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f 4- 4- Fall of Reed Rockers Prices Shot to Pieces Not from heavy cannonading, just because we , want to clear out our stock. -Reductions for One Week Only. Rccd Sewing Rocker Was $ 3.35, Now $;2.S0 Rccd Arm ' it tt n Rccd Arm Rocker Up holstered Tapestry " Rccd Arm Rocker Up holstered Leather " You should have a Your Home Ormandy Bros. FURNITURE M t Notice CHEAP WOOD Beginning Friday, Alay 22, 1914 J Until Further Notice, the St. Johns Lumber Compntiy will deliver its fine slxtccn-iuch stove wood within the following t named districts at reduced prices: St. Johns, South to S. P. & S. Railroad Cut $2.50 per Load S. P. & S. Rnilroad Cut to Chntnqua Uoul. 2.75 per Load ; Chataqun Uoul. to Aiusworth ft Doston Sts, 3.0O per Load 4 St. Johns Lumber Company Cor. Burlington & Hradford Sts. St. Johns, Oregon Pacific Telephone Columbia 131 Home Telephone C not. V .4 4-4- 44- Factory Site AT A BARGAIN , ' Block Eight, just north of the Portland Woolen Mills for a limit ed time can be purchased at a bar gain. Price $5,500 ALSO, FINE BUILDING LOT Lot 5, Block 7, Willamette boulevard, north. An excellent buy at $600; $50 down and bal ance at $10 or $15 per month. Inquire at Review Office Stapli and Fancy Groceries Fresh Fruils and Veg etables in Season at ALEX. S. SCALES GROCER We Solicit and Deliver auy where in 5?t. Johns. ftmt Cl. 218 50 FesstMkJt St. It you are thinking of making a change INVESTIGATE. How U Your Title? Have your abstracts made, con tinued or examined at the Peninsu la Title, Abstract and Realty Co' Accurate work. Reaspsable fees. II. Headersott, manager, 311 North Jersey street Adv. (i (i ii it 5.25, " 3.85 5.50, " 4.15 7.75, 5.50 8.50, " 6.00 14.50, " 11.00 16.75, " 12.25 Crescent Steel Range in CASH OR CREDIT f4f f f ff f r 4.4- 4. THE LIFE CAREER 1 "Schootlnjf In youth thoulti lor.ri.bly bt dlrectcJ to prepare . person In the kt way for llic txtt permanent occupation lor which he I capable.' mudcMC W I'.Uot. This Is the Mission of the Forty-sixth School Year Opens SEPTEHBER 18th, 1914 Write for Illustrated loopage Book let, "THE LIFE CAREER," and for Cata log containing full information. Degree Courses AORICULTURE : Agronomy, Animal Husbandry.DalryHus bandry. Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture. Agriculture for Teachers. FORESTRY, LOGGING ENGINEERING. HOME ECO NOMICS: DoffiesticSclefice, Domestic Art, ENGINEERING: Electrical, Irrigation, Highway, Mechankal, Chemkal. Mining. Ceramics. COMMERCE. PHARMACY. INDUSTRIAL ARTS. Vocational cTourctf-Agrkulture Dairy ing, Home Makers' Course, Industrial Arts, Forestry, Business Short Course. School of Music Piano, Strlflg, Band, Vke Culture, Farmer Butinca Course by Mail Free Addrcu THK RKGISTKAX, (tw-T-UtoM) CoraUU, Oron Deformed spelling has done its worst in the Chicago public schools. Hereafter the pretty word "kissed" ia to be "kist." Local News. Send in your news items. The water in the river is at a very low ebb Where shall get my hair cut? At ullmore s barber shop, adv, The forest fires on tho west side of the river has caused con siderablo smoke to settle over tho city lately. Gravenstein armies for sale, Very fine ones at 2 cents per Sound. VV. H. King, urlington street. 208 East J. E. Tanch has returned from a live weeks' sojourn in Southern Oregon. He reports times very quiet in the valley towns. Rev. Goodo of the Evangelica church and wife leave this week fo.r Ocean Park, where they wil remain for about ten days. Mrs. E. S. Wright and chil dren of Heison, Wash., were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Markle during the paBt week. The Commercial Club will hold its regular monthly meeting August 26th. when the nominal in or committee will bo appointed. The meeting will be followed by a dance in tho 1 . U. IS. hall. Frank Ely, a former well known pugilist and who con dueled a class in the manly art in St. Johns for several months. greeted his friends here Monday. He had been spending the past couplo of years in California. Exnonsoa for weed cuttincr paid by tho city of Portland will total $8(300, it is said. That city has been cutting at tho rato of 30 lots per day at an average coat of $4 per lot. Over 31,000 lots have been posted there with weed cutting notices. Misses Louise Couch and Maud Scott and Dr. L. E. Graves have been spending a couple of weeks at Cannon ucach. Dr. Graves returned on Monday to St. Johns on business, and then went back to the coast for a longer rest. Tho St. Johns Fire department assisted at a fire in Portsmouth Saturday night, when a resi