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Historical Jottt St. Johns is Calling You la second in number o( Industries. Is seventh in populbtion. Cars to Portland every 16 min. Has navigable water on 3 sides. Has finest gas 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 $95,000 monthly. Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight. All railroads have nccess to it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. St. Johns is Calling You Has seven churches. Has a most promising future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoins the city of Portland. Has nearly 6,000 population. Has a public library. Taxable property, f-1,500.000. Has large dry docks, saw mills Woolen mills, iron works, Stove works, asbestos factory, Ship building plant, Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill, Box factory, and others. More industries coming. St. Johns is the place for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted to the Interest ot the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOL. io ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914. NO. 24 COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention AH members were present at the regular mooting of the city council Tuesday evening, with Mayor Vincent presiding. A petition for the improve ment of Charleston street be twecn Hayes and Willamette boulevard with sidewalk, curb and hard surface was received. A remonstrance signed by about a like number of property owners was lodged at the same time against the proposed improve ment. The matter was refer red to the city engineer to check up and ascertain if the remonstrance was strong enough to prohibit the improvement. Bickncr Bros, asked for per mission to reroof the building occupied by the St. Johns Hard ware Company, and was referred to the fire board for recom mendation. Asper & Caldwell asked for the privilege of erecting a barber sign on the sidewalk in front of their place of business, which was granted with the proviso that the work should be done un der tho direction of the chair man of the street committee, i Attorney Collier of Portland requested more data on tho Tyler street case, and the mat ter was turned over to tho city attorney. The committee on fire appar atus made report in which it recommended tho purchase of a new gasolene truck at a price not to exceed $2850. Report accepted and committee dis charged. Attention was called to leaks in tho water pipes on Ivanhoo and Richmond streets, and the recorder was directed to notify the company of tho fact, and request- that repairs be made at once. A petition for an arc light at tho corner of Sonecn and Newton streets was referred to tho water and light committee. Reports from the treasurer, recorder and chiof of police were read and accepted. The report of tho latter showed that only two arrests had been made dur ing tho month of April. A Mr. Stewart exhibited a now sanitary garbage can for the consideration of the cbuncilmon and explained its merits. No action was taken toward acquir ing any of tho now cans. Bills amounting to $250.08 were allowed. It was decided that the haul ing of garbage to tho crematory should bo lot to tho lowest bid der, and chairman of the street committeo, Davis, was requested to solicit bids. R. A. Jayne, recently appoint ed city physician, declined to servo owing to the fact that he anticipated removing from the city and also deeming with other physicians, that the salary of $100 per year was too scant. Mayor Vincent stated that ho ana the chief of police had been looking after affairs that fall to the duty of the city physician's office, and the councilmen decid ed that it would be n good plan to allow them to continue doing so for the present at least. Tho Crown Columbia Paper Company -was given a lease of tho city dock at a rental of $200 per month for another year, be ginning Juno 4th. A resolution introduced by Councilman Garlick that the city purchase a new auto truck at a price not to exceed $2350, which included mounting the chemical engine upon same, was rejected by a four to three vote, Alderman Cornell, Waldref, Chadwick and Munson voting no, and Alderman Davis, Garlick and Graden no. Councilman Waldref then ad vocated the purchase of an American LaFrance triple com bination fire fighting machine. Alderman Graden just as vigor ously opposed the purchase of such apparatus on the contention that the people did not want it. Alderman Munson volunteered to let his year's salary as