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THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW A. W. MAKKLE Published Every Friday At 117 WoBt Durllngton Street. Thk Rkvikw Is entered at post office In Saint Johns, Oregon, ns mall uintlcr of the second class under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. All communleUon ihoold l iddrtued to Th BtUw, Ht. Johns, Orfton. Officii! Xswipspir or tbi Oltr of tL Join. Subscription prle $1.00 par year. The remark is often heard, "If it isn't true why are they not sued for libel?" when n dis paraging statement is made con corning any individual uy a street speaker or in a yellow newspaper. The answer is simple. In cases of libel, suit is instituted for the purposes of collecting damages. If the one making the libelous remarks is worth nothing, no recovery can bo made. Only a judgment that is absolutely worthless can bo secured. Again, owing to our nccular libel laws, if the speaker or editor swears that he believes to bo true the statements ho has made, there is notliintr to a libel suit in this state. That is why speakers can go to almost any length in heaping calumny upon an individual, and the one abused practically has no redress. The libel laws of Oregon arc entirely too lax. 1 Might be a Good Plan 10 tno married man who can not get along without his drinks the following is suggested as a solution of the bondage of his habit: First, start a saloon in your house. Second, bo the only customer. You will havo no license to pay. Give your wife Z2 to buy a gallon of whiskey. and remember there are sixty- nine drinks 111 one gallon. Third, buy your drinks from no one but your wife; by the time the Itrxt gallon is gone she will have $'U)0 to put in the bank and $2 to start lnisinomt again. Fourth, should you live ten roars longer and continue to buy iioor.0 lrom nor, and tlion die with snakes in your boots, she will have money to bury you de contly educate your children, buy a house and lot, marry a decent man, and unit thinking about you.--Lend a J land. Follow the Example of Successful Men OPEN a savings ac count to-day, add to it frequently and, EW there are of those now enjoyinir the pleasures of wealth that did not start un ci e r difficulties a s great, if not greater, than confront you. But they all started to make each day's ef fort provide something for the future. as your power in dol lars increases, you will be aroused to a con sciousness that you have the ability and strength to accomplish much. Think it over. A START -its sko matters not throws open wide the gates to success. 4 Per Cent. Interest On Savings FiRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON Evangelical Church The Longest Sermon The longest sermon on record was proachod by Kov. Isaac Mar row, a Puritan preacher of the seventeenth century, who once delivered a sermon in Westminis ter Abbey, lasting three hours and a half; and the shortest sermon ever nroached was per hops the sermon which Doctor Whewoll was fond of repenting from the text, 'Man is born unto trouble as the sparks lly upward." I he Mormon oct'tin m barely a minute in delivery, the loiiowing being a verbatim re port: "I shall divide the discourse into three heads: Man's in gress into the world: his pro gress through the world: his egress out of the world. Flint ly, his ingress into the world is naked and bare. Secondly, his progretw through tno world is trouble and core. Thirdly, his ogress out of the world is nobody knows where. To conclude: If wo live well hero, we shall live woll there. I can tell you no moro if I preach u year." Then lie gavo his benediction. Contributed. The K. L. C. 15. elected the following officers lost Friday evening: Miss Lillian Perkins, presi dent: Bert Johnson, vico presi dent; Nellie Knrly, recording secretary; I2mma Sommers. treasurer: Carl Nelson, corres ponding secretary; Minnie Mil ion organist. The Installation was bunday evening. The G. A. U. and W. H. C. met in their hall Sunday morn ing and inarched in a body to the church. It is touching as well as inspiring to see how the years are telling on tbese old veterans. Their spirit is as young as of former years, but the wear and tear of half a century brings them close to the end of their long and interesting march. and now the "Army of the West and the Army of the East," have blended into the "Army of the living and the Army of the llio dead." There are only tents enough on this side to dot the shore. Soon the Grand Army of the Republic