St. Johns is Calling You It Mcend In numbtr of industries. It MTtftlK in population. Cart le Portland every 16 m!n. Has navigable water on 3 sides. Hat finest Rs and electricity. Hai two strong bank. Hai five large tchool houiei. Has abundance of purest water, Mai hard aurface street!. Mat extensive sewerage aystem. Mas fine, modem brick city hull. Hat payroll off 93.000 monthly. Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight. All rallfoadt have access 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 inanufatturing tily Adjoins the city of Peitland. Has neaily 6,000 population. Has'a public library. Taxable propcity, H.500.000. Mas large dry docks, saw mills Woolen mills, iron works. Stove works, asbestos factory, Ship building plant, Veneer and excelsior nlant. Flour mill, planing mill, Dox factory, and others. More industiics coming. St. Johns is the place for YOU. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted lo the Interest ot tbt Peninsula, tbe Manufacturing Center of tbs Norttiwsit VOL. to ST. JOHNS, OREGON, 1'RIDAY, SEPTUMBIiR 35, 1914. NO 4. COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention With the exception of Council man Davia, who was absent in Eastern Oregon on business, all members were present at the regular meeting of the city coun cil Tuesday evening, with Mayor Vincent presiding. A petition was received for the improvement of Stanford street between Buchanan and Burr streets by sidewalk, curb and grade, and a resolution directing the city engineer to prepare the plans, specifications and estimate for the improve ment of same was adopted. A petition for the improvement of Macrum avenue between the city limits and O. W. R. &N. It. R. tracks by grade, sidewalk and curb received like treat ment. Petitions for arc lights on Macrum avenue 200 feet south of the Columbia Slough and also 200 feet north of the O. W. R. & N. tracks were referred to the water and light committee, as was also a petition for an arc light to be placed at the corner of Scott avenue amj East Charles ton street. VV. S. Kellogg nskctl that the bulkheads on Willamette boule vard at Polk and Richmond Btroets be made in conformity .with the other bulkheads on the street, and on motion of Council man Munson a committee con sisting of tho mayor, city at torney, city engineer and Coun cilmen Waldref and Gradcn was appointed to investigate the condition and act as it might 'seem proper under the circum stances R. D. Powoll lodged another ,complaint concerning n certain Vdog in his neighborhood running ;at largo a portion of tho time ..without a muzzle. Chief of .Polico Poff stated that ho had mado several trips to tho homo ;of the canine, but each time ho .found tho animal wearing a imuzzlo. The mayor stated that .'it waB an impossibility for tho polico to watch all the dogs in tho city all tho time. A Mr. Powers of Portland en tered a complaint against tho .charge mado for cutting weeds ;on a certain piece of land in St. Johns. Tho matter was held ,over for adjustment, if any bo found necessary, until a later date. Bills amounting to $23G.95 were allowed. Tho water and light committeo by Councilman Gradcn, chair man, recommended the installa tion of tho following arc lights, to bo installed within twenty dayB: One at the corner j)t Seneca and Nowton streets; one at the corner of Seneca and East Mohawk streets; one at the corner of Now York and Edison streets, and one at tho corner of Leavitt and Willamette boule vard. Upon suggestion of Councilman Munson tho raising of tho arc light at tho corner of Baltimore and Decatur streets four or five feet iarther up tho polo was included in the budget, and the recommendations were accepted by tho council. Tho finance committeo report ed that 5724 yards of rock had been taken from tho city's quarry at Whitwood Court from May 1st to September 1st, the greater portion of which was used out side of the city. The city re ceives a royalty of 2J cents per yard for all rock used in the city, and ten cents per yard for all rock from the quarry used outside of tho city limits. Upon being advised by the mayor that Mr. Thompson of the Portland Woolen Mills had re quested that Crawford street leading to the mills be placed in better repair, it was decided that the council make a visit to the street in a body the follow ing day and investigate the con dition of the street. There is a possibility that the street may be hard surfaced, as the only feasible and practical manner of improvement