alder man go toward the purchase of the apparatus. A recess was taken, after which Alderman Chadwick made a motion that it be the sense of the council that a snecial election be called for the purpose of authorizing bonds for the purchase of ap paratus, three different kinds to be submitted. A vote on the motion resulted in Alderman Corntil, Walderf, Ghadwick and Lafferty's Bill For Government Ships Congressman Lafferty, ns a mnmhnr nf MiH imnortant Com mittee on Interstate and Foreign nnmmni-i'P. lma marie a snecial study of transportation, both by land and sea. . . "I favor not only the National ization of our railways, but I lilnu-ion fnvnr ihn htiildinur and operation of ships by the Gov ernment," said Mr. Lafferty in a speech in the House March 11 101.1 'One lino of these Bhins should ply between Alaska and the States. Others should carry our mails to foreign ports, at the same time carrying passengers and freight." Mr. Lnllerty has round mat America pays ocean freights an nually amounting to the enor mous sum of $350,000,000, or $3.50 per head of our population. We export annually two billion dollars worth of mwchnndiso, and import a billion and a half. Tho freights arc estimnted at 10 per cent of the totul. thereby amounting to the figures given. Mr. Lafferty has calculated that the United States could afford to build a licet of 200 American merchant ships to cost $1,000,000, each.or total of $800, 000.000, to handle this commerce. Should we get only half of our own shipping, according to Mr. f.nn'nrtv's rtmirus. the Hoot of 200 ships would pay for them, selves in less than 12 years.; Mr. Lafferty has introduced a bill providing for the building of these ships, which ho will urge upon the attention of Con gress. In his speech in tho House, Mr. Lafferty further said: "A willing Congress will pro vide for aflcetof American mer chant ships, to be owned and operated by tho Government, to carry our immense commerce upon tho high seas. At a cost of $1,000,000 each, tho Govern ment could .build a fleet of 200 such merchant ships, the largest and tho finest in tho world, suit able for carrying passengers, mail, and cargoes. Tho total co3t would bo only $800,000,000, just twice the cost of building the Panama Canal. Yet such a (loot would keep in America an nually $4350,000,000, which now goes to tho foreign steamship trust, provided wo carried all our ocean commerce, and it would keep in America annually $175,000,000 if wo should carry only half our commerce. With such a licet, some of the ships plying on tho Atlantic and some on tho Pacific and some circling the globe, an American citizen could travel at small cost and see the world and its wonders. If such a fleet should carry only half our commerce, and it would have tho capacity for carrying it all, it would nevertheless pay for itself inside of 12 years, and this computation is made upon the basis of charging off 10 per cent of tho revenues received from passengers, mails, unci freights each year for deprecia tion and repairs, and the pay ment o annual interest at 3 per cent -on the cost of the ships until paid for." adv. Munson voting yes, and Davis, Garlick and Graden no; motion carried. C. J. Anderson wanted to know how to go about securing a water meter, and he was advised to apply to the water company in writing for same. Alderman Munson called at tention to a dangerous condi tion arising from moss growing upon the roofs of various build ings, and the chief of police was lirpprorl rn notify uronertv own ers to have same removed to minimize clanger from fire. A resolution to improve Kel logg street between St. Johns avenue and Bruce street by side wnlk nrwl crrnrie on the easterlv side only was adopted, as was also a resolution providing ior the sidewalking of Willamette boulevard between Richmond and the North Bank cut. I have for sale cheap a block of land, once the property of former Councilman Windle, on Tyler street, adjoining the Wil lamette boulevard, consisting of a fine dwellin ghouse and one lot 75x100. of beautiful cleared land in croD. which I will sell cheap and on easy terms. Apply to the owner, Mrs: E. Burtch. 