will hove posscd into History. Hut wbat a non age they ore leaving. They leavo to UH a United states, a child among the notions one who has hardly laid asido his swel ling clothes and yet towers high among tnc nations of earth. No. 0047. Report of the condition o( the First National Bank t St. Johns, in the state of Oregon, nt lliecNue til Iiumiicm June III), 1U14 Uhsouhchn. Ixuh nml discounts I 220.1197.31 Overdraft, secured ik. tuisec'd Hl.2ft U.S. bonds toRvcurucircutntlon 60,000.00 Other IioiuIh to secure iiontal Having 0,000.00 iiomu, Securities, etc 4 1.H19.31 IluiikliiL' house, lurnlturc nnd fixture 3.000.00 uuicr rem estnic owned. . . . Due from National llnuk (not reserve ngcntt 3,1'J1.25 Due (rout State mid Privntc IIiiiiIch mid llniiker,TruslCom- jkiiiIch mid Savings honk 2,910.87 Due from approved re serve ngent 2:1,472.75 Checks mid other cmU items 2,477.44 Notes of other Nn- tlounl Hanks 426.00 Fractional paper cur- OUTDOOR TIME brings a demand for suitable apparel, especially in such things as Shirts, Neckwear, B. V.D. Underwear, etc. The man who wears our furnishings will be all right. He can feel that he looks as right as he is comfortable. Take a look over our latest outdoor toggery. You can't match it elsewhere. Heretofore we have been unable to get a Complete Line of Ladies' waists, Mis- and Children's Pomps. Now Co in- SeS Mary Jane Our Stock of These pletc. are TEN HI FREE STAMPS This Coupon Good Tor Ten 10 S. & H. & Free If presented upon making n purchase amounting to GOc or more, these stnmps will be in addition to regulnr stamps given with the purchase. FREE S. dc H. Stamps are the Con-! umer't Discount. 1 CUT IT Not Good After July 30 COUCH & CO. General Mdse. Columbia 137 St. Johns, Ore. We will Close at 12:30 Every Thursday During the months of June, July and August. COUCH & CO. Phone Columbia 13T PIONEER MERCHANTS" IO Years In St. Johns ORDINANCE NO 607. olnlim. .! 11 C I H. i ...L.. . l In led, and the City Recorder shall U forthwith Bnml hv mnSI nnalnrrnl? the nrotmiil. nntit! tntlinnwnnr nrl reucy, iilckeln.ceuti 12.18 i.nwlul money reserve in bank, vU; Specie,. .. .. lR,3.W.ir Redemption fund with U. S. Trinsurer f erct. of circulation) 2600.00 Totiil. -63,320.71 f377,C27.C2 ..f 60,000.00 10,000.00 Time deposit pay. mue mier nonce or Humble Occupation 'I.onir. lank and loan." yon say. Yen, lint lu is just in tho grow-i nir aire. Just wait a little tint i lie adjusts llllllKOlf and lie Will I Demand certificate llll tho liiirirost place on earth. ,,V,tK,sit. bay, it is up to us to put him to the toil and keep him there. i'rof. ftletztrar iravo us an ex cellent Hormon last Sunday eve ning. 1. J. Monnhnn owns an Evan Helical auto, so we indue by the nuiniK'r oi wvaniroiicnis wo see ruling in it, bervieoti at the usual hours next Sunday, except tho preach ing hour in tho evening. Wo will meet at 8 p. in. in a union meeting with the Methodists in their church. Geo. Urownol will he the speaker of the hour. Koporter. i.iAtuurms. Capital ktock pit Id in Surplus fund I'mlivlded profits, let exru- so mid taxi paid it.810.17 Nallonal Imuk notes outstnnd'g 50,000.00 line io Mime ami 1'rlvatc Hanks mid Il.uikm 1,553.21! Individual deiiosits subject to check.. 102,036.04 8,010.67 An Ordinance Making it Duty of the Owners. Persons ;aKCnt of the owner of such prop in Possession and Agents of nrtv tn mm.r. anu i.sD.,., the Owners of Anj -Lot, Iract' stating when a nuisance exists, or Parcel of Land, During Cer- which notice shall bo directed tain Months to Cut and Keep to tho last known nostofllce ad- out, anu Kcmovcti i Herefrom dress of such owner or agent of mm nuin uiiuMii u oi Any ; the owner, or if his postoliico ad Street or Streets in I-ron ; of ; dress bo unknown then the notice Adjoining or Abutting tho shall bo directed to the owner or Property, Weeds and Certain 'nt of the owner at St. Johns, Other vegetable Matter. And Oregon. An error in tho name During aU . the Months of tho 0f the owner or agent, or tho Yearto CqpiiKemovcd perc.us9 of a namo other than tho from Any Stagnant Wat6r, truo namo of tho owner or agent Rubbish and Other Unsanitary 0f such property shall not render Substances, and to Keep the void such notice, but in such Sidewalks in Front of Such cn8o tho posted notice upon tho Property Free 1-rom Earth and (property shall bo deemed suf Other Obstructions, nnd Do- fjcient. cinnngi ie raiiuro io no so to. Section 4. Within ten days he the ( nation of a Public after the posting and mailing of