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St. Jofins is Calling You 'iHkt ieven churches. d Hal a moit promising future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoint the city of Portland. 'Hai nearly 6,000 population. 'Hasja public library. jSTaxabfe property, f4,5O0.OO0. jHas large dry docks, saw mills, Woolen mills, iron works, JStove works, asbestos factory, VShip building plant, 'Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mil), i Box factory, and others. f Mors industries coming. "St. Johns is the place for YOU. St. Johns is Calling You Is second in number of Industries. Is seventh in population. Cars to Portland every 16 min. Has navigable woter on 3 sides. Has finest gas and electricity. Has two strong bonks. Has five large school houses. Has abundance of purest water. Has hard surface streets. Has extensive sewerage system. Has fine, modern brick city hall. Has payroll of 95,O0O monthly. Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight. All railroads have access to it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. ST. REVIEW Devoted to the Interest! ot the Peninsula, the Manufacturing Center of the Northwest VOI,. II ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1914. NO 2 JOHNS COUNCIL MEETS Matters of importance Receive Attention All 'members were prcscntnt tho'.regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, with Mnyor Vincent presiding. Florenco Wost remonstrated against the assessment for the improvement of Richmond street, but, as her reasons t for remon strance was insufficient, no ac tion, was taken. D. C. Lewis remonstrated against the proposed assessment against his lots on Willamette boulevard; no action taken. Councilman Graden, chairman of the water and light com mittee, recommended that the arc; light at Willamctto boule vard and Pierce streets bo re moved to Buchanan street and Willamette boulevard; the light at.'Crawford and Pierce streets bo moved to Edison and Pierce, and' a now light bn placed about 3fj0" feet from the railroad track on tho now Cooperage roadway. Thorccommondations were ac cepted and tho lights ordered changed nnd the now one in stalled. Tho adjustment clnim of Mrs. Tufts, in which Bho asked to be relieved of-a portion of tho as sessment agaitiBt her property on Burlington Btreet, was held over for another week. It was decided thnt lights bo installed at tho ferry landing, and that bids for such installa tion bo solicited. Firo hydrants woro ordered installed at St. Johns avenue and Jersey street; St. Johns ave nue nnd Central avenue; St. Johns avenue and Smith avenuo; Burlington street nnd Willamette boulevard, and Orcgonian ave nue and Powers street. Tho matter of purchasing tho water plant was discussed nnd Councilman Waldrof mado a motion that an offer of $110,000 be made, subject to tho approval of tho people. Tho company has offered to sell to the city for $150,000. A roll call on tho mo tion resulted as follows: Coun cilman Davis, Cornell, Waldref and Munson yes; Garlick, Grad en and Chndwick no; motion carried. An ordinanco assessing tho cost ot improving Richmond Btreet between Edison street and tho Richmond street dock was passed. An ordinanco establishing tho grade of Macrum avenuo was also passed. Engineer Burson stated that tfio engineer for the bondsmen on the Jersey street improve ment had visited St Johns dur ing tho day and made a careful examination of tho street, and that ho would tako up the mat ter of repairing samo with the bondsmen. Tho committee on securing wood to cut by tho unemployed asked for another week's time to mako definite report, which was granted, Councilman Mun son mado a motion that notice be published in the local paper sutrtreatintr that all who desired to cut wood should leave their names and addresses with the city recorder in order thnt tho committee could get a line on how many desired work of this kind, which carried. The council decided to visit tho crematory in a body and in vestigate conditions there. Resolutions Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to remove our beloved brother, Henry Al len. P. G. Whereas, while'wo bow to Him who doth all things well, be it Resolved, that we. the mem bers of Laurelwood Rebekah Lodge, No. 160. I. O. O. F., do extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Brother and family of Bro. Allen in this