514 West Tyler street. adv. An electric massage, only one in town. uilmore s barber shop. adv. An Important Industry. Four years ago, says the Pacific Coast Manufacturer, the Peninsula Iron Works of St. Johns, Oregon, was organized by W. A. Bennett and A. Lar rowe, the former president, the latter general manager, for the manufacturing of transmission and sawmill machinery. They believed that, given tho raw material, they could suc cessfully compete with eastern manufacturers who were ship ping this class of machinery to the Pacific coast, und get their share of the natural increase in business, inn developing country of great resources and Intent possibilities The company has produced re sults; its average yearly increase in business has been 75 percent, and this year's business to date has the appearance ot equalling past records. Its machine, foundry and pattern shop equip ment has been added to each year; its line of patterns for transmission machinery is com plete, and in addition its pattern storage contains gang and edgcr rolls, water-cooled arbor boxes. swing saw frames, boiler set tings, and a great variety of pat terns too numerous to mention. The foundry in 1913 turned out one and ono quarter million nounds of ixray iron castings, and in addition to this tho com pany's finished product called for sevcra thousand pounds oi brass, steel and semi-steel cast ings. Among its contracts lor gray iron castings it numbers the lamest contractors, packing1 plants and timber industries in this section, tho tonnage in cast ron nine fittings for wood pipe, delivered to tiio lurgest wood pipe manufacturers on tho coast is an account of importance in tho company's business. Recent sales in the line of henvy equipment were a set of pulleys, the lurger being CG inch diameter. 33 Inch face, the four companion pulleys 30 inch di ameter, 33 inch face, all with double spokes and split hubs; a pile driver hammer weighing five tons was a product of the foundry department, and ap proximately 50 tons of car fit tintrs were shinned to Fort Stevens to be used in the opera tion on tho North jetty. The "Peninsulu" lumber truck has been improved by u newly designed outsido washer. This washer, though simple in con struction, holds tho wheel se curely in position, eliminating tho possibility or danger to the teamster and others. "Peninsula" truck wheels never come off, they constitute nsuranceuKainst accident wher ever used and have been highly praised by the managers of saw mills to whom it has been in troduced. Tho " Peninsula" shnco pack er, another of the company's nroducts. is a high class ma chine, all joints being mortised and bolted, tho framo thorough ly braced, and equipped with a sauaro shaft, thereby doing away with the slipping of cams and levers. The machine is built for hard usuage and stands up to it. The year lais not only de veloped tho necessity of more equipment, but also of larger quarters, and a new building 40 feet by 100 feet was added, used almost exclusively for tho manu facture of fru t cleaning and grading machinery. An idea of the rapid growth of this firm may bo gained by the fact that the payroll four years ago was approximately $4000 per year, while at the present time it is in excess of $25,000. The trade territory ot the com pany is rapidly expanding. Manufactured by Peninsula Iron Works. St. Johns. (Jrecron. is seen on machinery in all sec tions of the Pacific Northwest where the whir of the saw or the swish of the axe are heard, and many are the cables that glide over the smooth surface of "Peninsula" chilled, semi steel losrfrim? spools. Tjie Specialty Manufacturing Co.of bt.Johns has been steadily increasing their capacity for the manufacture of collapsible coons, rigid exposition coops, lawn s wines of all sizes, lawn bench es, a collapsible stool and many other useful articles of much use to the fruit packers, com mission men. etc. 'ihelr col lapsible coop is made of the best quality of Oregon fir. The top lias a suaing uoor, giving eaay access to all parts of the coop. It is made without nails or THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons Library hours: Afternoon 12 to 5:30. Evening 7 to 0. Sunday 2:30 to 5:30 for read ing only. The Mexican exhibit is excit iner much interest. It is made up of drawn work, embroidery, pottery baskets, toys, images and pictures. The voumr people arc voting on their favorite books at tho library this week. If vou are interested in having your children read only the best books, ask for the list recently put out by the library on "What to Read ueforo liigu school." Merle Harrington has present ed tho library aquarium with a third Japanese fantail. New Books: Cutting Lovers of Sauna. Gillmore Phoobe, Ernest und Cupid. A sequel to Phoebe and Ernest. Lincoln Postmaster. By tho author of Tho Depot Master. Wells Her Ladyship's Elep hant. An