Nuisance, anil Providing for such notice tho owner, person in tllC Aimtemcnt TllOreoi. ailU nnsspsainn nr nponl nf llmmun. er of any such property shall removo or abate such nuisance or show that no nuisanco exists. Such showing may bo mndo by filing with tho City Recorder a written statement that no nui sance exists on said nroncrtv. and thereupon the City Recorder shall place said matter upon the calendar of tho council to be H. HENDERSON 311 North Jersey Street Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Adstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed. Subscribe For the Review and keep posted Assessing the Costs of the Removal or Abatement Upon the Property. there is a story of a young minister who had just uome to be pastor in a town, and he called on one of hh members who was a shoemaker. "Well, Hiram," said the mill inter "I have come to tall; with you about the things of (lod, nml l am very glial a man can be in a humble occupation and yet be a Godly man." The shoe maker said, "Don't call this oc uupation humble." The minis ter thought ho had made a mis take, and ho said: "Rxcuso me, 1 did not moan to reflect on what you do for a living." The man repliod, "You did not hurt me, but I was afraid you might hurt tho Lord Jesus Christ. I beliovo that the making of that shoe is just as holy a thing as your making a sermon. I he lieve that when 1 come to stand before tho throne of God, He is going to say, 'What kind of shoos did you make down on earth V And He might pick out this very pair, in order to let me look at them in the blazing light of tho great white throne, and He is going to say to you, 'What kind of sermons did you make?' And you will have to show Him ono of your sermons. Now, if I made bottorshoesthan you made sermons, I will have a better place in the kingdom of God." Contributed. To Property Owners All owners of nronortv in St. j onus or agents tneroot are hereby notified to cut and keep cut and remove therefrom all woods existing on or in front of their premises. Upon failure to comply with this notice the weeds will be cut by the city of St. Johns at tho owner's ex pense, with costs added.- John Poir, Chief of Police. ufcwl Insures I fjt FuI1 MiUc Pail I v ' 111 f 1 ' m ft j lU i d.-ire. I'V t. r , l( it . j H I Conkcy's Fly Knocker I H lKv-.il i Imlfcjiuf ifv w ttttptJk'a H I n i i ' . I TiM a . t ! in , pjtU H I Keeps Flios Away I I From Caitlo ami Horses I I Try It 15 Day f I Money Back If Not I Sntitfactory (6?& ti i4inujj, ot tv. ftVfYYI ii i mi in rvW 1 (( 30 days Iovklt 100.3G7.81 Cerlillwlchrck 789.24 Ciuliior's clit-cks out ManiliiiK . 7,184.07 1'oMiil SavlnK IH-it'tn 3,035.90 Ttitol State of Oregon, County of Multtiotimh -2C3,787.45 .J377.C27C2 Tho City of St. Johns does or dain as follows: Section 1. The owner, person in pognossinn or the agent of the owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land unproved or unimproved i heard by tho council in its regu within the city limits of thejlnr courso of business, giving City of St. Johns, Oregon, shall i the complainant either written during the months of May, June, .or verbal notice of tho time and July, August and September of , place of hearing. At the time each year, cut and removo and set for hearing such person may Kcop cut ana removed tnereirom appear and uo heard, and from I, 1'. 1'. Drinker, cashier of the alnive iinmcd Uink, do solemnly twtvir that the rtixive ktntvmetit is true to the host oi my KiiowitNiKe mm oeiiei. 1'. I'. Drinker, C.uhler. hiihscrlhvd nnd sworn to before me thu 7tl. ilny oMuly, 1914, V. S. KelloiTK. Notary I'uhlic. Multnomah county, Ore, Corrrvt Attrxti A, U. JoIkts, C. K. Williams, C. It. Ruscll, Directors. Kejort of the condition of the First Trust 8 Savings Bank AT ST. JOHNS In the htutc of Oreuou at the close of business June 110, 1014. KKSOl'HCliS. Loans nnd discount 130.445.10 wverarmis, secured aim unsecured it.ilO Stocks and other securities, 10.75O.IX) llankiiiK house 10.450.83 furniture nml hxtures , 1,118.05 Due from Imuks (not reserve lunks) 3,561.32 Due from approved reserve banks 1.453.17 Checks nnd other cash items. . . . 