their hour of bereavement: and be it further, Resolved, that our charter be draped for thirty days, a copy sent to the brother of our de ceased brother, and a copy sent to the Pacific Odd Fellow and St. Johns Review for publication Tillie Hill, P. N, G.t Amy Dav. P. N. G.. F ora Gray, Com mlttee. Laurelwood Rebekah Lodge No. 160, St. Johns, Ore Kon. Many a quiet man witk a yell. began life This Fearful War To tho emperors, kings and lesser princes and lords pf Eu rope and Great Britain these should bo anxious days, not only in trying to forecast the end of the war, but as to what may happen them. The war be tween Franco and Germany cost Napoleon III his crown. From being sovereign of a great and gallant nation he, in a brief one lundred duys becamo tirst a prisoner and men a fugitive. Then his countrymen deter mined thnt never again would they bo subject to a single man's call to war; never again would they subordinate thoir sov ereignty and their right to rulo hemsclvcs. What will happen when tho dead of the present war shall be counted, the drain of their manhood considered, tho awful mnterial losB0B""computcd7 Every day the thrones in those lands nro moro and more endangered, for every dny tho hoinrht is moro nnd moro crystnlizing that tho war was unnecessary; that there was no difficulty that it might not have boon sott ed without making Europe one great Golgotha. One thing we nro suro will toi- ow. JNntions win no longer trust to peace agreements or the plighted fnith of each other. Tho thought will dominnto that only laws backed by sufficient penalties will meet future dc mnnds. Alliances between nations will a a a 1 1 be forbidden. A code win no ironarcd -nlncinc a limitation upon ambitions of. rulers and all other nntions will bo bound to ntornoso in case there Is an at tempted violation, whilo all un ions will educate their neopio as they picaso. tncro win no a miirhty reduction of Heels and armies. And each nation will not pnly bo obliged to deal just- y with neighboring nations, but with thoir own people and with every race that may seek shelter under its Hag. Thero will bo no moro wars 01 conquest; no moro wars where ho acquisition oi territory win bo tho real object. Thero will be perfect religious ibertv Guaranteed, but thero will be no interference with the state on tho part of any creed. Tho peoplo will in truth mnuo tho laws, but tho combined nn tions will bo a check on any single nation that fails in its duties or seeks advantages un just to other states. Some neon o fear thnt uecauso this warciviliaztion isjgoing into eclipse. It will not. It may go down closo to tho valley of tho shadow of death, but it will arise with new glories and vast ly increased power. wo cannot see w ny in s war was pormitted.but when enough blood and tears shall have been shed.menwill discern tho design behind it all anJ tho purpose that was fulfilled. Goodwin's Weekly. The Youth's Companion When you keen a boy interest ed in football, baseball, tennis and tho like, you lessen tho chances that he will set inter ested in things not so good for him. Tho Youth's Companion, since its enlarcement. stives generous space to this matter oi athletic training, and gets the best coaches in the country to write for it How to practice to become a first rate nitcher. how to train for a race, how to learn the new est strokes in swimming these and a hundred other topics of the greatest interest to boys to trirls. too. for that matter are touched upon in this important denartment of The Companion. And this is only a small part of the service which The com panion renders in any home which it enters, it nos points of contact with a hundred inter ests. If you do not know The Com panionlas it is today, let us sand you one or two current issues free, that vou may thoroughly test the paper's quality. We will send also the Forecast for 1915. Everv new subscriber who sends $2 for the fifty-two week Iv issues of 1915 will receive free all the issues of the paper for the remaining weekB of 191 also The Companion Home Cal endar for 1915. