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1 The shadow o the friftf&T "erer the horaehlile. Tbe l-nnnma canal hns coat thus far $185,000,000. And that Is "cut" rotes too. Tho highway to happiness Is travers ed by tho trolley ns wOll as byt)io nuto. Tho Ulg Dlppor, anys a scientist, Is to Tanlsh hi 200,000 years. Wo should It tip and wait "Laugh at misfortune," says an Ox ford profossor. i'ot It Is snld a nrltun has no ocmho of humor. A Scottish scientist says tho world Is headed for starvation. What a ro rcngu on tho beef trust. Perhaps tho apprehended decllno of cricket in England Is duo to tho lark of n baseball vocabulary, Since tho govorntnenU of tho world Invested In aoroplaues It hasn't been ao hard to rlso In tho army. "Lying," says a thcosophlcal expert, "causes stuttering." Not If you think op your story well In advance. Teary's arctic records havo boon found nnd returned to him, hut Dr. Cook's records still remain a mystery. A London specialist says frequent Imlrcuttlng causes baldness, but It's our guess It only makes It look like It. Good milk must contain only i!00,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter. Con sumers nro warned to ncccpt no more. Still, when you como to think of It In tho light of the well known law of gravitation, tho leaves can do nothing hut fall. They say that tho navy needs inoro tlrydocks. Of course. No matter how hnudsomo n navy may bo It Is novcr so snfo as In drydock. Talon aro coming In from different points of Imnioiifto meteorites. Can It bo that Mars from Its Htipurlor height Is throwing stones at us? Now that Manuel has married nnd settled down, perhaps tho Portuguese will look mora tolerantly on his stand ing application for a Job. Tlicro Is a report that another comet Is headed for tho enrth, which scorn unnecosHary In view of nil tho different kinds of excitement wo aro now enjoy ing. It Is said that but 231 millionaires havo boon ouumornted In Chicago. Hut who wants to bo tagged as a mil llonalro In theso parlous Income lax times) Tim landlords havo got their nine foot shoots Just lu tlmo. A Philadel phia doctor has discovered u process by which ho cau greatly lucrenso n mail s stature. Mnny persons will bo surprised to learn that tho government of Hnnto Domingo has nuy gunboats. Hut It has; uIno u president who was ullvo at tho last writing. An English police station provided Its prisoners with n billiard room and a shooting gallery. Anil so proceeds tho laudable effort to mako useful cltl xeus out of convicts. Tho discussion as to whether women dress to pleaso tho men or to oxclto tho envy of each other looks llko a wnsto of time. Nobody knows but thu worn eu, and they won't tell. Lord Chancellor Ilnldnuo says that In llfty years tho United States will bo tho leading nation. No miiy bo a bright light In his own line, but ho Is n trlilo behind tho times lu his rock onlng. Now that u man has succeeded lu flying upsldo down and women havo decided to add X ray shoos to their attire, this Jaded world will bo hard put to It for a now thrill In tho way of sensations. Iteceiitly collected statistics show that tho proportion of bachelors to mu rr led men Is steadily Increasing lu ICuglund. That's probably because more American girls nro marrying lit homo nowadays. A now folding bed Is attached to tli closet door and disappears whou the door Is closed, but tho old kind that cloaca with you lu tho middle of the night and gently slips Into tho bureau drawer will remain In public favor. A youth, dumb ten years, becamo so excited over a cricket match that bis speech was restored. A person who could get excited over cricket would bo a raving maniac over tho gainu of throwing u cord of hardwood Into the basement. Tho equestrian statue of Qeorgo Washington In Union square, Nuw York, Is to bo turned around so that tho tint president will look down llroadway. This Is ralculatcd to hide from bis reproving guxo the wickedest section of tho bad old town. Dr. McDougall of Oxford says that It Is right and propor to laugh at oth ers' mishaps, thus turning Into a stim ulant which promote well being a muss of minor Ills. Which Is quite true, no doubt. Any one cau try It for himself, beginning with his own mlshups. REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS A NATION OF SLAVES LESS THAN ONE PER CENT OF POPULATION OWNS SEVENTY PER CENT OF WEALTH. Public Ownership- and As set Currency Necessary to Break Strangle Hold of Money Power, Says Congressman. The wealth of the tJnlUd Htntrs Is estimated at $ aO-000-"0?