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St. Johns Is Calling You ' Ha ttven churches. 'Ha n moat promiilng future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoin the city of Portland. ' Ha nearly 6,000 population. 1 1 Hu public library. Taxable property, f4.500.000. Hat large dry dock, law millij Woolen mill, iron works, Stove works, asbestos factory, Ship building plant. Veneer and excelsior plant, Flour mill, planing mill. Box factory, and others. More Industries coming. St. Johns Is the place for YOU. St. Johns is Calling You Is second in number of Industries. Is seventh in population. Cars to Portland every 16 min. Has navigable water on 3 sides. Has finest gas and electricity. Has two strong banks. 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 1 95.000 monthly. Ships monthly 2,000 cars freight. All railroads have access to it. Is gateway to Portland harbor. Climate ideal and healthful. ST. JOHNS Dtroted to th Interest! of the Penlniula. tbe Mioaftrturiof Center of tbeNoribwett VOL. II ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY i. 1915. NO 8 REVIEW COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention All members answered to roll call' at the regular meeting of that city council Tuesday eve ning, with Mayor Vincent pre siding as usual. Geo. A. Carter, representing thqEast St. Johns Improvement Association, made inquiry con- irning the establishment of an nroHight at the corner of Armor and Midway, and the matter was referred to the water and light committee for investiga tion and report. A communication from S. C. Coek stated that he had search ed tho records and found no record of a public road extend ing; to tho site of the proposed city cemetery in tho Gatton tract, Tho engineer was in structed to mako a thorough in vestigation and report later. The Crown Willamette Paper Company, lessees of tho city dock, made inquiry as to tho probability of renewing their lease for another year, begin ning in June next, when their present Icaso expires. Tho matter wbb referred to tho finance committee for recom mendation. Charles Anderson protested against thn city purchasing a cemetery, that he never knew of a city to bo in the cemetery business. Mayor Vincent chided him upon his Socialistic incon sistency, calling his attention to tho fact that community own ership was a most matorial part of Socialistic doctrine. Mr. Anderson replied that the price asked was much too high for tho . tract proposed, and ho cited an instance whero land adjoining iho Mt. Scott cemetery that was urchased for $050 an aero was recently offered to him at $125 oer acre, presumably thus de teriorating in value by reason of tho close proximity to a burying ground. Tho samo deterioration of tho land surrr unding tho pro posed cemetery on tho Gatton tract would reduce the price of $1C00 to about $428 per acni. A petition signed by about 200 citizens protested against the section of the dog muzzling ordinanco wherein tho. police are authorized to kill dogs, on sight when found on tho streets un muzzled. Attorney Strand urged that the petition be heeded and an ordinanco be drafted amend ing this section and giving dog owners a chance to regain pos session of thoir dogs upon pay ment of a stipulated fino; that do? owners had a right to this privilege. VV. M. Tower also made a few romarks upon the subject and advocated tho re peal of the section under discus sion. Upon motion of Council man Graden tho attorney was authorized to. draft an ordinanco repealing the objectionable clause, and enforcement of tho resent section of the ordinanco e suspended until tho new or dinance has been drafted and passed by the council. Upon request of owners of wood saws in St. Johns, it was decided that tho attorney should draft an ordinance providing forJ a license of five dollars per year for all operators of wood saws in St. Johns, in order to protect the local sawyers from encroach ment of outside parties. Tho committee on wood cut ting by the needy laborers of the city reported that 08 men were at work and that 15 more would be added Wednesday morning. The L. O. O. M. Lodge was granted permission to dispense liquor to members, under the provisions of the recent or dinance passed by the council, after evidence had been pro duced showing that the Order now had 463 members in good jtinding. '.JtlrThe recorder was directed to .SAetify the P. R. L. & P. Com pany to replace the street near the First National Bank in as good condition as it was before the