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Historical Soolaty St. Johns is Calling You It Mcond in number of Industrial. It leventh in population. Cart io Portland every 16 min. Ha navigable water on 3 aide. Ha finett gas and electricity. Ha two itrong bank. Ha five large chool houie. Ha abundance of pureit water. Ha hard aurface treet. Ha extensive aewernge ytem. Ha fine, modern brick city hall. Ha payroll of $95,000 monthly. Ship monthly 2,000 car freight. All railroad nave accea to it. I gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. St. Johns is Calling You Ha even churchr. Ha a moit promiiing future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoins the city of Portland. Ha nearly 6,000 population. Ha,a public library. Taxable property, f4,500.000. Ha large dry dock, saw mill Woolen mills, iron work. 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.J ST. JOHNS REVIEW Dsvoted (o (he Interetti of the Panlniula. (be Manufacturing Center of (he Nortbweil VOI,. io ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 24. 1914. NO. 35 COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention With the exception of Council man Cornell, all members were present at the regular weekly meeting of the city council Tues day evening with Mayor Vincent presiding. The matter of installation of water hdyrants on Willamette boulevard was referred to the water and light committee. A communication from the fire Hnniivtmont announced that W. E. Bverleo and Geo. L. Eons had been elected by the department to servo as special policemen during times of fire, which selec tions were conlirmeu uy tne council. W. S. Kellogg made sugges tions concerning the removal of poles on Willamette boulevard to moro nrofcrablo sites, and the matter was referred to Engineer Burson. A couple of property owners on Willamette boulevard protest cd ngainst the laying of side walk and curb on the grade es tablished, claiming same would entail considerable damage to their properties. The council decided, however, that it was too late to make a change, es pecially in view of the fact that the engineer stated that a better grade than the one established could not bo Bccurcd, owing to established grades on the streets leading thereto. Councilman Graden stated that the weed cutting project was assuming moro expensive pro portions than he had anticipated. Sinco the work had been started there seemed to be nothing o'so to do except to complete same, and there is some assurance that the expenditure advanced by the city will bo returned vhon the- Work is completed. Bills amounting to $215.07 were ullowed, which wero prin cipally expenses incurred in the weed cutting cruBade. Tho sidewalk on the east side of Kellogg street between St. Johns and Bruce avenues was accepted by tho council. Engineer Burson stated that he had received the following bids on tho removal of tho sharp street corner projection nt Tho Toggery at tho intersection of Philadelphia and Jcrsoy street: Habn & Robman S50. V. W. Mason $37, Geo. Brokaw $30. The latter bid being the lowest, Mr. Brokaw was awarded tho contract. Tho mayor Btated that upon request of Governor West to ap point two citizens to attend the Good Roads Convention to bo held at Medford, ho had appoint ed A. S. Benson and Peter Aut zen. both of whom had signified their willingness to attend. The engineer stated that there was an excess of $778.00 on tho proposed improvement of Rich mond street between Edison and tho river over the contractor's bid, which included bonded in debtedness. The matter was held over for further considera tion. An ordinance providing rules and regulations for the fire de- Cartment was passed and 100 ooklets containing same was ordered printed at the Review office. The chairman of the buildings and grounds committee was au thorized to procure a suitable rug for the firemen's room. Upon request of Fire Chief Cormany, all members of the fire department were to act as special policemen on Labor Day, The Chief of Police was in structed to notify property own ers to remove remains of burned buildings on South Jersey and Fessenden streets. The city attorney was directed to prepare resolutions providing for the vacation of the ends of three streets west of Willamette boulevard, which are to be vacated in exchange for right of way for a roadwoy through the Stearns tract. APPENDICITIS BOOK FREE The Adler-i-ka book, telling how you can EASILY guard against appendicitis, and how you can re lieve constipation ot gas on the stomach INSTANTLY, is offered free this week by the ST. JOHNS PHARMACY. A desire for strong drink is not a thirst, it's an appetite. John Olson Killed John Olson was killed Satur day morning from the effects of a loir rollinu over him while at work loadimr logs onto cars near the dry docks for the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co. Tho log had been raised up to the car by the derrick, but before it could be securely fastened onto the car, it slid back and fell upon him. Ho