amusing tale of the mix-up into which two young married couples get themselves with the help of a misunderstood train schedule and an elephant. Whitlock Gold Brick. Stories which show a remark ably penetrating insight into the temptations, fascination and pathos of American political life. What Are wo JJomg in Mex ico? By Norman Angell. Gov. Colquitt of Tcxus, Benjamin Ido Wheeler, Albert Bushnell Hart, John Callan O'Lnughlin, Edwin D. Mead. Powell Claton in Tho Independent of May 4th. Corona Club Events Thursday evening, tho ovo be fore "May Day." tho Corona Club went quietly around to the homes of its many friends and left dainty gifts of (lowers in pretty littlo May baskets. Friday. May first, tho club gave May pole drills at 2:30, 3:30 and 7:30 p. m. The "Livo Wires," led by Mr. Card and Miss Linquist, performed the various changes of tho drill, while tho Corona glee club sung Mnv c ay songs, and Miss Geneva Short sat enthroned us "Queen of the May" among her many attendants. An extra specialty was the drill given in the evening by the Corona irirls' glee club. The girls, all dressed in white, made a very pleasing picture as they i , ii ' , ii.t r i.i neid uie long nuuuna ui kuiu and rose, and gracefully en twined the tall May pole. Saturday evening, at tho homo of Merle Harrington, the chair man of the social committee, at 417 E. Allegheny street, occurred the olticial crowning of Miss Geneva Short as May Queen of the Corona club. The corona Lion ceremonies were performed by President DunBmore, assisted by tho Corona glee club. Fol lowing the ceremonies, several musical numbers were rendered, games were played and refresh ments served. Tho Corona club and manager, M. F. Burghduff.extends to Mrs. Harrington their thanks for her generous hospitality in twice welcoming to her homo tho forty members of the club. Reporter. screws, and is as strong when set up as any coop on the market. They are constructed with wire staples. When the coop is low ed to be returned to the dealer, is practically indestructible and only occupies one-forth the space when folded as when open. Try our famous Rose Spray, ready for use; only 25 cents per gallon. Also a complete line of the various sprays, fumigators and insecticides, parasite des troyers, etc., for flowers, plants, fruits, vegetables and animals. At the St. Johns Pharmacy, ad Fred Russel of New York city called upon his cousin, Judge Williams. last week. He had not been in St. Johns for two vears. and was much surprised at the many improvements made since his last visit. Wants 0nIy the Best The Board of Governors of the Commercial club met -at lunch' with members of the city coun cil in the club rooms Monday I noon. A. G. Long of Portland was also present. The matter, of efficient fire apparatus and fire protection for the city was' gone into pretty deeply and thoroughly. Mr. Long stated that ho could only recommend the purchase of a triple combina tion, and believed anything short of that would not fill the bill and prove most unsatis factory. He offered .temporarily the free use of a steamer pump ing apparatus which he owned. Dr. McChesncy was of the de cided opinion that only tho best apparatus procurable should be acquired, that the city could not hope to progress without efficient fire protection, and that con ditions here 'demanded full and adequate protection. Mayor Vincent stated that he did not believe tho finances of the city would justify the expenditure of any considerable sum of money for apparatus. Alder man Waldref, S. W. Rogers, P. H. Edlofscn, II. E. Penncll. A. Larrowe. R. G. Brand and President Bonham also spoke upon the subject, and it was the concensus of opinion that ade quate aparatus bo secured and at an early date. A motion car ried unanimously that the city council bo recommended to pur chase a triplu combination hose, chemical and pumping auto ma chine, making the lowest pos sible payment down and calling a special election inter on for the purpose of ascertaining if the people wanted to pay the balance by voting a bond issue, or rais ing it by direct taxation. The Baraca Class . Our motto: Men for Christ, Secret of our success is: Wo are always on the job. Our aim is to hold the standard of Christ up before all people. Are wo doing it? Just take notice! Our ad vice to young men is to livo a clean cut and pure, upright life that they might live a good, clean and Godly life for Jesus' sake. Accept our invitation. Como to the Baraca meetings and learn about tho wonderful Jesus that