes more money in the shape of in terest he will be very apt to save where he now 9pends of ten foolishly. You can do no better service for your boy than to teach him the habit of saving. on the Peninsula F. C. KNArr, Vice Pres. S. L. DoniK, Asc't Cash. SAVINGS t 0 VAiirrs i'or runt Widely scattered have been built by the Portlaud Railway, Light & Power Company for the purpose of providing Reliable Electric Service to its patrons. Through high tension transmission lines each of these generating plants arc Inter- communicativc, so that the service is insured against unforeseen interruptions. tho modern machinery for mak ing it, Tho increased use of Portland cement in tho last fifteen years is truly marvelous. Up to this time wo imported most of our Portland cement from England nnd Germany. In 1895 2,500.000 barrclB wore imported, and G00, 000 barrels wero mado in this country. In 1909 only 550.000 barrels wero imported, whilo homo production increased to Gl, 300,000 barrols.-rSouthwest Contractor. Geo. S. Shepherd Republican Candidate For CONGRESS Deep Water To The Sea ilv. PANCER if IN A WOMAN'S BREAST Ulilt ICdlt 1 tad mr till Hit AND AlWAY POISONS DCIP Q LANDS IN THE ARMPIT AND KILLS QUICKLY I WILL GIVE $1000 IF I FAIL TO CURE any CANCER or TUMOR NO KNIFE W PAIN . Ko PAY UatH Condi No X-Rty or otliw1 swlfltfli. WRITTEN A1I0LBU GUUJUIHC- ANV TUMOR. LUMP or SORE 00 Ibi UP, FACE or body loot i CANCER. 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