was picked up still conscious, but badlv crushed, and an am bulance was secured and ho was started on the wny to a Portland hospital, but he expired on the way. The remains were brought to the St. Johns Undertaking pnrlors, from where tho funeral took place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock; interment in the Col umbia cemetery. The Willam ette Pulp & Paper Company had charge of the funeral. Mr. Ol son had never married, and was aged G'l years. Ho was a well known resident of this city. John Olson was n lone mnn in America, his people all living in Sweden. Though moro than sixty years old, tho company kept him in their employ for six years. It waB interesting to note the tender, brotherly feel ing that prevailed among his follows who luborcd with him. It surpassed much of what wo currently see among relatives. His employers deserve credit for the kindly deference shown to this old man for the past six years. The writer preached the funeral sermon, and it is seldom that he has fell more keenly the fraternal spirit among men than was munifest in this service. All wo need- is tho "occasion" to draw out tho inner heart throb of fellow feeling among men. These fellows will not soon for get the interest they took in The Pronto Damaged The Port of Portlnnd towboat Pronto was damnged badly by firo of mysterious origin Sunday. Tho loss is estimated nt from $10,000 to $15,000. All of the upper works wero destroyed. Tho firo occurred nt about 9 a. m. The Pronto had been oil the Port of Portland dry dock only two days. Sho had undergone a general overhauling and new cunvns had been put on her cabins. Sho was lying along side a -scow in tho dry dock slip when the firo broke out John Lindberg. mato of tho dredge Columbia, and tho engineer of tho steamer John McCrackcn, at tho dry dock, saw smoke is suing from tho Pronto and gave the alarm. The hull of the Pronto is not damaged badly, although some of the deck beams moy have to bo replaced. The boat cost in the neighborhood of $30,000. Owing to the absence ot a roadway to tho dry dock, the local firo department was unable to reach the scene with its ap paratus, although it made good time in getting ns close to the fire an possible. District Convention St. Johns had tho biggest dis trict convention Tuesday, July 21, that tho Multnomah county Sunday School League has held. The St. Johns Sunday Schools have formed n union. The ses sions were held in the Baptist church. There was a full house at each session. The program was very instructive and help ful. Besides the home talent, Charles A. Phipps, state secre tary of the Sunday School League: Mrs. urmsby, state superintendent of the Inter mediate Department; Miss Olive Clark, state superintendent of the Cradle Roll Department; Dr. Else, county superintendent of the League, were present and brought us many good things from the store house of their knowledge and experiences. The special singing and or chestra were furnished by home talent and was much appreciated by all, especially the solo, "Oh, the Gardens of June" by little Miss Alice Brown. There is talk of inviting the next County Convention to come to St Johns. Reporter. Bring Ib your Job printing while you think of it. Don't wait until you are enurely out. We are equipped to tuns out neat and tffty prlaUng promptly at Portlud prlcet or lM. CLEVER SCHEME : I Really Sell Many Articles At or Below Cost By David Powell. A fact that in most cases IS ignored by the mail order buyer when comparing prices quoted in the catalog with the prices charged by his home merchant is the very important one of transportation charges. The catalog house says, "Here it is: come and get it. and your local merchant says, "I have been to the expense of bringing it here so that you can inspect it before buying, and have added that to the cost." There has been no wav vet do- vised to evade the trunsporta - tion charges, and the consumer is always the man that pays it: . and it is right in this connection Hint the cutalog houses put over their biggest business getting lemon. In the explanation of how it is done will bo given an illustration of one of tho many ways they use to create tho im pression that they sell cheaper than regular retail merchants. All classes of merchants throughout the country, big, little, honest and dishonest, nt different times put on sale what are called "leaders" some ar ticle of common use priced at or below cost. This is a porfectly legitimate practice and is fol lowed by your local dealer as well as by tho catalog houses and big department stores of the largo cities. Its purpose of course, is very evident. A merchant hopes by this means to draw you to his store, believing that ho can sell you enough other articles at regular prices to warrant tho loss on his "leaders." If you wish you can step into your local store and buy tho leader and nothing else, and really save some money at the cxponso of tho dealer's advertising fund. But how does it work with tho mail order concerns? It