dence there was burned down. Tiio local auto truck made tho trip and tho firemen had water playing on tho flames in five minutes after receiving tho sum mons. Frank Test, who has been a resident of Glen Harbor for tho past year and has boon in tho employment of tho Standard Oil Company at union, nas ooen promoted and will go to Phoenix, Arizona, whoro ho will continue for tho samo company with a higher salary. His family in tends to join him in rnoenix in fow weeks, says tho Linnton Leader. Ray Pofl surprised his many friends in St. Johns when lie departed for Corvallis InstSatur day and was united in marrlago with Miss Li rota uray 01 that place. Tho groom is the oldest son of John PoiT, chiof of police, and !b popular with tho young fo ks of tho city. Tho brido is ono of Corvallis' most charm ing daughters. Tho young couplo will make their homo in Port land. Ono of tho features of tho Washington building at tho Panama Exposition will bo Ezra Meeker and his team of oxen. Mnokor. whito of hair and beard, is in San Francisco and will drivo his team from tho Stato of Washington to tho ex position at the opening next year. A few years ago he drove them over tho trati rrom Seattle to Washington, D. C. Miss Lucinda Davis' class of tho First Baptist church met at the homo of Miss Annie Key Thursday, August 13, for their usual business meeting. After a few business matters had been attended to, those present en joyed music given oy various members 01 tho class, atter which dainty refreshments were served. Those present were Pearl Richtmyer, Isabello Mc Queen, Anna Toole, Bernice Shaw. Alice Gee, Mattio Kelt- her, Erma Cannght, Edith Coch ran, Annio and Mae Key, Mrs. James Key and little Clarence Key. At a meeting of the W. C. T. U., held in the Library Monday afternoon at 2:30, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. C. Scott; vice president, Mrs. Ina Canright; recording secretary, Mrs. Carl Nelson; cor- responaing Bucreiary. jura, uei- inger; treasurer, Mrs. Lydia Tallman. Delegates elected to the county convention to be held in Portland about the middle of September were Mrs. Carl Nel son. Mrs. Minnie DeLyser, Mrs. Hollenbeck and Mrs. George Jeffcott. Ten dollars to tho county and twenty-five dollars to the state were p edged for the state wide prohibition campaign. Mrs. Scott has been president and Mrs. Tallman secretary ever since the W. C. T. U. was or ganized here in 1905, with the exception of the first three month?. Mrs. A. W. Markle made a few remarks concerning the Better Babies contest and enlisted the aid of the Mothers' club, by vote of the meeting. ; Undo Sam isn'tjgoing to hold anybody's coat during the fight. . European soldiers fight in many languages, but the guns speak only one. The discouraging thing about the kisses for votes idea is that a fellow only has one vote, Surgeons having supplied one man with n steel backbone, re miorceu concrete, may come next. The cause of tho death of Mrs Sturderant recently is said to have been heart and kidney trouble. Flies are scarcer than in other seasons but tho lew arc so ar rogant it is hard to get along with them. Great Britain ought to bo proud of Canada. She doesn causoany trouble, and is good to her mother. At times it seems that the ministering angels of the Red Cross are the only persons con ncctcd with war who keep In touch with God. An automobile dealer will sel a man a machine that just simply can't break down, and then try to sell him a kit 0) repair tools, with no more strain on his con science than tho drawbar pull of a trained Ilea. A plant for distilling oil of peppermint js being constructed near Springfield. (J. II. Todd. nnd associates, of Eugene, have planted 40 acres to peppermint and will work up the product in their own factory. If tho yield of oil meets their expectations, lie 40 acres should give gross returns of about SG.000. The ndustry is likely to become im portnnt in Lnno County. Dr. Mary MacLaclilln of Port- and, formerly of St. Johns, was n London when war waB de dared, according to word re ceived in th's city on a postal card from Dr. MacLachlin yes terday, says the Uretronlnn. ho postal said she was in Lon don, where excitement was run ning high nnd where Americans woro frantically trying to book transportation to this country. She said nothing nbout her own success in securing tho same. She is with her mother and sister and was expected back tho middlo of September. uregon uity nrcmen. says a dispatch n tno Telegram, aro now settling down to business for tho honors in tho tournament to bo hold in St. Johns on Labor Day