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, 144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass. Net lh labal on your pa par. Industrial News of State Cargoes of lumber leave Now port regularly for San Pedro. T.nRrntifln hna n new industry for manufacture of fruit by-pro- ducts. Hood River is erecting an apple evaporating plant. Porter Bros, nro planning to build a sawmill near Gardiner. A new bridge across Thorn Hollow, Umatilla County, is to cost $16,000. G. O. Richardson of Adams is manufacturing 200 dozen brooms from a crop of five acres broom corn. Under direction of n govern ment export, candy is being made from apple Byrup at Hood River. Roseburg housed 200 unem ployed and tho S. P. Co. hnuled them away on its trains. Eugene woolen mills have argo contracts lor laoncs tor tho European war. A $40,000 bridge is to no bunt across the XMcnniom river- at Wheeler. Nov. 5th Portland opened the new National theatre. Tho F. E. Wray farm near Silvorton has just completed a silo sixteen feet in diameter nnd 34 feet high and it will hold 146 tons feed. Alvadoro in onn year has built 41 houses, a $6,000 school, a creamery and cannery. Tho now concrete apartment building to be erected by C. C. Iitchcock at Seaside will cost $10,000. ABhlnnd will spend suu.uuu enlarging her wntcr nnd light plant. Tho Stanley-Smith Lumber Co. ins 25 men nt work in its now mill at Green Point, Hood River County. Tho Oregon City paper Mills cut thoir time to fivo days per week, but shortened shifts to employ sixty moro hands. Olf. Johnson has opened the ondleton Creamery. An $18,000 Apartmont build ing is going up on tho &anciy Road. Amity is plnnning to build water works. A. K. Dotwiior, a banker of Toledo, Ohio, has purchased an entire town for $45,000. The town is Grand Dnlles, jiiBt ncross tho Columbia river from ihe Dalles. It comprises 300 ncres, a wator plant nnd a few build- ngs. Dotwoiler says ho in tends to build up a manufactur ing town with peoplo from Ohio and California, who prefer northern climate. Grand Dalles was originally laid off for n manufacturing city nnd largo buildings were put up for shoo factories, tanneries and other in dustries. Excursion trains were run from tho East.and many lots sold on tho highly colored state ments of n Baptist minister and promoter of tho early seventies. Lumber industry output at nil Oregon seaports is increasing. G. M. Grimes will erect a busi ness biocx at seaside, u. iui feather will also erect an apart ment. Tho first of tho two Hill stenm- 1 1 ers to piy between Astoria anu Frisco is to mako atrial spin the last of this month. Amount paid to public school teachers in Oregon for last year was S3.31.210. Houlton is to havo a better depot. Tho Hill System will operate motor cars between Portland and Clatskanie. J. A. A miral. a New York capitalist, will start work in tho snrimr on a big irrigation pro ject in tho Powder Valley, Baker county. A thirty ntile road is to be built from Prairie City to Long Creek. Georgo Orr. a Modoc Indian, is building up a large industry at Hood River in tho manu facturo of Indian wamnum. Nov. 21 bids will be opened for a concrete armory at Eugene. Dr. Dunham proposes to erect a hospital at Rainier. European war may revive the flax industry in the Northwest, Contract has been let for hard surfacing Pacific Highway from Woodland to LaCenter. New Masonic Temple at Mor ton nearly completed. Portland Catholics have bought a $16,000 site for n new church at. Laurelhurst. "Blanket" orders for lumber are being placed through the Douglas Fir Sales Co. at Port land, at better prices. The new library building at the State University will be ready Thanksgiving. FOR RENT cards at this offlc HIGH SCHOOL Incidents of High School Interestingly Told On Saturday. Nov. 14, about 10 o'clock the J.J. H. S. fobtbal! team and about 50 suppdrtors left for a trip down tho Cplum bia to Ridgefield. The rioters were all presented with James John pennnnts. The day! was wnrm nnfi n lin.ttcr dnv could not lavo been desired, ine 'Ujooa Shin Argosy" mnde good time both ways, making tho round trip in nbout fivo hours. But "O. sad fate," the last game of tho season was lost, hrenkincr a nrovious unbeatable season for J. J. H. S. The game stnrtcd like n walk away for J. J., for in less thnn one minute Phlllins rushed over the coal for a touchdown. Then Sundstrom kicked goal and J. J. counted Bovcn. But Ridgclicld determin ed to wipe out defeat, rushed tho ball over their goal line twleo. mnkintr tho score 12-7. in favor of Ridgefield. Tho second half started with J. J. 11. s. kinkinir. nnd within fifteonlmoro minutes the score rend 25-7 for Ridgefield. Tho fourth quarter