for this much traveled highway. The improvement of Charles ton street between Hayes and Willamette boulevard was ac cepted. It is said to be the best job of concrete pavement ever laid in the city. Lochran-Nut tintr & Co. were the contractors, The St Johns Lumber Com pany asked for a renewal of the lease of a portion of Burlington street, and the matter was re ferred (o the mayor and city at The Corona Club Tune Yankee Doodle. Oh, we'ro the gay Corona Club, With colors rose and golden; We gather all our lessons up, And in our heads we hold 'em. Chorus. Corona Club, Oh, rah! rah! rah! Corona Club the dandy; Oh, wave your flags and pen nants high, And with the cheers be handy. Last June we parted, one and all, To spend a gay vacation, But now tho paths of duty call, So goodbye, recreation. Rnmn nf nn st ill ntudents are. A-working nt our books, oh; And some within the School of Life Are finding proper nooks, oh. To place a crown upon our head, Oh. this we'ro goin' to strive for; With fame and wealth and honor, too, Oh. these we'ro goln' to divo for. But yet we'll try to help the world, And on tho sands of time, oh, We'll leave a mark that will not fade. So endeth Hub long rhyme, oh. Meg Merrilies. Building Permits Wn ARTn Slnnlnv Rnrfluwnki to erect n rcflidcnco on Charles ton street between Bwcnson- anil Richards streets; cost $800. No. 19-To II. D. Beam to erect a residence for O. D. Juorgs on Jcrsoy street between Tyler and Mohawk streets; cost $1200. t'omoy. A bill was presented in the sum of $25 by the city of Port land for services rendered by Grappler Brady in recovering tho body of Clydo Lindley from tho Willamette river recently, and was referred to tho finance committee for recommendation as to payment. A communication from Chief of Police Poff recommended that an auto bo secured for the polico department instead of employing another policeman, as had been decided upon, claiming that ho believed bettor service could thus bo secured than an addi tional man would bo nblo to ren der. He also recommended that tho red light signal system of polico alarm bo installed as con templated some time since. Tho recommendations were held over for a week for deliberation. Councilman Waldref made a motion that the city attorney be directed to draft an ordinance penalizing parties from remov ing bodies from St, Johns in case3 of accidental death with out the permission of relatives of the deceased, provided it did not conllict with any state law that might bo in force; motion carried unanimously. Resolutions directing tho en gineer to prepare tho necessary data for tho improvement of St. Johns avenue between Edison and Seneca streets, and Colum bia boulevard between Jersey and Dawson streets were adopt ed. A resolution directing the engineer to prepare the data for tho improvement of Tyler street between Jersey and Fessenden streets was held over owing to the fact that thero is a strip of land between Jersey and Daw son streets that has not been de dicated, and that condemnation proceedings would be likely be fore the city could obtain title to same. Upon motion of Councilman Garlick, the recorder was au thorized to advertise for bids for the installation of bathing facilities for tho use of the fire men in the city hall. The chief of police was also authorized to secure paint so that the firemen could paint the cells of the city bastle during their leisure hours, upon suggestion of Councilman Munson. It was decided that the coun cil should investigate the sharp corner of the curb at the inter section of Burlington and Pitts burg streets, with a view to having them removed. How Is Your Title? Have your abstracts made, con tiuued or examined at tbe Peninsu la Title, Abstract and Realty Co Accurate work. Reasonable fees. H. Henderson, manager, 311 North Jersey street Adv. The Character Builder Excellent paper read by Mrs. T. J. Monahan at the Mothers' meeting Monday of last week. Subject, "Mother the Char acter Builder;" Lovejoy tho poet said ; God thought to give the sweetest thing in His Almighty power, To earth, and deeply pondering what it should be. one hour- In fondest joy and love of heart outweighing every other, He moved tho gates of Heaven back and gave to earth a mother. It is a hard thing to require a mother to devote herself so closely to her child, but let her remember that motherhood is her business now. She has had her school life. She has had society. She has had literature. She has had wifehood. Now 8ho is a mother, pledged