died on tho cross to save you and your soul from hell unci everlasting punishment, and to learn how he will save Vou and keep you to the end, and then when all is finished on this earth Ho will give you a home in the Heaven forever. Come and join our class whero wo talk of the good things of life. Come and learn to live a manly life and be a man among men, u mon for God. Why do you know, young mnn, if you exist through all your life and do not have God with you, that you have not lived n day. Why God is lovo: Lovo for God is life; without God there is no life, you only exist. The other day a teacher asked her pupils this question: Now, children, who can tell me, who do we say is tho Father of our nation And little Johnny's hand went up in tho air like a flash. All right, Johnny, said tho teacher, you tell us. Johnny got up a trembling all over and ho said: Jes- Jes Jesso James. Now this is an examp'e of how much some peopc know about the Uible. Now the uaraca meet ing is on Sunday morning, at 10 at the First Baptist church on Chicago street, two blocks oil Jersoy street. We have a fine teacher, uov, liorden. Reporter, L. K. Wood. Building Permits No. 21 To O. Balke to erect a residence on Oswego street between Mohawk and Charleston streets; cost $1000. No. 22 To Barnes-Lindsley Manufacturing Co. to erect a warehouse on Oregonian avenue between the O. W. R. and N. tracks and Columbia Slough; cost $500. No. 23-To Jas. T. Barron to repair dwelling on Tioga street between Hudson street and Smith avenue; cost $100. A line of typewriter ribbons, both narrow and wide, has just been received at the Review office: 50c each. Also carbon paper at two sheets for five cents. ! HIGH SCHOOL Items of Interest Regard ing School Doings The juvenile party given by the Freshmen Saturday evening proved a great success. The "kids" were received atthedoor by "nurse' who, after giving each one a stick of candy, sent them to tho "nursery" to amuse themselves until supper time. There they found all sorts of playthings, swings for tho older children, dolls and dishes for the littlo girls, balls and trains for the boys, and rattles and teething rings for the tiny ones. For supper each was given a generous bowl of bread and milk, and as a special treat they were allowed a dish of ice cream and cake. Tho Drama Society, at their scmi-annuul meeting elected the following officers who will servo until mid-terms of next autumn's semester: Arlino Shaw, presi dent, and the following were elected on the board Maggie Dickie, Clarence Kruger, Gladys Palmer, Beulah Beum, Alice Wrinkle and Florence Wass. The tennis season has now opened, and the Interest in the game is widespread. The students in general are so eager to wield the racquet as they havo been to loss the bask et ball, and those that do not care to play are enthusiastic on lookers. Both tho courts are in good shape. Tho volunteer squads of boys during a number of hours of hard labor, scraped off the grass, leveled up the courts, and straightened up the guards. Tho students arc an ticipating intor-class tourna ments; these always create a great deal of interest and ex citement for all the High School, and Faculty included. The art class was delightfully entertained last Saturday after noon at the home of their art teacher, Miss McDunicls. The early part of the afternoon was spent in sketching some of the beautiful scenes about Peninsula park; then they wero taken to her home, where a dainty lunch con was served. In looking back over tho events of the girls' basket ball season it seems that the team has been a most notable one for tho James John High School. As has been stated in a previous paper, the girls did not lost a game. Tho total number of games that they played is nine. Many things had to do with their success. First, the materiul which the High School had to work with was splendid; atl who went in for basket ball put forth their host efforts to win. Sec ondly, the coach is an enthusiast in athletics, and naturally he did his best to encourage the teams to practice, and also to train them properly. Hard work and plenty of it is essential in making a good team. Tho boys' team also mado a creditable showing. Most of the boys who worked to mako tho team wero new this year, and thoy havo made a good be ginning. Noxt year wo hope to see tho results of this year's work, and wo aro expecting a splendid team to materialize.