opened with .1. .1. outnlavimr Ridircficld in every department. With the ball on J. J. won 25 yard line, Capt. McGregor intercepted n pass nnd ran with tho ball to Ridgcficld's 20 yard lino. An- other pnss by Sundstrom to Jowcr nolted tho Inst and final touchdown. Bert kicked goal. Tho lineup for J. J. II. S.: R. H Sundstrom F. H Tehtfich; L. II.. Wrinkle; A., Phillips: L. E., Bugbeo; L. T.. Thayer; L. G Plaskct; C, HufTord; R. G., Day: R. T Capt. McGregor; R. E., Jowcr. Tuesday nfternoon an enthusi astic rally was hold to boost for tho play to bo given Iridny, Nov. 20, at tho H. S. Several short speeches were mado by prominent membors of the Dramatic Society nnd by the Faculty. Tho meeting was end ed by giving nine long rahs for tho "Play." Severn mnirnz nes havo been added to tho II. S. library for reforonco work, nmong them be incr Hnrnor'8 Weekly. Technical World, Woman's Homo Com panion, Literary Digest, world's Work nnd Review of Reviews. Tho Oregoninn and Daily Jour- nnl are taKon rcguiariy lor mo benefit of the renders. Tho "Konior" trirls will hnvo a candy booth in tho lower hall on the night of the play. Tho Junior Class wishes to thank tho public in general for their help m making last week's special issue u success. Mid terms come next wcck, and every one is preparing for those dreaded exams. But then Mm wnnV fin?Hlin tin with Thanksgiving, which comes right after, giving us a two uay vacation. Entitled to Good Road Certain it ia that tho local woolen mills are deserving of a better roadway to its plant. It Rnfo to iiHstimo. we believe. that if Richmond street had not been improved the addition now being made to tho plant of tho Portland Manufacturing Co. would not have been undertaken. There is a strong probability thnt tho woolen mills will also enlarge, but a hard surface im- nrnvement to its n ant would DO a strong incentive to the owners mnlid nrrlilinnfl. '1 HIS COm- pany has never had a goou ueai in me way oi turcui uhijiuvu mrnt. Whv not encourage them a little by hard surfacing Craw ford street to the plant Building Permits No. 57 To Portland Manu factur ncr Company to erect a factory building on Richmond street between O. W. R. & N. Co. tracks and the river front; cost $5000. No. 58-To H. T. Ketchum to erect a residence in Maybrook tract between Astorand Olympia streets; cost $250, When a man speaks for him self he is doing all the Lord intended he should do. Would Speed Some More My auto 'tis of thee Short cut to poverty Of thee I chant. I blew a pile of dough In you two years ago And now you quite refuse to go, Or won't, or enn't. Through town and countryside You were my joy and pride; A happy dny. loved thy gaudy hue, Thy nice, whito tires bo new, But now you're down and out for true, In every way. To the old rattle box, Cnmo many bumps nnd knocks; I'or thee 1 grieve. Bndly thy top Is torn, brayed are thy seats, and worn, The whooping cough affects thy horn, I do believe. Thy perfume swells tho breeze, Whilo good folks choke nnd wheeze As we nnss bv. I paid for thee n price, Twould buy a mansion. twice, "Ice." Now everybody's yelling I wondor why! Thy motor hns tho grip. The spark plug has the pip, And woe is thine, too. havo suffered chills. Ague and kindred ills, Hndcnvoring to pny my bills Since thou wert mine. Gono is mybank roll now, No moro 'twould choko a cow, As once boforo. Yet if I hnd tho wad Amen, bo help me God, I'd buy myself n car agnin, And speed Borne more. Ex. Badly Handicapped The Heppncr Herald recently irlnted an interesting state ment by W. O. Minor, tho woll known pioneer rancher and stock mnn oi eastern urcgon, in which Mr. Minor said. "You wondor why I hnvo been cutting down tho number of head in my famous herd of cattlo? It is because ot tho uncertainty oi Oregon lnws. I started in to build up n herd which could bo continued through my lifo time. To build up a good herd requires yearB nnd years of time, und you must hguro nt least ten years ahead if you would mako the vonturo a iinnncinl success. A law entitled tho Tuberculin Test was passed somo few yenrs ago and sinco then tho fine stock business has taken a tumble with mo. In tho first place, it coats a breeder too much to send to Portland ufter a veterinary, and it nlso takes too much time. Once it took me threo months to fi tho order of a Wyoming man who wanted to buy a good bull. In any enso it takes from