is a fact well known and admitted by overy student of the subject that in the catalogs of a few of tho larger concerns doing an exclusive mail order business aro many nrticlcs priced less than your local dealer could buy them direct from the factory. These, of course, aro "lead ers." If you care to take tho trouble to run through one of their catalogs and pick out theso articles, you will bo very for cibly struck with several signifi cant facts. First, you will note that they are all articles of gen eral use or consumption in prac tically overy homo in the land. Next, that they arc articles of staple standard prico carried by every store in tho country prices with which overy farmer and housewife aro perfectly familiar. And further, that such articles aro always of small value and small weight, very rarely exceeding fifty cents and weighing but n few ounces. Hero is where tho catalog houses have undoubtedly tho best of the regular merchant. You cannot walk into their store and pick out those "leaders" and put them onto your buggy and drive homo with them liko you can the sale snaps you can occasionally pick up in your local stores. You have to have them shipped to you by either freight, express or post. By an easy mental computa tion it is at once apparent that the charges for shipping by any of these means, added to the catalog price, would make the article cost much more when it reached you than would bo charged by one of your home merchants. Here is the "nig. ger in the woodpile." They well know that for the thrifty housewife or farmer to really benefit by the low price of their "leaders," they must have them shipped with enough other goods to make up a minimum freight package one hundred pounds well knowing that the bulk of such orders, in most cases, would be composed of what is known to the trade as "blind stock" goods that the general public know little about, either as to quality or price. Merchants throughout the country affected by mail order competition seem to be of the same general opinion as to its greatest evil the abnormal de velopement of that trait of hu man nature that prompts us to buy something we really don't want and have no particular use for. "Overbuying," theysay,"is a vice that goes with the mail order catalog. Go" into any home that draws its supplies from that source and you will find goods that the family does not need and never would have bought from a local merchant. In many cases these unnecuca goods these freak purchases amount to asurpisingly large percentage of the total family outlay. If tho catalog houses were sudden ly cut out of this class of sales their dividends would undoubt edly suffer a decided shrinkage. "These buvers see something alluringly described in a catalog and become faBcilioted by It. The 'silent salesman in the home' keeps on teasing them with it until they find some ex cuse to justify their purchase of the coveted article. These utterly unjustified whim sales amount to millions of dollars n year. "With some women freak buy ing a passion. They make ab- 1 surdly foolish purchases from I . . T 1 . mail order houses' that they would not dream of making from their home dealer. How to ac count for it? Simply the psy chological effect of the catalog, perhaps. Anyhow this matter ol freak buying, of overbuying, is so universal that not one cata log buyer in a thousand is wholly exempt from it. The mall order catalog which so loudly proclaims itself an apostle of prudence, is in fact a most sub tlo and pernicious agent of household extravagance." Still another class of socalled merchunts who profit by tho gen eral ignorance on the part of the public as to true values, is the farm to farm solicitor who represents himself to be con nected with some wholesale grocery house in a distant city. These chaps are most always "Bingle trippers," representing some firm of absolutely no ro sponsibility, nnd Who, under no circumstances, will over cover tho same territory twice. Tho bait they use is to quote excentionallv low nriccs on two or three staple articles, such as sugar, colfeo or tobacco: prices that thoy know aro away under tho local merchant. Tho thrifty farmer is at once interested in such prices, and imagines he Ib doing a fine stroke of business in ordering enough of those staples to last him a year. He feels so good about it that it is quite easy for the salesman to lond up tho order with a largo quuntity of low grado tea, rice, beans, spices, molasses, etc., an inferior lot of stuff that his homo merchant wouldn't dare sell him under any circum stances. When the shipment is deliver ed tho buyer will invariably find that those staple articles, upon which he believed ho was mak ing such n saving, have been omitted, nnd n notation on the bill to the effect that on account of mill troubles or something else it would bo impossible just at present to ship them. The other stuff would all bo there, however, and he will have to accept it unless he has been wise enough to write over tho face of the