and. according to tho an nouneemcnt of Assistant Chiof Noblo, practices will be held every night from now to tho day. About 20 mcmbors of tho local companies turned out to tho prnctico Monday night and went through tho first steps in or ganizing tho teams. Oregon City has always stood well up in tho annual event and nothing short of first placo will content ho Clackamas county rcprcsenta Uvea this year, says tho fire men. Of the 80.313 shareholders of tho Pennsylvania road 49 per cent aro women. Tho increase in tho number of shareholders of tho railways in tho United States since 1001 has been 115 nor cent. This shows tho wide spread degree of interest that is taken by the people them selves in the railways of the country. It is also an argument for government generosity in dealing with the railways in which so many of tho people have invested their savings. he Canadian Pacific has some thing liko 05,000 shareholders scattered over tho world. A panoramic reproduction of tho Grand Canyon of Arizona is being built at tho Panama Ex position at a cost of over $30, 000; over fifty thousand square yards of linen canvaB, imported from Scotland, aro being used for tho set pieces. Visitors in this concession will view tho panoramas from observation pnrfl. moved bv electricitv on an elevated trestle, seemingly along tho rim of tho canyon. Iho ob- as server will ue cnnuieu to see ight of the most distinctive points of tho canyon and the ride will last over nan an hour, ncludinir. apparently, a journey of more than one hundred miles of the great gorge. Every re source of modern science is em ployed in tho work of repro duction. Clabe F. Brooks died at the Good Samaritan hospital, Port- and. Thursday afternoon of last week, following an operation for cancer of tho face. Deceased was aged about 05 years. He had worked with his brother. the latoJ.T. Brooks, In the shoe epainn'g business here for a few montns several years ago. For a number of years he had ived the life of a cowboy life in the middle west, and had gained quite a reputation as a broncho buster. Lately ne naa been re siding in Newberg. Ho is sur vived by one brother and three sisters, all residing in tho state of Nebraska. The cancer start ed from a small pimple at the side of his mouth, and gradually spread, finally covering the greater portion of his face. The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock; inter ment in Mt. Scott cemetery, Strictly sanitary. Gilmore's barber shop. . adv. Christian Science topic for next Sunday: "Mind." Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Derrio are spending a few days at the sea shore. T-t r I - .a . ror sale liartiett pears and prunes. -L. H. Campbell, 422 E. Leavitt street. Girl wanted for housework at 110 East Chicago street, St. Johns. Mrs. Julius Markwnrt. READ THIS: If you want to sell your property on easy terms, list it with J. F. Uillmore. I have calls for easy payment property. The St. Johns Lumber Com pany's mills closed down for boiler repairs. It is expected that resumption of work will take place in a week or so. The Browning Amusement Company with its interesting street shows will bo in St. Johns during tho Firemen's Tourna ment on Labor Day. ior Kent Modern six room house on North Willamette boulevard. Also modern rooms over store building on Phila dephia street. See K. C. Couch. Wanted To borrow $750 for three to five years at 8 tier cent: security, tract of land 100x000 feet at Whitwood Court, worth $2000. Address this office. L. H. Campbell presented this office Wednesday with several fine samples of Bartlctt pears, which he raised on his property on Lenvitt street. They were much appreciated by the force. C. Hutchinson of Carlton, Or egon, was a visitor in st. Johns the first of the week. He had been cmnlovcd on the bitr mill there, which burned down re cently. Ho will probably decide to movo back to St. Johns. The free street dancing during the evening of Labor Day prom ises to bo an interesting event of the Tournament. Music will bo furnished by fifteen band pieces from a band stand to bo erected near tho fountain on tho city hall plot. Wo desire to express our sincere my thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly tendered their aid and nssistnnco during tho illness nnd death of Mrs. G. II. Sturderant, which kind ness Is greatly appreciated.- G. il. sturderant, Air. nnd Mrs. La- ayetto Caplcs, Harry Copies. Sinco July 8th up to Wednes day of this week tho local fire department has answered 28 calls for fires. 