company made excavation A resolution providing for the imnrovement of Tyler street be tween Dawson and Feseendcn streets by sidewalk and grade was adopted. An ordinance amending the liqqor ordinance so as to permit ef . payment of $100 in advance forJiquor license instead of $600 I Of J SIX KOHUMB lireVHMBiy, Will Be a Globe Trotter From earliest childhood she showed unusual aptitude to learn. She graduated from tho grammar school with flying colors and her father, with deep judgment and wonderful fore sight, sent her to James John High. She left James John in June, '14, with her handsomo blonde head full of knowledge and a yearning in her heart for travel. In two months she had decided on an extensive tour. Hor fnthor wna Inn thn to hnvn her go, for ho loved her dearly and ho feared she would meet with disaster in that strange land, so far from home. But she had decided, so after bidding her parents and friends a loving farewell, With a fine courage characteristic to her nature, she boarded a St. Johns car, transferred to n Vancouver, and arrived in duo time to the mighty Columbia, where she was booked lor passage on tho City of Vancouver. As the great boat got under way she strolled aft, for she wanted to be atone. A multitude of feel ings were rushing upon her. When she turned and looked out over tho brond expanse oi water sho was filled with awe. She inserted the name of Robert Fulton in her note book, intend ing to immortalize him some time in a sonnet. Sho gazed at the rapidly receding shoro and a great sob arising in her throat nearly choked hop. but when sho thought of nil the things she would be able to describe to her iriends sho was made glad. Assured that sho was not going to bo seasick, her joy knew no bounds, and she was sorry when tho blunt noso of tho boat bump ed gently against tho pier on tho other side. The journey by rail was re sumed on the Silvcrton car, and at last sho urrived at her des tination. Tho conductor brave ly chased away u red cow from the platform and assisted the frightened girl from the car. Twenty minutes later sho as tonished her uncle by arriving at his farm, safo and alone. Al though Kind to got back to St. Johns, she declares tho wander lust has griped her, and sho will never bo anything but an avow ed globe trotter. - Contributed. Wouldn't Work Out The following from a Port land paper might bo all right if an equitnbio assessment were in force, but with assessments as they now nro found, it is not a very valuablo guide to go by. At least if you want to buy acreage, by following tho iuea presented below, you wouldn't bo ablo to buy any : " When you desire to purchase a certain niece of property visit tho as sessor's ofilco and ascertain its assessed valuation. If the sell ing price is not more, or is a little more, than twice the as sessed valuation tho price may not bo a barrier to purchase, it tho asking price ih much more than doublo the assessed valua tion, you, as tho intending in. vestor. should travel slow. Tho owner who asks much more than doublo the assessed value for his lands or lots either is sting ing the government or he is out to sting you. So beware! Re- member, before buying or ques tioning, first ascertain the as sessed value, and then trade with your oyes wide open. The laws of Oregon, as well as tho laws of all states, provide that property must be assessed at its true cash value, and the inter pretation of assessors for assess ment purposes, is at least a figure of fifty per cent of its true value." Building Permits Ho. CO. To Josephine Paulson to erect a residence on Newton street between Fessenden and Olympia streets; cost $1500, Japan has begun installation of large exhibits in the Palaces of Food Products, Education and Liberal Arts at the Panama Ex position. These are in addition to the three-quarters of an acre of manufactured products, booths for which are nearly complete m the Palace of Manufacturee. More than 600 tons of additional exhibits from Japan were duo to arrive on the Tenyuo Maru early in December. Get in the contest and have a chance of goinir free. A BIG SUCCESS Was Community Xmas Tree Celebration Tho Community Christmas tree celebration was all that could have been desired. The only thing unfavorable was tho weather, which did not permit of rendering the program at the Christmas tree, as hoped for. However, the auditorium of tho high school building took care of the crowd nicely, although the seating capacity was more than occupied upon tho lower floor. Tho program