-,1!,0,? ,. 'lI'i.S la" I12U0 lor evry man. woman iiiid . cltiiu No other lountry In the world Ims J rnuoli wealth. Ilul How Is It divide. Hoventy licr refit of this wenlth Is SwiiVd by J00.0OO men. leaving only " r..l ilm rnmuln lie 99.80(1.- XppYJ fn r,l h.r wor&K two- OI 1 ... l.f tlx. tinlilliiltlOii KH "ft tint feII f I IIMf Wt'flMH. MW vvv trntliH I hm.t.c'of the i lloktibn I. ..... ,.w, n imiinn of Mlaves. Our necessities make us such. Two tltlims inalie liit. necessity and fear. "111.- PlllplV UIIHier nuiwi i nollltiHt out us n resimliwhy We sho 1 1.1 withdraw rurthcr reslstimee to th money - power. The iiRonts of plu tocracy told me before I left Wash-i lucinijr ..ii. II .nun UCIIlllI eYsasBslsBil Kssrav flt - HBsBdB Iiiilon that my fellow . eltlscns woul'i nils vcar yield . I It "hrnnil .iltnl- imo jw. tt.al1. 1 1 , nutter nrBuinniu. : .: , full control of the leKlsluUvo iiiseli ii-fleve thein then. I do not lielleve ''iThero'iirc 436 .oimresslonnl districts In this Union. The nieiiiher from thu other districts nro watching the con test In ti ls district If we win hen. this year U will l a tremendous vic tory. 11 wl I demonstration that ii coiiKrossman con serve the puhlle. defy the money power, nnd still retain the nulhoV 1 lV His people l vote and Sieah Mr them In the national legis lature. It will mean the heglnnltig oi Hie end It will mean, that comploti victory for the people Is lu sight, will mean that the government thai our Mh"rs siifrcirrt for at Valley Vtu nl fought for lit llrandywlne. is aolnS to l.e put hack Into the hnn.ls of llielr descendants, We have heen made u lis I Ion of serfs and paupers In two ways: Mrst, l.y over rnplisllsatluii of put. lie utility corporations and the collection of mil loi s snnnally rrom the people to my d "den on this Inflated capllsllss tlor . Hecond. by a system of dupli cating deposits, and the loaning of billions of dollais that .11. "'''"''IV' col I e. 1 1 o ii of in 11 1 lolls o,f l( n I el est a.-, why ''A..ll!n... ;:r.,.:u vMstn,t rnese iiio ...e hiv.mwu ........ money changers have robhe.1 those who loll and gotten all the wealth Into the linmlN of n few ,Vlmt Is tho remedy T It Is simple enough. If the fuels can ";'"' ft place.! before tile people nnd they will put men lu .ongiees who will serve llie public. Let the government and the municipalities take over the public Utilities t their physical value, and tllerrafici fuinlsli the service to the i-oiintrv at cost, and let the govern ment Issue agricultural asset currency The following list of legal blanks are kept for sale at this office and others will be added as the demand arises; Warranty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, Satisfaction of Mortgages, Contracts for Sale of Realty, Hills of Sale, peases. .Work (or a Greater at, Johns, and loan It to the farmers, at u very Hiimll rnt.i nf Interest on first inert- sages illMin Ihelr rarni" not ex eetling 50 per cent of the unimproved value thereof, nnd the money power" will no longer Iv able lu tab our people. Tim total amount nf monov In thv t'nllc.1 HtntcN today Is I3.600.000.00J. or $3S por cnlilln. Vel the farmers nTon.. have borrowed IH.6oo.ooo.ooo. In other words, the farmers aloiio have borrowed nearly three times as much money ss there Is In existence In the l!nltv.l Htates How Is It posslbluT Tho money power Is simply loaning the farmers 'ciedlt." loaning them money that Is not In existence and collecting i, per cent Interest on It The fanners urn paying Interest annually amount ing (o tf.uo.noo.ooo, or more than the cost of the Panama canal. (live tho country tin hottest conros nnd one that Is not nfral.l, and every man who works will b.t able to mako n good living, lake, u vacation each year und lay by something for lily old ntt besides. The Idea of mi utile bodied man. In n country like this, being com pelled to wolk for his board and clothes It II Ills life, us nlno-teiiths of us are doing. Is ridiculous and iilnurd. It Is mi outrage. Tho voters are Idols If they stand for It In Ibis district. H have a bill pending for asrlcul t.inil asset currency. 