order before signing it that unless tho entire order is shipped within a certain time it shall be considered canceled. Such orders are, of course, never snipped. It is "dead business." When your home merchant asks for your patronage his ap peal is based solely on the ground of dollars, quality and service. He believes it means as much to you as it does to him 'n those terms to givo him tho op nortunitv to offer for your com parison his prices and quality before sending your order away from home. Every uptodate merchant now keeps from two to half a dozen mail order catalogs in his store for the use of such of his cus tomers as may wish to use them in making comparisons. The merchant knows he is taking no chances; he knows what he can Jo, and all he asks is a square deal. He knows that quality and terms considered he can sell goods just ascheap.and in many cases cheaper, than the catalog and city stores, excepting of course such articles as those houses put out as "leaders." The next time you contemplate sending to tho city or ordering a bill of goods from a catalog house, make out your order as usual, but before buying your money order, take it to one of your local merchants and let him figure with you on the en tire order. In a spirit of fair ness suppose you try that just once, it ne can t save you any money you will at least have shown him your heart is in the right place. Lafferty Reviews Three Years In Congress Helped Enact Parcel Post, Income Tax, Direct Election of Senators, Currency Law and Alaska Railway bill. Oregon Appropriations for River and Harbor Work Largest in mstory oi state. Striving for Government nnd Municipal Ownership of All Public Utilities, Including Railway, Telegraph, Telephone nnd Steamship Lines, Electric Light nnd Gas Works and Street Car Systems. HttS Urged and Is Now Unrinir Morn Lihnrnl Hnmpatnrul f.nwn and Would Give to Oregon tho nnd Complete Home Rule 'as to Will Continue to Fight for Grant, on Which Case He Has Years. asm " . ' 4 A. W. LAFFERTY (From photograph taken nt San Francisco Juno 1, lt)M. at the closo of his argument in land grant suit, wherein case was certi fied to Supremo Court, insuring early final decision a great vic tory for Oregon. Each citizen is invited to call to sec Congress man Lafferty personally at his office, 733 Pittock Block.) The daily newspnpers have for two years absolutely refused , to print anything I was doing at Washington, and have dclihcr- ntely tried to deceivo tho peoiilo into tho belief that 1 was not taken seriously in tho national capital, and was not accomplish ed anything there. Let tho public records speak for themselves: , At tho beginning of my second i term I was promoted from mem- bersnip on tno committee on ir- rigation of arid lands to tho committee on interatnto and foreign commerce. The latter is tho highest committee on which any Oregon member of congress, serves. On the hrst day of this con-. gross I was selected by tho Pro- gresBives and Progressive ue- My bill has been introduced publicans to present for adoption , at each session to compel tho a complete new set of rules of t return to Oregon of tho $7,000, -procedure in tho Hou&e, requir-!000 sho has contributed to tho ing, among other things, record votes in committees and in tho committee of the whole House, so that the public mny place responsibilty for failure to re port bills, or to adopt them in committee of tho whole. My motion to substitute theso rules failed, but it received six votes more than the combined strength of the Progressives and Progres sive Republicans. When the bin to repeal free tolls was reported to the house, I submitted a minority report. This report was copied in full in many eastern papers, but was not mentioned in a single Port land paper. By a vote of the House, I was given control of a Cart of the time in the tolls de ate, I parceled this time out among my colleagues opposed to tlin rinnnl viflfl5wr flrnt in nnn and then to another. Members get time to speak on a given bill by securing it from the one hav ing control of it. When the interstate trade commission bill was reported to tho HouBe also from my com mitteeI made a minority re port recommending that tho number of commissioners be raised from 3 to 7, and that the commission be given power to control monopolies as well as to "investigate" them. Thellouso turned down my recommenda tions, but the Senate committee, where the bill is now pending, has adopted many of them. The Progressives and Progressive Republicans voted for my pro posed amendments in tho House. Profits from Her Forest Reserves Their Management. Enforcement of Railroud Lund Worked Without Puy for Seven mm 'During tho present session of Congress I have secured the passage of 12 private pension bills, tho largont numbersecured by any of tho five members of tho Oregon delegation. During my three years in Con gress tho appropriations for .river and harbor work on tho Columbia and Willamette rivers have averaged $2,000,000 a year, tho largest in the