as rendered was practically as published in last week's Review. All participants acquitted themselves in fine style, and the entertainment was immensely enjoyed. Dr. H. O. Brown acted as chairman in admirable style. The chil dren's chorus of the St. Clem ent's Sunday school, the wand drill of tho Christian Sunday school pupils and drill of tho Central school pupils were par ticularly pleasing. Tho pan tomime. "Saviour. Like a Shep herd Lead Us," by Norma Dar nell, Wilma In gal Is and Alice Brown, with Miss IIorteiiBO In- galls as soloist, and tho tableau, Faith. Hope and (Jharity, wero also rendered in a most ad mirablo manner. Miss Fay Wontz rendered two vocal selec tions in a very pleasing manner. Remnrks by Rev. J. A. Goode, Mavor A. W. Vincent and Presi dent of tho Commercial Club K. C. Couch word apt and appro priate to tho occasion. iho male chorus was exceptionally fino in tho rendition of their selections, and were repeatedly encored. The mixed chorus un der tho direction of F. W. Coifyn was well received, and.tho Bing- ing by tho audience was heartily participated in. Tho most amusing fcaturo was Sunta ClauB as interpreted by V. w. Mason. Ho certainly acted the part to perfection, and remem bered several of our leading citizens with gifts from his bag. City Recorder Dunsmore was made the happy recipient of a tin horn; Chief of Police Pofr, in view of tho fact that he be lieved an automobile would aid in tho efficiency of his depart ment, was awarded an auto by generous Santa. It was rather small for practical use, but will servo as a gcntlo reminder to tho city dnds if placed in a con spicuous location in the council chamber. Mayor Vincent was given nlivo rooster; K. C. Couch a lemon, and Prof. C. A. Fry wa3 tickled to receive a toy horse. The Community Christmas tree project was a huge success in every sense of tho word. V. W. Mason, in charge of the soliciting and distributing com mittees, was the busiest man in town all week. In fact tho promoters were exceedingly for tunate in securing Mr. Mason's services. He gave his time freely and unstintedly and was on tho job all the time. Ho syo- temized tho work so that it would be done in a most thor ough and efficient manner, and it was principally through his untiring efforts and splendid generalship that tho movement attained tho marked success it proved to be. Mrs. G. M. Hall, the originator of the idea, is also to be congratulated upon the successful result. She aroused and stimulated the enthusiasm that was manifested, and her influence was felt all along the line. Dr. H. O. Brown and Postmaster T. J. Monohan also rendered valiant service, and added considerably to the suc cess the event obtained. Other members of tho various commit tees and the business men of the city rendered the tasks as signed them in good style and are deserving of much praise for their efforts. Thirty-nine families were made happy by receiving gen erous quantities of foodstuffs and provisions. The room at 202 North Jersey street, secured for the purpose, resembled a good sized commissary. Cloth ing, shoes, flour, potatoes, apples, canned goods, breakfast goods, toys, and numerous other ar ticles and provisions were piled in rows all around the room, and much of it distributed where it would do the most good. It was the best Christmas St Johns ever had. At a meeting of the various committees held in the Commer- Buried Sunday The funeral of Chris C. Oihus took place from the St. Johns Undertaking parlor Sunday.Rev. G. W. Nelson officiating. Mr. Oihus was a well known citizen of St. Johns, and was aged about 43 years. He was born in the state of Minnesota, and came to this city about ten years ago. Ho had been an ac tive member of the fire depart ment for n number of years. Shortly after coming hero his wife died in Minnesota, and her death was a severe blow to Mr. Oihus. He had been in poor, health for the past year or so, and recently went to Los Angeles, Cal., in the hope that tho change of climate would benefit his health, but ho was only there a few days when death came. Tho cause of his death was tuberculosis of the lungs. Ho is survived by a mother, two brothers and two sisters. cial club rooms Monday evening, it was decided to make tho or ganization a permanent one, and a permanent committco consist ing of V. W. Mason, A. E. Duns more and K. C. Couch was ap pointed, to whom all matters of roliof will bo referred. Mrs. G. M. Hall was made permanent chairman and Prof. C. H. Boyd assistant chairman. Mayor