1 also have a bill pending for nubile ownership lu the IHstrl. t of ('oliimbla, the only city t tm t congrcHS has Jurisdiction over. M bill was the first ever Introduced .,r p.. bll' ierhlp of the street mil win ip Wiiklilnglon Hlnee It wns first iiiI.imIiii.mI u similar bill, Introduced by Itoheil Prosser of rievelsnd, Ohio, A. W. X.affrty. luis been favorably reported to the bouse and rill be voted on th win ter The tit of Cleveland has a sort of hnli'-v ay city ownership of liar street tiiu.Vb, i. now, and the plan has proved an Immense success. It proves that complete city ownership, life iiciulsl tlon of title bi'lng made at actual phys leal value of the property, would be even morn profitable than the l leve laud experiment bus been, for the city of Cleveland has uiidHi takeii to run the streetcar system upon tho basis of the full value claimed by the streetcar company. ' When the franchise of tho Cleveland Hallway . oiiiimny expired lu 1809 flvo years ago tho city council granted a new franrblso for :l vciiih, but only Upon the condition that all profits above expenses, taxes, Interest on bonded Indebtedness, and u 0 per cent profit to the stocliholdors, should go to the reduction of fares und the bet terment of the service. That plan has been In operation five years, Tho city hud the right to prescribe tho far.-s mid tho service, and to keep nn auditor In the office of the company, with a corns of assistants, to cliccli receipts mid expenditures. Thu result has been as follows: first, n fare of n cents was rciiulred, and 1 cent for transfer, to see If It would piodlice the required revenue. It not only produced nil the money icmilred, but lu one year put a surplus In the treasury of noo.onn. Then the fare was reduced to 3 cents and I cent fot transfer to be tebnted when transfer was taken up. And now two tickets nr.. furnished for G cents Let any one doubting this statement cut out this article and send It to the mayor of Cleveland for verification. Tlin rorllaud Hallway. Light tt Pow er company last vcar look In 10,723,712. Its total expenses mid lutes were only 43.2US.3tU, so that over GO per cent of Its revenues were pioflls. If the city would tako this utility over at Its physical value, us Ii ought to do, fares would not be over ? cents In Portland The Pacific Power A l.lubt company of Portlund und the Portlai d (las & Coke company are both owned by the Aiitei lean Power At Light company of Maine. These two Portland .unities IiihI year took in over li.zoo.ooo each, tvhllu their operating expenses and taxes weie loss than half that amount each. Telephone service, under city ownership would be less than half what II Is today. (lovernin.nl and municipal owner ship of public utilities would rnduco the cost of living to eu.ii person at east SG0, and to each family of five at least S2G0. (lovernnirnt ownership and opera tion of ocean ships, such as I have pro posed, would keep 111 tho United Htates thu 3S0,U00.0uo which now goes an nually to the octviu steamship trust, would fuither re.liica the cost of llvlnrr ni least tl per cuplln per year, would give us the ureutest uuxltlnry navy und greatest for. e of trained sailors lu the world, and would enable Amer icana to tiavel around the world lu safety and comfort under their own Mug, and at less than one half tho present cost. Henutor l.evtis of Illi nois has Introduced a bill providing for 100 Kovernmenl owned and oper ated nhlps since I first iidvocuted tho Idea In the house a year ago. (Invermnent ownership and agricul tural asset currency combined would eliminate the dishonest proflta of th.i money power nnd give to every cHlxeu an ctiul opimrltiiilty. Tbut, bihJ noth ing short of that. Is what the people of this country ure entitled to. Hmh will they receive If they stand by their guns when the forthcoming buttle rages. Ilrspei-lfully A W. I.AI'I'HItTV. 733-38 Plttoclc Ulo.k. (Paid Advertisement.) Ibest buy! IN THE FAMOUS WHITE SALMON VALLEY OPPOSITE HOOD RIVER TEN ACRES Set to Spitzfenberg and Newtown Apples Trees in perfect conditio; fourth year. Located in the best part of the famous valley, in Fruit Home Colony. On the Trout Lake road and also a public road run ning along one side. Splendid spring of water on the place. Probably worth $10,000 in three years, with a large and ever in creasing income therefrom. A Rare Bargain at $6,000 Also 8 acres adjoining the above orchard, five acres in bear ing commercial orchard, and three acres set to almonds, 3 years old. Good house and other outbuild ings on place. Will be