history of Oregon. Two years ago tho river ami nnrnor mil carried a larger appropriation for my con- grcssional district, at that time taking in Eastern Oregon as well as Portland, than for any other district in tho United .States. Yet, they say I have dono nothing in Washington but talk. ' reclamation fund in excess of the amount she has received. The department lias fought it, nnd made adverse recommenda tions to the House committee, preventing fnvorablo report. But I have kept at it, and only recently Secretary Lane, recog nizing the justice of Oregon's ,cluim, lias ordered the building of the West Umntilla project to cost $1,000,000. I secured the passage of tho Borah threo year homestead bill through tho House. The de partment opposed it and finally succeeded in having an amend ment added, requiring that one eighth bo cultivated the third year- 20 acres on a 160 acre homestead - which practically nullified tho act as to Western 'Oregon. Tho cultivation of two acres would be enough in a tim bered country, and I have a bill pending to reduce the amount to two acres. I have a bill pend ing to eliminate all agricultural lands from tho forest reserves, and open them to homestead Bottlers only. The department opposes this bill also, and I shall not be able to secure favorablo action unless the president comes to the aid of western settlers, which we expect him to do at tho December session, For seven years 1 have worked on the railroad land grant case without pay. The opening of that tract of 2,300,000 acres to settlers will be accomplished in side of two years, if the people will back mo up, and the result Couchuleil on last page. West Side Notes From the Linnton Leader. L. M. Mills sold this week two lots at Willbridge for $1100 spot cash. Who said hard times? Joseph Knrr, our energetic carpenter, is building a new flat at Gasco, just across the road from the station, which, when completed, will contain four apartments of four rooms each, with bath and toilet. Campbell & Swigarl Company commenced last week to till in the low land just above the dis tillery plant. Some think they contemplate the erection of a large fuctory. Charley Tooley is again nt his old job on tho ferry, after being laid up a couple or weeks with rheumatism. Charley is a very efficient man, and we are glad to see him back again. Mr. Whitlock of Portland is erecting a dwelling in Glen Har bor on the upper side of the Linnton road, to cost about $2500. Several others will soon be started. Good Times in the East Cheering news of an improve ment in business conditions comes from the state of Penn sylvania. An investigation in a .score of citios.mndo by n finan cial and trade review, discloses that tho number of unemployed is diminishing, that all kinds of plants are working moru hours than any time during the past nine months, and that there is a general feeling of stability. A large locomotive company is recalling men laid off last win ter. Coke ovens generally are in operation. Reports are good as to the textile establishments. Silk mills are running on a 100 per cent basis, and the shoe in dustry on a 70 per cent basis. When business improves in Pennsylvania, a great mining nnd manufacturing region, it always grows better throughout tho entire country. - Boston Globe. Bids Wanted Tho Board of Education of School District No. 2 will re ccivo sealed bids for tho follow ing work: Painting East St. Johns School : two coats on nil outside wood work, roof and all spouting and gutters. Material will bo fur nished by the District, and bids to bo for work only. Bids must be handed to F. P. Drinker, chairman, not later than August 1st. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and when work is finished is subject to the ap proval of the Board. Published in the St. Johns Re view July 21 and 31, 1911. Canadian Homesteads Why pay $50 to be located? Wo give you full information where the best lands aro in Western Canada and British Col umbia that are close to railroad and town; name of guide on the ground; full directions to get maps and platts free; how to get homeseokors' tickets; every thing you need to know and locate yourself; all for $3.00. Remit amount by P. O. money order and we will send you the complete information at onco. Tho Canndian Homestead Com pany, 73 Sixth street, Portlnnd, Oregon. For reference, The Furm Muguzine Company, Port land, Oregon, '111 Panama Build ing. NOTICE.- On Thursday, July 10, about 11 o'clock, on Fessen den street, one block west of Smith avenue, St. Johns, two women took from tho pocket of a vest that lay near the side walk, and belonging to a man mowing grass there, a smull size, smooth back, open face gold watch, bought from Staples, the jeweler. Theso women wero seen taking it. This watch is the gift of a dead son. If they will leave or send it to 717 Princeton Btreet, Portland, no questions will be asked. Other wise they will suffer the con sequences, adv. Guess tho show is over. Fashion announces that the potti? coat is coming back,