--Reporter. Central School Notes Tho grammar school boys' base ball team played at tho Ports mouth grounds April 24, and wero defeated 11 to 7. On May 5 our boys played on tho Penin sula diamond and the score was 7 to 1, in favor of the Peninsula team. The State Superintendent, J, A. Churchill, has issued to tho schools books containing talks on fire prevention. Ono chapter is read and discussed each week during tho term. In Room 14 Joseph Toole made the highest average in the mid term examinations in 9A, and Randolph Howard averaged the highest in 8B. Every pupil in 9A history received a grade of 1G or more in mid-terms. The pupils of Room 15 return ed Friday from their imaginary trip around the world, In the afternoon the room was decorat ed with pictures secured during the trip, tho guides received tho most interesting events of the "travelogue," and their descrip tions wero illustrated with Ian- ' An Useful ,nventlon Each year finds the farmer more of a mechanic, as machine after machine appears to take tho place of the decreasing sup ply of manual labor. The up todatc farm now has its machine shop and farmer machinist. The farmer complains that for five years past ho lias been obliged constantly to purchase new labor saving machinery. On the other hand had it not been for these new inventions, many would have been obliged to go out of business. The latest thing is steam cured hay, which makes tho farmer independent of cloudy or rainy weather in haying time. The green grass is hauled to the hay factory, unloaded at one end of the plant and, thirty minutes later, emerges at the other end perfectly cured, ready for the barn or bale press. In case of rain, a canvas cover insures ar rival at the barn without wet ting. The farmer has about given up his time honored trip to the "grist mill," and here comes the hay mill. Frequent showers make good grass, but much of this is ruined in the process of sun-drying. The steam drier is independent of weather and moreover turns out bettor product, and can work nights. Maud Muller might get a job checking the loads, but there isn't very much romance about watching the steam gauge and a lot of conveyor belts. II. H. Windsor, in tho May Popular Mechanics Magazine. Road Day Observed Practically all over the statu April 25 was observed by busi ness men and others and a vast amount of effective work was done on the roads. Portland sent out a train of 11 cars loaded with men from practically- evory business line in the city. They wero taken to Oneonta on the Columbia River Highway and turned loose with picks and shovels to assist the regular graders in cutting down tho side of tho mountain. Strung along the highway for a distance of nearly a mile, the various "gangs" mado the soil and gravel fly for several hours until fatigue, famine and blisters brought on a general strike. Hood River did Its road stunt on Friday and turned out with about 1,000 men. Redmond observed tho samo day with 75 workers. Klamath Falls had no roads of its own needing improvement, so tho volunteers went to Fort Klamath and put in a lot of good work widening the road to Crater Lake. Fanners in tho vicinity of McMinnvillo turned out with teams and hauled six carloads of gravel out to tho Sheridan road, whero it was spread by toilers from tho town. Eugene's wood roads army was estimated at 2,500 strong, and was employed in distributing crushed rock and gruvel along the city and county roads. Rose burg turned out men, womon and children and put in a good day's work on the Pacific High way. Bend, in addition to turn ing out a numerous force of actual workers, contributed about $1,000 in real monej to pay for continuation of tho work. Good Roads Day should be made an annual event. A donation of $4,000 by the Multnomuh County Commission ers to the Pacific Northwest Land Products Show insures tho holding of a great land show in Portland noxt Fall. Tho date for the show has not yet been set but will probably bo during tho latter part of October, as fruits and vegetables are then at their best. A much larger floor space will be provided this season, as many exhibits were cramped for room two years ago. Farmers all over tho state, hav ing an entire Summer in which to nreparo thoir exhibits, should take tho fullest advantage of this opportunity to show thoir skill and the productive quality of their lands. tern slides. Room 3-Those receiving tho highest average wero Hazel Schmeer, Harriet Locke and Wil liam Kaer. Billy Sunday says a person gets a now idea of hell every day ho lives. This is tho result of Billy's traveling from ono town to another,