sold at a oargam. uan ai or Hurcss mis onici, Subscribe Imeijeft overs yifL iMaf PRICED VERY KM You will find some Bargains displayed in our Mien's Toggery and the Dry Goods Department. Bargains that are real because . of the upward tendency of any thing imported. We have letters from hosiery mills advising that it is impossible, to import the dye to color the hose. Looks like everyone would wear white hose if the war continues. The prices of Kid Gloves are quoted now $2.00 per dozen htigher than a month ago. This is simply a hint that if you see a Bargain you had better grab it quick. The foreign shoe makers will be in the army. The demand for American made shoes must be supplied in Europe by spmesort of shipping arrangement. Increase demand on America factories surely will increase the price of shoes. Take advantage of all those little things; it is money in your pocket. BONHAM & CURRIER EDMONDSON CO. 107 S. Jersey Street 1DERN MEWS Vi 1 . IN Plumbing, Tinning AND Furnace Installing Call up Columbia 92 Office Phone Columbia 24 Residence Phone Columbia 198 St. Johns Express, Transfer and Storage Co. Piano Moving a Specialty, Haul inp done to and from Portland Residence 400 Hast Richmond Office 103 North Jersey Street Dally trips to Portland. ORDER EASTERN STAR MIfierva Chapter No. 105 Meets I'vcrvl'irst and Third Tuesday Uveulng of Bach Mouth iu Ilicktier'sIIall, Zdl K. Johtiiton, Worthy Matron. " j. a. btepuens, secretary. Central Market! 20S S. Jersey Strast See us for tiic Choicest Cuts ( the Best Meats Obtainable. Onisr Wed mh! TamOy Trsds SeSdtcsL T. P. WARD, Prrktor. We buy or sell St. Johns Property AlcKINNEY & DAVIS RmI Estate List your property with us if you desire to sell qmcKiy 02 N. Jersey St. St. Johus TEN ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS Where Located Portland (2) Oregon City Silvertou Cazadero Estacada Hull Run Boring St. Johus Salem Widely scattered have been built by the Portland Railway, I.ight & Power Company for the purpose of providing Reliable Electric Service to its patrons. Through high tension transmission lines each of these generating plants are inter- communicative, so that the service is insured against unforeseen interruptions. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company Broadway and Alder Streets Phone Marshall 5IOO Home A. 6131 JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Dsjr A Nfcht Offlcs In McChwmsy bik. SC JsSns. Oft too. DR. W. J. GILSTRAP Physician and Surgeon Glasses Accurately Fitted DRUGS FURNISHED Office Fitm Col. 282 Iks. fhm Col, 1M Office Room 6 snd 7 1'lrtt Nstlontl ftk Bids. Kc.ldence iijo Willamette Soulty.tJ O. J. GATZAIYER ATTORNEY AT LAW McDonsM Building ST. JOHNS . . OREGON DR. FRANK F. CASSEDAY Specialist In Mmmm T the Eyt, lt, Ktt, Y - MMJM I " " ' Operative wwl Medical Treatment Expeit I'iHifte of Clastcs Moderate Prices rxJtuuiWJg ..TUliUud.Vtasto$t. VUone. Main J31 t AM7l. feilUoii. Of c A GOOD BUY At'Whitwood Court, a piece of; ground 600 feet long and 100 ieet wiae, oemg tne upper nan oi block 16, and located not far from the Railroad and Street Car Line, on Mill Street. As Whitwood will soon have, the great Scenic Drive way passing through it, and other activities are to take place, this tract will soon become most valu able. Price for a short time $2000. Call on or Address this Office. PERRY C. STROUD LAWYER First National Dank Building ST. JOHNS . . . ORECOnI THAD. T. PARKER ' ATTORNEY AND COUNStLOR AT LAW Rooms 7 and 8, . Holbrook Building ST,. JOHN DR. RAMBO DENTIST rhone Columbia 61 First National Bank bulblfa. ST. JOHNS. OREGON. i DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENflST Open Evsnfcijfs and Sundays hf Appointment- Office Phone Columbia 140 iscaiucni ruone loiutubla 38 ' LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. I". ST. JOHNS. OREGON MmU taeh Monday evwiliur ta 04i Fsl lows ball at 7:ao. A cordial welcome4 la all vUitlnR brothers. etiat. K. Taolty, Noble Grind John J. Goodaao, Vke Gt.uJ V. C VKNcal, Sec. Sec. Cbat. U OwcnPla, Sc n. r. cuts, tihi. r- IKH.MES LODGE NO. 191 knkuiis or pythias: Meets ever Friday night at f7:3o o'clock lie I. O, O. V Hall, Visitors always wel- come. A. W. F1CKKL. C. C. A, CARLNKLSON, K. R. S. DOMC DODGE NO. 132 V I 4Mwl Met Regular ceatwuBicatloBS oh fret Wedneedaya of eack HKtk ia Bkkaer's tlall. Visitors weleocae. CkaaA. Fxy,'. M. A. W, Davie, Seeretary,