A. W. Vincent was mado permanent treasurer nnd A. W. Markle sec retary. Votes of thanks were tendered to the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company for free uso of electricity on tho Christmas tree; the St. Johns Lumber Company for generous donations of wood; tho business men of tho city for efficient and valuablo aid; to V. W. Mason for his untiring efforts in solici tation and distribution work, and to Dr. II. 0. Brown for tho fine program prepared and ren dered. Chairman Mrs. G. M. Hall expressed her deep appre ciation to all whd in any way as- sited in making llt'o Community Christmas tree celebration the success it proved to be. All tho various committees appointed for tho colebration will stand for another year. Tho report Cublishcd below was submitted y V. W. Mason, who had chargo of the solicitation nnd distribu tion committees: Received from the business men's committee, cash, $151.75; from V. W. Mason, chairman soliciting committee, cash, $12.90; donations from business men and others groceries, clothing, fuel, etc. approxi mately $510, making a total of $731.05. Number of families helped to $0.50 worth of groceries on December 24th. 39: one.half load of wood dolivered to nino fam ilies: est mated value of gro ceries, $253.50; value of wood, $13.50; estimated value of gro cerles and wood on hand, $100; cafeh in bank, $194.05. Sinco no value was placed on amount of fruit, jelly, dolls, toys, etc., sent out in Christmas boxes, these, together with fruit and clothing on hand have been es timated ut $173. Outstanding indebtedness ordered paid, $39.18. Lhe average box sent out at Christmas time contained the following: Sack of flour, half sack potatoes, package oats,- Cacknge apples, can fruit, beans, aking powder, butter, pepper, salt, bread, meat, milk, bacon, candy, sugar, coffee, jelly, soap, toys and doll. Do Your Eyes Bother You If you are subject to headache, eyes ache or print runs together, call at my office and be ex amined. I use tho most approv ed methods in examining the eyes, and I guarantee all work and material to be satisfactory . In my practice of medicines and surgery, all my prescrip tions are filled from pure fresh drucrs in my own private dis pensary at a very reasonable price.-DR. W. J. GILSTRAP, Phvsician and Surgeon; St. Johns, Oregon; residence phone Columbia 190; office phone Col umbia 282. One thousand tons of exhibits consigned by the Chinese Gqy ernment to the Panama Exposi tion left Shanghai on one of the big liners for San Francisco and arrived the first of the month. The Chinese pavilion is prac tically completed. Get in the contest. Opening Reception Tho Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage has now estnlr lished permanent headquarters in Portland in tho Eilcrs build ing, room 013. The opening reception was a great-success. Huge bunches'of yellow chrysan themums nnd Oregon grape, sent by enthusiastic members were used in decoration. The hall was adorned with long stemmed red carnations. Miss Virginia Arnold, who represents the National organization in Portland, presided. Mrs. A. E. Borthwick gave a short address of encouragement nnd ex-Gov ernor Geor Bpoke of the wisdom of the organization in taking the only means possible for tho enfranchised women to help those who had not yet received tho ballot. Miss Arnold said that tho women were working to get the suffrage plank into the platform of' tho two big political parties for 1916. Stic spoke for half an hour and was received enthusiastically. Ten parlor meetings wero nrranged for vnr ious neighborhoods. A lnrgo number of new members wero added to the union. The head quarters wero established to keep up tho work for national suffrage. Cooperation between all women working for the causo was urged. Messago of endorse ment were received from mnny prominent women. Tea whb served at tho closo of the meet ing. State Industrial Notes The cost of exporting tho books of Marion County for the past year by tho'Accounting de partment of tho Btnto insurance commission was $1523.11 as against an avcrago cost in the paBt of about $300. Simply an other illustration of tho beauties of government regulation as compared with privato enter prise. Tho routo for the Columbia Clatsop canal has been sur veyed. Tho S. P. Company claims to have spent ten millions on tho coast this year in betterments and now lines. After donat ng $450,000 to tho Tumalo project, Oregon is to bo generously given tho samo amount out of $12,000,000 col lected from sales of