750.00 and from tho one-hall of any street or streets in front of or adjoining or abutting said lot or tract of land all weeds, noxious vegetation, grass and ferns moro than ton inches high and all dead bushos. dead trees and stumns. and other things likely to cause fire, and during all tho months of the year to removo and keep removed therefrom all stagnant water. loose earth, rock, sand and all rubbish, wasto material, old cans and other substances such hearing thu council shall determine whether or not such nuisance exists. If it bo deter mined by tho council that such nuisanco exists, tho proceedings for the removal or abatement heroin provided shall be fol lowed. Section 5. If within the timo fixed in the notice the owner, person in possession or agent of tho owner of such property shall fail to removo and abate such nuisanco or show cause as above which may endanger or injuro specified, the Chief of Police neighboring property, passersuy shall forthwith cause the same or the health or the to be removed and abated, keen- lien upon said property. Said lien shall be entered unon the uocKct oi city liens and collectet in all respects as provided for tho collection of street improve mcnts. ft. .if . m aii oeciion (. aii ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or that in any way detract from tho operation of this ordinance is hereby re pealed. Section 8. Inasmuch ns this ordinanco is necessary for tho immediate protection of tho public health, peace and safety of the city, in that adequate provisions do not exist for tho protection of the public health, peace and safety in regard to tho matters herein nrov ded for. Therefore an emergency is here by declared, and this ordinanco shall be in full force and effect from and after its nnssnco hv tho council. Passed by the Council this 7th day of July, 1914. Approved by tho Mnvor this 7th day of July, 1914. A. W. VINCENT, Mnvor. Attest: A. E. DUNSMORE. City Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Rn. view July 10, 1914. Cush on hand., ,,,, 78S.37 Total f 63.346.04 I.UIUUTIKS, Capital stock paid in $50,000.00 Undivided profits, less ex. penses ami taxes paid 2,533.23 umiviuu.w Deposits subject tociiecK Demand certificates of deposit. Time Certificates of deposit Total 15.127.41 0S5.40 ftW.346.04 ss. NU It Ukl on your ppr. Latithers' Alercantile Co. IlrtDK In your Job prtutlng while you think of It. Don't wait until you aro ouUroly out. Wq are equipped to turn out neat and tasty printing promptly at Portland price, or leae. State of Oregon , 1 County of Multnomah ) I I, J. n. Holbrook, President of the aoove named tuiiK, do solemnly swear (that the above statement is true to the . i (.....i..i i i. ... . best of my knowledge nnd belief. J. II. Uouikook, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of July, 1914. lieo. A. Carter, Notary Public. Correct, Attest P. S. Dornbecker, I., Woltorook, DIrMtoi. welfare of tho public, and dur- ng all the year to keep tho side walks and streets in front of, adjoining or abutting upon any lot, tract or parcel ot land free from earth, rock, brush or other debris that may obstruct or ren dor unsafe tho passage of per sons or vehicles. Nothing hero in contained shall be considered to apply to bushes, trees, shrub bery or other vegetable matter grown tor food, leed or orna ment, or for the production of food, feed or ornament: provided that the health and safety of the public be not thereby endanger ed by the maintenance of such vegetation. Section 2. The fni ure to ner form the duty enjoined by the preceding section shall bo deem ed the creation of n public nui- snnce. and upon discovery of this condition tho Chief of Police is hereby empowered to post a notice upon such property in legible characters, which shall direct the owner, agent or oc cupant of said property im mediately to remove the nui sance, in such notice specified. Section 3. Immediately after the posting of tho notice afore said tho Chief of Police shall j file with the City Recorder a ortifloat of posting aid notice, ing an accurate nccount of all expenses incurred, including an overhead charge of fifteen per centum, and a penalty of $2.00 for each 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof. Tho Chief of Police shall file with the City Recorder n detailed monthly statement, setting forth the costs of work performed upon each piece of property or the street or streets adjoin incr thereon. Section 6. Upon receint of sucn statement, the Uity Kecord- er shall lorthwith mail to the owner of each piece of property tnerein mentioned a notice set ting forth the expense incurred nnd stnting the council purposes to nssess against his property the amount mentioned in Section of this ordinance, and that objections to the purposed as sessment may be made m writ ing and filed with the Citv Re corder on or before twenty days