by the sacredncss and infinite import of this new call ing to self nnegation, to tho highest good of tho child to whom she stands as creator and provider. It is to her now that the child looks for support and Btrength. The first thoughts to come to a child arc of mother; then where is there any other greater opportunity to form tho little mind and mold it in a way thnt will mako lastimr imnrcB- sions and form tho ideas that will develop and mako character? When wo want to develop a plant and mako something of it that will be admired by our fricndB and the public, how much timo wc give to it. Wo watch it day by day ns it grows to see if wc cannot do still more to help it in its growth and de velopment. Mothers, do you know that tho rarest plant God ever plant ed is tho child in tho homo gar den. Then it behooves tho mother to watch over tho child hour by hour and day by day that she may find tho way into that young lffo; to exert over it tho caro and influence that will stamp upon it that which will develop its character. Mothers, you are the character builders of your children. In this busv. fro ahead age. when every one is forging ahead and especially tho man with a family who has to be away from homo from early morning till luto at night in keeping pace with tho rush for a livelihood, has no timo to oven visit with his family. say nothing of his being ablo to properly teach his children, bo the greater responsibility natur ally falls on tho mother to caro for and train tho children. Lincoln said: "AH I am I owo to my mother." wno knows, but God nlonc, what sac rifices that mother mado that her boy might have a character that would stand out in the world's hiBtory as tho noblest work of God a man with n true char acter? We look back at tho martyred Lincoln and think of him as tho rail splitter, after ward aa an attorney, then a Con gressman, and nnuiiy a t'resi dent of tho United States. Then it was jin shed forth the teach ing of that mother. With a great heart beating in unison with, and full of sympathy for suffering humanity, ho portray ed a character auch as only a lov- incr mother can Inspire. The deep underlying strength of his life was mado manifest when he issued tho "Emancipation Proc lamation." Mothers, you may none of you raise a Lincoln, but you can im part to your children by word and by life the things that will make character in your boy or your girl. And I would not have you forget where to go for your information, tho source of all knowledge and wisdom, the greatest character builder of all ages God himself, as revealed by his Word. In conclusion, let me say: It is not the childless woman that has conquered man. It is the mother who has niltilied her duty. Women who fulfill their mission as mother are those who reign over reigning men. Those who prepare new generations and form public opinion con stitute the greatest factors in man's salvation from the evils that threaten our age. Yes, women mothers, in your hands more than any other lies the character building of the world. For Rent At 811 South Jersey street, modern store bui ding. with living rooms in rear; all conveniences: line location. Rent low. Main 6378 or Col umbia 81. Work (or Creator 8t John. War to Those at Home Passing the bulletin boards ono will be attracted by the crowd drinking and absorbing the war news when some great battle has claimed its toll in hu man slaughter: the greater the casuality tho greater seems their delight. One shudders at this spirit in our rising generation. Arc we getting ready for some future war? When one stops to consider that for each one thou sand slain in battle three thou sand innocent hearts are torn mothers, fathers, sweethearts "somebody's darlings," let them be Cossacks or others. Though young in years, how indelible arc events stamped on my mind that occurred in our Civil War. How happy 1 was when father camo home on fur lough with those bright buttons and bluo clothing with very modest stripes on his arms, won at Shiloh. But later, while I was resting on mother's knee, n neighbor knocked at our door, handing mother a letter with a red badge on the envelope. I can see those dear fingers yet as they nervously tore oil its end. one glance inside, she dropped it, drawing me nearer her heart, her tears streaming over my tow head, crossing her lips to mine, she sobbed, "Your father 1b dead." A dear neighbor lady camo in to try to help lift the burden, little dreaming that next day she, too, would hour the death