Oregon pub lic lands. Tho Stettler Box factory of Portland will build a largo ad ditional plant on tho cast sido to cost $00,000. A fishway has been completed around the fallsj.of tho Illinois river. Woman's Federation will try to establish a hospital for crip pled children with stnto aid. Another fight is to be mado to develop tho Oregon Stone in dustry and stop importing sub stitutes. The Swopo Mill Company has purchased and will operate a saw mill at Downs. Coos Bay iB leading all points on tho coast for lumber ship ments. Bandon water plant has been acquired by the city. Plumbing industry boomed all over Oregon by tho recent cold spell. Tho Pendleton East Oregonian says tho United States will never have cheaper beof as long as land prices soar and the pack ers have it in their power to ad just prices to the growers and to the consumer according to their own fancy. Logging operations will con tinue all winter on South Inlet, Coos Bav. The Estabrook Company at Bandon has large contracts for getting out cedar ties this win ter. Two and one-half carloads of agricultural products from Lou isiana and two carloads of agricultural and horticultural products from Missouri, shipped to the Panama Exposition by the Missouri and Louisiana State Commissioners, gives material evidence of the intention on tho part of tho Mississippi valley to be outdone by no section of the country in tho wealth and var iety of its exhibits. Glen Flem ing, secretary of the Louisiana Commission, writing from New Orleans, declares that such is the grade of the displays that no state can surpass them. Get in the contest and see them free of cost to you. NtoUt UUt tut iyurt 9Vr Residence Burned Tho residence of Joseph Stoerm, 019 Oswego street, was destroyed by fire about 12:45-last Thursday night. Mr. Stoerm and oldest Bon wero absent from home at the time, but tho wife and sovernl small children wero in bed and es caped from the burning house in their night clothes. Tho furni ture contained in tho house was also totally destroyed. The alarm was late in reaching the fire department. Shortly be fore it was turned in Night Officer Norene, while at the Peninsula National Bank corner, noticed flames arising in that direction and notified Firemen Mnckey and Peterson. The truck was hastily gotten out and in readiness when the alarm was received. They mado rapid time in reaching tho burning dwelling, but too lato to Bavn it. A houso across the street caught nro a couple of times, but tho flames were extinguished by tho firemen before any damago hnd' been done. The origin of the fire is n mystery. Tho insurance on the house and furniture, wo understand, was $2000. Will Stay Wet Awhile Judge Cushman of tho United States court at Tacomn has de cided that tho local option vote which declared Vancouver dry was of no effect, nnd that liquor may bo sold there during all of next year. Ho said: "Tho wholo state, in voting for tho prohibition law, plainly mado the provisions of tho bill operative In 1916, giving tho saloons n year to adjust their business. It seems to admit of no other interpretation." Coming as it docs from a federal court, tho order would seem to include all such cases in other Btntos unleBB overruled by tho Supremo court. In that event all cities that voted local option along with stntowido pro hibition would seem to be in the samo class with Vancouver nnd will be allowed to dispense liquor for another year. Paper From Cornstalks Tho first nnnor mill to chow up cornstalks and spead thorn out into nearly whito sheetH of paper will soon bo built in Uloomington, ill. Undo bam, through his representative, finnrirn A. Khinrf: nf thn hiirnuu of plant Industry, has found out that cornstalks can bo bought in unlimited quantities at $5 a ton, and tho farmers are only too oncm In ntinnlv thorn. Tho trov- ernment has been experimenting . ,it i if with cornstniK paper ana Air. Stuart displayed on a recent visit there somo excellent dook unci mntrnzlnn nnnor thnt Ilnelo Sam had mado from tho stalks. Tho proposition of turning into paper tho millions of tons of corn Btalks that are annually burned in tho corn belt, is one of great interest to financiers, and it is predicted that tho wood pulp in dustry will soon hare a serious competitor in tho cornstalk paper industry. Portland will, in tho im mediate future, become the manufacturing center on a con tract to furnish twelve hundred tlireo room portable houses for uso in England, if plans which havo been announced by Jud Yoho of tho Take Down