21 of which woro weed fires. C to burning build' ngs and 2 fnlso alarms. Cor tainly quite a record for forty days, and proof that tho paid firemen are kept pretty much on tho go. Commissioner General Yamn waki to tho Panama Exposition ins promised that Japan d mag nificent exhibit will bo perfected in every detail when tho Exposi tion opens in February 20. 1015. .Tanan has annronriatcd $000.- 000 and the pnvilion will bo built by Japanese workmen. Ono of the features of tho Japanese site at tho Epxosition will bo a gar den of 150,000 square feet, which win bo stocked with plants. rocks nnd soil brought from tho and of the Mikado. D. C. Lewis, candidate for state representative, was in tho city Monday and called in to see tho pencil pusher. D. C. is one of the livest men in the Btnte. Io is up to date, is earnest, is capable, is alive to tho needs of this part of tho state, and has tho ability and courago to ex press his convictions, and wo sincerely hono that ho will re ceive the solid vote of our people n Linnton. regardless of politi cal predilections. It will mean a good hard fighting friend for Linnton in the house 11 he is elected. Linnton Leader. Tho stork beat tho ambulance by several laps in an exciting race early Monday morning from the home of Mrs. A. Strauss, 97 T llamook street, Portland, to the Good Samaritan hospital, Driver Charles Collins, of tho ambulance, put on all speed, and or many blocks was neck and neck with tho bird, hut at Fifteenth and Glisan streets the ambulance was overtaken, says the Oregonian. The race over, hero was no more need of go ing to tho hospital, and tho am bulance turned around and re turned to the home. The moth er and the 74 pound girl baby are reported doing nicely. A refreshing friend of many people in st. jonns anu visitors within our gates is the fountain at the corner of Philadelphia and Jersey streets, familiarly known as "Iron Mike." In the hottest days of the year tho water dis pensed by "iron Mike" is ever cool and delicious, almost like ce water In fact. Very few people pass it by without testing of its sparkling and cooling water. People from Portland have been heard to express tho wish that Portland had as cool and refreshing water to drink. t slakes the thirst of young and old, and children even will go a block or two out of their way to get a taste of "Iron Miko's" bountiful supply, I PENINSULA NATIONAL BANK Oldest Bank on Pktku Autziw, Pres. John N. Kdmu'SHN, Cash. 4 ON SAVINGS HAl'ltTY UHP0S1T I of Picture framing done nt Portland prices nt II. 1". Clark's, the furni ture matt. Adv. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Evens aro enjoying a vacation in the Wil- nmettc Valley. Hop pickers Special rates. Call Columbia 72, Gatton's Transfer; 101 N. Jersey street. "Watches" made over into Time-pieces" at reasonable rates at Rogers', S0!) N. Jersey street. Men aro but grown boys. And you may have noticed that when two boys are playing with n toy wagon the smaller boy is always tho horse. A Woman is a uueor proposi tion. Tho more she brags about lcr husband before company the more sho roasts him when thoy aro alone, says an exchange. For nil kinds of general re- miring ol nutos, bicycles, lawn mowers, etc., go to tno Homo Garage, 102 Smith avenue, cor ner of Charleston; G. B. Bon ham, proprietor; phono Colum bia G03. In spito of wnr, high prices of living and low water, G. L. Perrino is busily engaged in placing his famous Vacuum Fireplaces in various parts of Or egon and Washington. It keeps him on the jump all the while, and scarcely gives him time to keep posted on tho war nows. His fireplace is surely a winner. War developments in Kuropo are progressing. Tho armies aro getting closer together all tho while, and tho greatest bat tles the world has known aro im minent. Severe lighting nt dif ferent points have been in pro gress all week, but tho worst is yot to como. Tho roports ro ceived aro meagro and unsalis- factory from tho seat of war. nn1 If 2a lfbnlir flint mtintr Imnnn. UIIU IV in nnvi; uhik ihuiij mifwi-- tant engagements have happen-, ed that have not yet been mado li tniirln I public. It is up to a bunch of "live ones" from tho Vancouver Com mercial club to attend a mooting of the St. Johns Commercial club next Tuesday evening, and then and thero show catiBo why the people of St. Johns and vicin ity should attend tho coming Columbia Hivcr Interstate fair in proferenco to going tho Pen dleton Roundup. Tho letter re- ceived by the local club states that the St. Johns men are open to conviction, but that they will first have to bo shown how and why thoy will have abetter timo here than at the other placo. A committee of "said live ones" will bo named by President Kinney to attend this meeting. Journal. Two Japanese sailors jumped from a Japanese vessel Monday night near the midnight hour as it was passing St. Johns on its voyage outward, and attempted to swim to shore. Tho older of the two, being tho best swim mer, carried tho clothes on his back. Tho younger one, aged about 20 years, was discovered by Rupert Stevens af tho St. Johns Lumber Company's mills early Tuesday morning. He was unable to sneak bnglish. 