knell her two boys were killed. John Hartman, the eldest, had died, aa every ono knew ho would, the first on the enemj 'a breastworks. As ho was falling, riddled with bullets, his weight Bank the fiagstuir deep in the earthen works. Scoing Old G orv wuv ng. with a mighty cheer, tho boyB won tho day. Eliaa Humphrey, ono ot our nearest neighbor's boys, left a broken hearted mother. A cop perhead living in our vicinity escaped duty by.giving this young man $1000 as substitulo to better ennblo him to stay at home and make life miserablo for tho old men and women. Tho wounded, when ablo to travel, would bo given a furlough home- to convalesce; but how different tho wounds then and now. Instead of a clean little puncture, mado with a small caliber bullet, neatly covoreJ with u steel or nickel sheath to guard against blood poisoning, and with such a velocity that a bono could be puntured without breaking: quite different was the slow, largo minnio ball. Tho shock was greater and in a majority of cases tho ball re mained in tho body to be probed after, after currying a lurgo patch of clothing with it. Live, we did not; wo existed. Not to know where the next meal was coming from was al most universal. My mother passed over years ago. l can still near tier voice and recall many things only a mother can do. Ono BtandB out in bold rel'ef. "a mother'B sug gestion" with six littlo hungry mouths to feed, nono old enough to bo of material help. Ono evening, rainy and dismal, noth- nir but bad news from our army, and almost every homo in the country in mourning, the houso was empty of edibles other than tho milk from ono old faith ful cow "Brownie;" we were all teasing for supper; poor mother looked crushed: then of a sud den she jumped up and said, "Wo will have a great feast. Just think of it! Yum! Yum! Bonnie clabber!" Like magic tho suggestion struck us, and such a supper! I never tasted any food so good, Wo loaded our little stomachs and went to bed happy and slept soundly all night; but now I can see dear mother crying and lying awake thinking of the morrow. In this European war, as in our war, we will lose the best blood. The young, strong boys will be there, first to receive the shock, leaving the sickly and imperfect ones to bring on tho next generation, instead of those of ruddy face and fine physique. The undersized weak lings will predominate. We wonder if God in his mercy can forgive some of those crowned heads who have caused this slaughter? Thousands of individuals that have met bayo nets' thrusts have, given up lives more worthy than those jewel-be-decked monarchs. " 'Tis for us to mourn" the blood that in soaking neutral and other grounds carries the same ele ments that course through many of our veins. John W. Tollman of Roseburg in the Qregonian, THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons Hours: Afternoon 12 to 5:30; evening 7 to 9. Lay aside the war newB long enough to read "Tho Charm That is Banle" in the October Century. Russia is tho unknown quan tity in the present war. The magazines this week are trying to solve the problem. II. G. Wells, the Englishman, discusses The Liberal Fear of Russia in Harper's Weekly and Tho In dependent features articles on Tho Rise of Russin and the Rub sinn Conquest of Poland. Books Received: The Business Man's Library, in ten volumes. "American business men hold that the only way to learn to do tilings is to do them. But men are coming to realize that, al though no one can learn to tlo a thing by merely being told how it is done, such precious knowl edge greatly facilitates his learn ing how to do it when once he gets into practical work. Book learning is like a fer tilizer it docs not, of itself, produce anything, but it stimu lates growth and advance when tho live seed, practical exper ience, is instilled in the soil of work." The subjects considered areas follows: Vol. 1 Credits and Collec tions. Vol. 2 Business correspon dence. Vol. 3 Cost of production. Vol. '1-SollIng. Vol. G Buying. Vol. G Organizing a factory. Vol. 7 Advertising. Vol. 8 -Employer and em ploye. Vol. 9 Personality in busi ness. Vol. 10 Accounting and olllco methods. Lauffer Electrical Injuries. Their causation, prevention and treatment. Designed for tho use of practical electrical men. Mitchell--About Old Story Tellers, Of how and when they lived and what stories they told. Donald G. Mitcholl. author of Roveries of a Bachelor, believes in old friends and thinks they should not bo laid away upon tho shelf