Manu facturing company, materialize. Thi work would glvo employ ment to a largo number of men. The contract price for tho por tables is about half a million dol lars. The contract is said to havo been secured in New York in tho face of keen competition from Eastern manufacturers. Low rates via the Panama canal route, combined with the ex cellent quality of the local ma terial, enabled the company to make the best bid for the job, it is said. Tho final shipment of tho Philippine exhibit arrived on tho army transports Sherman and Sheridan December 15th at San Francisco consigned to tho Pan ama Exposition. The work of the installation of tho Philip, pino exhibits is going rapidly forward under H. C. Cresson, Superintendent of Construction for tho Government. Get in tho contest A Great Benefactor Luther Burbank has made tile cactus about the most interest ing of plants. It springs out of the barren sand nnd begins to grow. It gets from the earth no help, only a place to stand upon. But it continues to grow and expand. Whence its strength? Only from the Bun beams and the air that sur rounds it. Thus it has been reproduced through the ages, and has sur rounded itself with vicious thorns, nnd men in their dark ness have asked for thousands of yeara what freak of nnture has. caused anything so repellent to cumber even the desert. Burbank, perhaps unconscious ly reasoned the other way. There must have all the time been a design. So he took it in hand. As the lion-tamer con verts a raging lion into a pur ring pet, so Burbank laid his hand upon tho savugc thorns of the cactus and they withered. He continued to stroke and pet it, then domestic unimnls eager ly sought it for food and the traveler on the desert, whero there are no springs and no strenms, found thnt from the air the cactus had just grown a cup nnd then filled it from tho Biimo source with water, and now those below frost line do claro that for forngo ono acre of cactUB will supply more than twelve acres of the richest soils. So those who have so long asked why tho cactUB was given to the desert except to add to Hb din corn forta are answered. For ten years weary trains of men nnd nnimals traveling across the wasto of what is now Nevada, asked why such a region whb created. Then the Comstock was found just when it was most needed and men learned that tho desolation wns meant to bo n sentinel over the treasures that hnd been cached there for ubc when the time should be ripe for their dis covery. With perfect know! edgo thoro will bo no waste.' Goodwin's Weekly. May Purchase Trolley If a deal which is now pond ing is closed O. M. Clark, of tho Clark-Wilson Lumber Company, nnd a number of business peo plo of Linnton will purchase tho tracks of the United Railways Company between Portland and Linnton, and operate the line an an independent freight and passenger railroad. Tho com pany has been asked to name itH lowest figure. The United Kail ways Company intends to give up its Linnton service early noxt year as a result of tho refusal of tho Board of County Commis sioners to permit an increase in the rate of fare. It is understood the proposed purchasers desire to have ser vice over the lino from Linnton to tho North Bunk station. In formation as to tho negotiations was imparted to the City Com mission in Portland by Mayor Schafer of Linnton, who asked the Council to defer action on a proposed freight franchise to tho company within tho limits of Portlnnd for three weeks. By that time it is expected the company will havo submitted a figure and the Linnton people will decide whether or not they will accept. Should the Linnton peoplo make a deal it is said tho com pany may continue as it is at present without getting a new franchise. In this event tho tracks on Stark street will re main for tho benefit of pas senger servico from Linnton. The United Railways Company would operate the freight ser vico on industry tracks within tho. city, while tho Linnton peo plo would operate tho passenger and freight Borvico between Portland and Linnton. The Hawaiian building at tho Panama Exposition is completed and the installation of the great aquarium tanks that are des tined to hold the famed "paint ed fishes" of tho islands are now being installed. Tho first con signment of fishes early in De cember, in specially constructed tanks on the Matsonoia in chargo of Fred A. Potter. Super intendent of tho world famed aquarium in Honolulu. Get in the contest. Bettor, get one of our famous Chart.Calondars. "Currin Says So..