from the date of mailing such notice. At the expiration the said period of twenty davs. oh. ji-uiiuus, ii uny, win oe neara uy the council and by it determin ed, and thereafter the council shall, by ordinance, assess the costs of such work and over head charges to the property affected, which shall become a ORDINANCE NO. 608 An Ordinance Providing the Time and Alanner of Im proving Charleston Street From Hayes Street to Willamette Boulevard In the City of St. Johns, Ore Ron. at 8 o'clock, p. nt. of said dny. Tlmt said street shall be improved at as follows: lly kwHuk' miiic to the es tablished Krndc by cut nnd fill and by sidcwnlkliiK tamo on cither tide with 0 foot cement tldcwnlkt 15 foot cement curbs entire length, and by placing or laying u standard concrete pavement 30 feet in width, curb to have standard drain tile crcry fifty feet; hitch rings to be placed in curb nt directed by the City Hngineer. The city recorder thall give notice by publication for not less than three In sertions In the St. Johns Review, the of. ficinl newspaper, inviting proposals for making said improvement. Said improvement thall In all resnecti: be done mid comnleted In eonfomiHv with the provisions of Ordinances No.lGO, 302 nnd 403, except as otherwise provid ed in this ordinance; nil work to be done under the direction und supervision of the city engineer. That the cost of said Imnmvcmrtii shall be assessed against the property In the local Improvement district tm. scribed in said resolution and designated as nnd declared to be Local Iinnrove. iiient District No, 115. Passed bv the council this 7th U of July, 19U. Approved by the Mayor this 7th day )f July, 19M. A. V. VINCENT, Mayor, Attest: A. Ii, DUNSMORE, City Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Review on une 10, 19M. Proposals for Street Work The city of St. Johns does ordain as loiiows: The council of the city of St. Johns, having ascertained the cost of improving Charleston street from the west side line Of Hayes street to the east side Hue of Willamette Blvd. in the city of St. Johns, as shown by the resolution of the council of said city, dated on the ICtli day of June, 19U, and recorded in the office of the recorder of said eitv. aud notice thereof haviug been published in the St. Johns Review, a weekly news paper of general circulation, on the tytli and zmi davs of lune. 1914. Shown bv the affidavit nf (tip foreman of said paper, which said aftida ; is on file in the office of the citv re- corder; and legal posting of notices of such improvement, as shown by the affi davit of the citv encineer on file in the officeof the city recorder; and no remon strances haviug been filed, and, as pro- viucu dj- sam resolution, tne engi neer's preliminary estimate of the cost of said improvement is f 3,122.94, but shall be more accurately determined by said engineer. Now, therefore, it ft hereby ordered that said street be improved and the time for the completion of said im. provement is hereby fixed at 60daysfrom last publication of notice of proposals of said work, which said proposals must be filed with tho recorder of said city on or 1 bsfor the Nik day f July, 1914, Sealed nrooosals will be office of the Recorder of the City of St Johns until July 23, 19H, nt8o'clock p. ui., for the Improvement of Charleston street, from the west line of Hayes street to the east line of Willamette Iltvil. in the manner nrovlded hv nr. (iniuiivc iu. ouo, buujcci 10 me provis ions of the charter and ordinances of the City of St. Johns, and the estimate of the city engineer on file. Engineer's estimate is $,122.94. Hids must be strictly iu accordance with printed blanks, which will be furn ished on application at the office of the Recorder of the City of St. Johns. And said improvement must be completed on or before 60 days from the date of the last publication of this notice. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied bv a certified rhr-v payable to the order of the Mayor of the Citv of St. lohns certified by a respon sible bank for an amount equal to ten percent, of the aggregate proposal. The right to reject auv and all hid la hereby reserved. uy order 01 the City Council. A. R. DUNSMORE, Recorder. Published in the St. lohns Rerlcw nii July 10, 17, ad24,i9U. CHAS. SCHAUFF Dealer and Grower of Roses and Nursery Stock. Persons desiring to secure rose bushes and nursery stock are invit-" e4,to call. 342 North Leonard Street ST. JOHNS, - OREGON Work for a Greater Ht, Jabot. ray yur wkMrfcj Ma.