without good cause. Ho confesses to a lurking fond ness for the good old fashioned stories which were written in good, straight forward English with good, straight forward in tent. It is for these reasons thut ho has writton tho prosont book, which kindles and fastens interest in theso old-nuw talcs by chatty talks of their authors and of tho times in which they lived, and the circumstances in which they wrote. Shorter Route to Portland Commissioner Dieck has ap proved the proposed extension of Greeley street from Killings worth avenuo to Russell street as a continuation of tho Willamette boulevard, Recently he held a conference with a committee from the United Improvement Clubs of the Peninsula district and went thoroughly into the situation. It was set forth that the damages which would result by the condemnation of property covered in tho proposed exten sion would amount to about $7 in assessments against each lot affected. Property owners say they will be willing to pay these assessments providing the im provement iB mode. The exten sion will lessen tho distance be tween the Peninsula district and the business part of the city nearly ono and one-half miles. It is proposed that the St. Johns car line be routed over the boule vard which would lessen the time on cars each way about 15 min utes thus bringing the Peninsula district considerably nearer the city. Commissioner Dieck prom ised to direct his subordinates to prepare the necessary plans for tho proposed extension and to have the City Attorney pre pare an ordinance commencing proceedings for tho project Portland Daily Abstract. For Sale Canary singers at $2.50 each; phone Columbia G9. Ocean Commerce The New York Times says that for years "the South Amer ican trade might have been ours for the nsking." The New York Times was, through all those years, one of the potential forces which pre vented "the asking" in any reasonable way. Those in charge of the Times saw what England and Germany were do ing to gain thnt trade and the splendid results they obtained, but with tho World, tho Evening Post, and kindred great journals persistently fought every legiti mate effort for Americans to en ter that field and contest for the mighty prize. The example they set was fol lowed by journals in every state, and because of them there have always been men enough in con gress to defeat any practical measure for building up an American mcrchuni marine. Now thnt a cataclysm has struck all ocean commerce, congress is wabbling about helplessly, ap parently not knowing what to do. It has passed a measure ad mitting to registry foreign built ships; there is talk of the gov ernment buying ships and run ning them, which would not be a bad idea, for in that way the government might eventually learn the cost of running mer chant ships and might eventually discover tho differences between paying that cost whero tho monoy would all remain u part of the money of this country or of paying it to foreign ship own ers where it would be lost to this country forever. No one can roreseo when tho present war will end, but any man of ordin ary intelligence can sec that all tho powers engaged, save per haps Groat Britain, will como out of tho war shattered, with their industries wrecked and with hates engendered that it will require years to repair and overcome. This being true, it is incom prehensible that such legislation is not passed as will set tho hammers in every ship yard in America ringing, in preparation for running our republic on four wheels instead of the three wheels which has been tho rule over Binco our ocean trade wus tranBferrcd to foroignors be tween 1801 and 1805. Think of our situation! A great nation with vast and swiftly increasing products to sell to foreigners hut for a full half century refusing to make possible tho carrying of thoso products in American ships! And now that a conllict among the great commercial nations of the old world has swept their ships from the sea, behold our government looking he plcssly on, not knowing what to do. Added to tills, too. is tho ob ject lesson to teach us that a mighty ocean commorco is nec essary to anything liko prosper ity for our country. If one-half tho Interost on tho monoy that this country has paid to foreign ship owners dur ing the past thirty years, and which boa been lost to us for ever, had been used to encour ogo Americun shipping, we would now have been, as we wero in 1859, tho greatest of shipping countries, and in the present crisis wo would hnvo been the commercial musters of all tho oceans without a rival except Japan.