threo weeks or a month and by that time tho generally looks somo cIsq for his stock. Call doesn't have any audi and impracticable laws buyer whero fornia foolish and as a consequence tho breed ers of that state havo been tak ing tho business away from Ore gon breeders lor tno simpio reason that they aroabiotomnue prompt delivery. When I hnvo a call for an animal I must send to Portland for a veterinary. His trip here cost me $25 a day and you can readily see that such expenses soon do away with tho profits." By the vote cast at the last election the peoplo of Oregon clearly instructed their newly elected law makers as woll as old ones that they do not want any more industry killing iegis lation and if thero was over a time for tho members of both houses to heed the wish of the neonle. now is tho time. There should bo a gold medal r . ... . civon to each senator or repre sentative who could figure out one law that would give encour agement for one new industry in Oregon. The Portland Manufacturing Company is having a large ad dition made to its manufacturing plant hero, the cost of which will be $5,UU0. uwing to tno superior quality of this plant's nroduct. business has never proven very difficult to securo. With increased facilities tho vol umo of business will be (neatly enlarged. More men will bo needed, and it will be a fine thing for St. Johns. M, T. Chase, staple and fancy groceries. adv THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons Hours: Afternoon, 12:00 to 5:30. Evening, 7:00 to 9:00. Sunday, 2:30 to 5:30. Books Received. Dunn Shameless Diary of an Explorer. Tho nim was to reach tho top of Mt. McKinley. This is the story of tho fnilurc. Would suc cess havo made it moro worth tho telling? Tho nuthor thinks not. Tho explorer's master mo tive, so he asserts, is not tho iron crown of science today, nor was tho gold nor the creeds of old; his real ardor is moic pro found. It is a primordial rest lessness, a creative instinct. The explorer Bcldom spenks of it openly; ho is not unwilling, but ho cannot. He Ib inarticulate, liko the victim of a passion, When ho nttcmpts.on his return, a record of liis experiences, ho too often leaves out every thing which would tell the real tale. "From thclrBtorlcs," Bnys Mr. Dunn, "I get in my mouth n horrible tnste of varnish. Modestly they derogato all heroism or cownrdico in the outer places, nnd dryly, oh how drylyl Tho passionB of tho long trail bring out tho best in men nnd tho worst, and all In scarlet. I hold that it is unfair to nnturo nnd the blessed wenknesscs which mako us human to divert by one hair's breadth in any record of tho trail from tho facts as you saw them, emotions us you felt them at tho time. To distort or hide, in deference to any custom or so-called sonso of pride or honor, Blmply 1b to lie. Tho tragic moments in tho heat of tho trail's struggle tho ovont iib it afi'ected him ns ho was then, those nro tho things which this Diary attempts to depict. Johnston-Tho Witch. Miss Johnston goes back, as thousands of readers will find to their delight, to tho Held of somo of her earlier successes tho spacious days of Queen Eliza beth. Tho book is written in Mlas Johnston's richest vein of imaginative comprehension of times past. Tho characters are strong nnd vital. Laut Through Our unknown Southwest. Tho wondorlnnd of tho U. S. ittlo known and unnnnreclntcd. tho homo of tho cliff dweller and tho hopi, tho forest ranger, tho nnvajo nnd tho lure of the painted desert. Norris-Saturday's Child. A moro ambltfouH pieco of work than any Mrs. Norriu hns boforo attempted. It has tho samo qualities oi sincerity and lumor which hnvo made her former stories popular.somothlng moro than n good story well told. Pennington- A woman Kico- plnntor. Fol owinc is an extract from tho introduction by Owen Wister. "Although it is not fiction, )Ut a record of personal ex- porionco, it should provo to many readers as entertaining hb our best fiction. It is about tho South a par ticular part of tho South, tho rice-plantation coast of South Carolina. In this region, field nndwnterand forest intermlnglo to form a strange, haunting scone, full of character nnd mystery. Struggle is too pale a word for the decades of efforts and obstacles that theso courageous Southerners have known, par ticularly Bince rice hns come to bo crown so successfully elso whero: and when the