1 ho Japanese consul at Portland was notined by tho local ponce, and ho came to St. Johns. The lad told the consul of tho two swim ming from tho vessel, but was unable to tell what had becomo of his companion. Whether ho was drowned in making the shore, or whether ho landed at another point and mado away in tho darkness without finding his fellow countryman is still unknown, Weal Grows from little savings planted oitcii and watered by interest. More lorlu.ics arc made by steady saving than by high fiiinucing. Start nn account here to-day and thus jilnnt the seed Hint will grow into wealth. It will not take much to start, As little as one dollar will be enough. the Peninsula I C. Knaiu, Vice Pres. S. L. Domic, Ass't Cash. 4l VAUr.TS I'OR KINT I 'V Yte GreaVcr O vco Willi new tiillMInirn. littler tmiln. nicnl, cnUrgcd Hroiimli, nt many ml- umtini 10 iij utility, iir I'tnveraity at Orcein will Imuiii Hit iMtty-ninlli year i ucnuy, M-itcmncr is. Special tr.iiiiiiiK lor lluiinoii, Jour. . mi. nn, 1 1 a nr. Airuirtiie, retelling, wi! ami umnircfct department ittitol education. Library of moif thin Sf.tlt tlumri two UndU jt)Mna)biM, lt n tntJlritf fullr ulprtil N w 1 1 AJmlnlflraflnn liuiMniaf in cuutkn ol c iMliui'llori Tuiltvn Pttt Durmiiurtra tut mn trtJ for tirnn Mptrutt tutt Writ far dialog an.t IMiMtMirJ houVIrl, AJJmtlnii iWtfliirir, UNIVERSITY OF 0IIEC0II ruorwr uiicoon For a Merchant Marine Comprehensive plans woro mapped out by the Administra tion yesterday for building up the American merchant marine with government money for tho immediate purpose of transport ing the products of the country to the warring nations of Europe and to South ami Central Amer ica. President Wilson, in con sultation with Democratic lead ers of the Senate and House, ap proved a project contemplating tho expenditure of about 25, 000,000 for thopurchaso of ocean going vessels, to bo operated under the direction of a govern ment shipping board in carrying on tho foreign trade of tho Unit ed States. Pleasantly Entertained Mrs. Foul entertained n large party of ladies at her beautiful homo on East Richmond street last Thursday afternoon. In strumental music by Miss Ar lino Shaw, vocal solos by Miss Frances Miller and readings by Mrs. Paul Behnko furnished tho program, followed by a delicious lunch and social time. All on joyed Mrs. Foul's hospitality and were glad to bo present. Those present were: Mrs. Bob bins, Dr. Gray, Mrs. Scarp ami Mrs. Gray from Portland; Mrs. Wilhchn from Centralia; Mrs. Holt from tho East: Mcsdamcs DeLyser, Holt, Finch, Fain, Lemon, Jones. Terrell, Muhm, Maples, W. Shaw. Henderson, Behnko. J. Shaw, Hand, Grow, Evans, Simmons, and tho Misses Perry, Francos Millornnd Arllno Shnw. . . a r IJ lit 11 t teieurflie llUIUCIl WrjUUIlli Tho golden wedding of Gov. and Mrs. J. II. Fletchor was cel ebrated in a very pleasant man ner at their hoipe on Willamotto boulevard Tuesday evening by tho relntives of this most wor thy nnd highly respected couplo. The evening was spent in n most enjoyable manner. A hand some Morris chair was present ed to Gov, and Mr. Flotchor ne a token of love. Those present wero: Mr. nnd Mrs. J. II. Fletch er, Hamilton Fletchor, G. A. Fletcher and son Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Fletchor, and sons Harold and Jamos, Mr. and Mr. Nuton Flotchor and son Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Fletcher and sons Morloy and Watson, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mntheny. All Modern Woodmen, Notice The Societies Head Camp Meeting just held in Toledo, Ohio, passed resolutions of tho greatest importance and benefit to all lapsed members, as fol lows: All members who went delin quent between Feb. 1, 1912, and Dec. 1, 1913, aro entitled to full reinstatement upon signing a health certificate with tho Clerk, and upon payment of tho present month's assessment and ono month's camp dues. Old rates, old policies, all old members. Now is tho time; get busy. Fraternally. C. E. GARLICK, Clerk. An electric massage, only quo in town. Gilmore's harbor shop, ndv,