- Goodwin's Week ly. Must Tell the Truth Things forevermore remind us that this world's a world of grief and no optimist can blind us to tho fact that joy is brief, We are to the future looking for a glud and joyous day, and the futuro's busy cooking all tho joy that conies that way. Man goes forth and weds a maiden, and he thinks he's cor nered bliss: all tho world be comes an Aiden, and this life iust ono big kiss, When the honeymoon is ended, and his appetite returns, life to him seems much less splendid for his boarding house he yeurns, For his bride, with all her talents, never learned to broil a steak, which destroys his men tal balance and the colt'ee she can make! He who always loved good feeding now must gnaw the concrete bread, and the gal lant heart is bleeding that was glad when he was wed. And the young brido has a sorrow gnawing at her inmost heart; yesterday, toduy, tomoy HIGH SCHOOL Incidents of High School Interestingly Told Vacation is over; now for school! This is the thought that inspired every student reenter ing James John. At present there is an enrollment of seventy seven. A great factor in mak ing the enrollment for the first week lnrgdr this year than at any timo before is no doubt the newly added commercial course. The first and second years of this course are now being offer ed. The first year includes English, Algebra, bookkeeping, typewriting and penmanship. The second year includes Eng lish, commercial arithmetic and practice. Mr. A. II. Babb, u graduate of tiie University of Idaho, has been engaged as in structor. It is not certain what ac tivities the students will nurauo this year until class organization is perfected, but the prospects are lair in both athletic and literary departments. In athletics Will Leulsch and Wesley Wrinkle are new upper class huskies who will probably figure in the foot, ball team. The freshman class offer much promising material. Each of the four classes has organized. The officers are as follows: Freshman Class- -President. Wyeth J ay no; vice president, Caryle Cunningham; secretary, Clarice Wilson; treasurer, Del bert Day. bophomoro Class President. Marshall Shaw; vice president, SiiBio Lindley: secretary, Clyde Thayer; treasurer, Minnie Nolen. Junior Class- President. Ar- lino Shaw: vice president. Hazel Johnson; secretary, George Huf- ford; treasurer, Kuth McGregor. Senior Class President. Alico Wrinkle, vice president, John McGregor; secretary, William Lcutsch; treasurer, Harold Bay brook. Among the enrollment arc six students from Linnton. Wo aro more than glad to have those near neighbors with us thin year. lioporior. row she can loci tlx oudiosK smart, ror her husband, when ho misses stew or steak or poultry fruit, doosn't seem to care for kisses ns a proper sub stitute. She has even seen him frowning as he ato the glacial pie. and her soul in woo is drowning, and she heaves a gasping sign. Ah. this scene, so grim and tragic, may bo seen each past ing day; ror tho wedding morn iii's muuie soon full soon is pass ed away, if the bride can't mako a salad of two prunes and seven pears, and tho husband lias a valid reason for tho faco ho wears. And the bride, on that bright morning when her orange wreath is new, sees of storm no hint or warning; all the skios are fair and blue. No forocast of clouds or thunder to her lov ing heart con ronch, for hor husband is a wondor, just ntt sure as she's a peach. But sho finds, whon slio's been married for six weeks or may bn less, and her bridal wreath she's carried to the attic in dis tress, that tho man who was a spender in the courting days so fine and who blew himiolf in splendor, just as though he owned a mine, is as tight as any miser, and he grumble every time she, his bonutoous Ann Elizor, asks him for a measly dime. Thus their golden dronms are busted, soon their love has run its course, and we find thorn. sick, disgusted, playing for a quick divorce. It is sinful to depress you, confident and hopeful youth; may all happiness possess you but we still must tell tho truth! Walt Mason in Judge. BUSINESS OPPORTUNlTY- Tho Boston Restaurant 122 Phil adelphia street St. Johns has been newly arranged and is now in fine condition, full equipment with living rooms up stairs; cheap rent and a good stand. Will sell fixtures and give good lease McKinney & Davis.phono Columbia 2. An electric massage, only ono in town, Gjlmoro's harbor shop, adv,