devoted planter happens to bo a woman, the measure of daily indomitable ness is full and runs over. Such a lifo of such a woman is described in theso pages; with its humor and its poignancy mingling at every turn, with the nerformances of tho negroes. the performances of tho animals, and the ceaseless and miscel laneous distractions and dan tiers of tho mistress, all told with perfect vividness nnu sim pllcity. As tho narrative pro ceeds. the reader gradually r er ceives that ho has met with a Southern picture unsurpassed." Usher Pan-Germanism. This book, which is written bv a professor of Washington University, St. Louis, first appeared in April, 1913. Al though ulways having u steady sale it attracted no unusual at entlon until tho breaking out The Reason Why Editor Review: I note some discussion regarding the con stitutional amendment permit ting the merger of cities. Hero is n brief history: Short ly after the Supreme Court de cision thnt held n city could not "commit suicide," I hnd n con versation with Perrj Stroud, and jointly we prepared n pro posed amendment to Article XI of Constitution. This proposed amendment was forwarded to Representative Nolta by Dr. Cook. There was a fight on in the legislature on the Wet nnd Dry movement. One fnction wanted to nmend the Local Op tion Lnw, nnd tho other was op posed, so that any proposed amendment to the Locnl Option provision of the Constitution was between two mill stones. As soon ns I lenrned this I suggest ed an extra section to Article XI. The section as prepared hnd nnd contained no provision for n vote being required by a mnjority of tho electors; In fact, as originally prepared no vote was mentioned. The proposed nmendment per mitted tho lcgtslnture to provdo for tho method of merger. After the same was Introduced and went to tho Judiciary Com mittee that body recast the same. At least I so judge, for the amendment us adopted con tains little likeness to the or iginal draft. Thero was no ono in Salem to represent St. Johns, bo tho mice plnycd while tho cat wus nwny. Tho amendment is not void or "nil nnd void." It may be difficult of execution nnd non workable, but it Ib valid. Who mnde tho chnngcB Irom tho originnl draft, or when they woro made, I do not know. 1 am suro Mr. Nolta did not mako them or nuthorizo them mado. D. C. Lewis. Parent-Teachers Notes The Paient-Teachor Associa tion of tho North School. St. Johns, will hold an open mooting in tho Jumos John High School auditorium on Tuesday evening, Novombor 24th, nt 8 o'clock. Mrs. R. II. Tnto of Portland. President of Congress of Mot horn will give an nddrosB. Mrs, Fred L. Olson of Port Innd will sing nnd a member of tho Gillispu school of expression will givo rondings. All nro cordinlly invited to bo iresont. Tho Parent-Teacher Associa tion connected with the North School of St. Johns, although still in Its infancy, is nourishing in a most satisfactory manner with rogulnr mootlngs, good speakers and an increasing mem- jcrship. A meeting held Thursday afternoon was woll attended. Interesting roports from tho Congress of Mothers convention woro given by Mrs. Mason, iwrs, Cunningham anil Mrs. Lemon. Mrs. Mason gnvo n splendid paper on i no Ltiitio uirrs uoiter to nor Mother," setting forth tho need of comradeship between mothers and daughters. Music was provided by tho pupils of Mrs. Wright's and Miss Kennedy's rooms. Miss I'or- k ns uavo a vocal solo and Miss Kennedy a piano solo. Tho noxt afternoon meeting will bo held on tho second Thurs day in December. A cordial invitation is extended to all to bo present. of tho present wnr when it at onco became ono of tho most talked of books in print. lor tho past two months it has been tho best selling non-fiction book m the u. s. : wnno in iMiginnu i f lfl 71 1 .1 lb WUIH Hill) 113 Hi III l-lllkiuil week after tho publication. a Notice Annual School Meeting Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 2 of Multnomah county, state of Oregon, that the An nual Adjourned school meeting of said. District will bo held at the Central School House on tho 27th day of November, 1914, at 8 o'clock p.m., for tho following objects: To levy a special tax for general school purposes, anu tho transaction of business usual at such meetings, Dated this 16th day of Novem ber, 1914. F. P. DRINKER, Chairman Board of Directors. Attest: J. E. Tanch, District Clerk, s.