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tub st i&m ncvinw A. W. MtftRUl o;o his rwc- A4 ' t" 3& (Hry4 m?u htm jlmJw UJ in gbrtpWH 9ir It. Oft pryAr. prominent Mtiwiw rt tlie oUmt ly that he th Kviv will m. to tear the mm mr tiokvt 'all to dImm." A i mutter of rK th Kvw will to Nettling of th kind. It km n Afriit with imllvidtMM. and it nurely will ikh pica out any en idldnl or KTotttt of candidates and I wont Uwir candidacy. Tl a Review ia in the flrhl ajcai.tal murger only. It hai friend on both lickata ami while we may dia- nura on the merxei iiuoalimi, with the merjrer advcalea, yet wo have no diapoaition to cast HlOHea at their ticket. Wo will light against merging because wo uanevo mat way, nut it ia tip to the people to select their own carididatos, and thu worst tho Raviow willl do will be to indulgo in tha hopo Hint thu boat mun may win mid hnvo plenty of timo to nerve out thuir torin of 0III00. ino atatumunt appearing m thu Kuvlow hint wook wherein it statod that initirnnce rates ih bt. .lohiiM aro ten per cent holow that at Univiimity Park and Lunta, ban been challenged by one or our oilmen, who chums that ho sold insurance in Univer sity at u lower rate than in St. .Minim, uur inlonnHlion catno from J. N. McCuno, secretary or tiio uonrd or Underwriters, who him given puriniHHion to lino hiM imiiip in thu Hlntcmont. IIu nay that the bank- rate of iimuranoe for Univoraity Park from Van Houtoimtrool, north to St Johng city limita, i 50 cents per hundred: that Lunta i'm the amnii, and that -15 cents in tho bimic ratu in St. John. If this informatiun Ih wrong, our state inunt wai wrong also. Hut there m no higher autliurity on the subject than Mr. MuCuno. It is poMihlo, however, that vnriu- I ion from llio basic rate are pur milted in some caaoH where JOHNU ROCKEFELLER, COULD POINT WITH PRIDE TO HIS FIRST DEPOSIT in the Bank. HE HAD ENOUGH IN THE BANK TO TAKE THE FIRST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SO CAN YOU IF YOU PUT IT IN THE 9 DAINl " VVg all know the story of Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Carnegie, or Schwab, or any of our other great fortune builders. They began by PUTTING THEIR MONEY IN THE liANlv. Not because they had too much oh. no! They wanted that money in the bank so it would bo safe and so it would be there to grasp the first good BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. None of them dabbled in get-rich-quick schemes peddled around by smooth strangers, Make OUR bank YOUR bank Wc pay 4 per cent interest on Savings Accounts FIRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON i next year If the rncrKor docs not takes place, than will obtain Portland. ( Quaint Argument protection i ummually cood. "Ohuaper City Tnxoa" in luadiiiK argument iiHud by One thitiir the people of St. loluiH Hhould let sink deep down into their minds iu the fact that conditions here are just as wo make ihem. If they are bad, it in our own fault and we have it n our power to apply the rem edy. Hut if wo morKO with L'ort and wo have no power what ever over local conditions. Thoy will be uoverned entirely by the Commission of Portland, no moni tor of which possibly has ever seen Si. .Johns and may never do so. Is it not better to have a fire Kovernment by our own people neiuhnors and menus who wo seo every day nnd to whom wo can como with conditions that need remedying, than tako them to the Portland Commission where it almost takes n passport to tra n entrance bupposo n crosswalk, n firo hydrant, or arc light Is needed or sidewalk repaired, how would it be done after merging? One citizen, if he took it upon himself to report same to the Commission, would naturally get scant recognition, as nut siigiu aiieniion can neceHHarily be given to individ ual complaints. So a delegation would Ik necessary, and oven i i i i.. t it ueicguuoiiH can uiuy nuvu iiuui once with the Commission nt certain times. At best tho matter would only bo turned over do- some tho tho mergurilw hi thoir no-called ruugong why merging should tako plaoo. 'I ho-tax statements of this year show that there is hint ono half mill dill'orenco betwuon the Portland city tax and the St. .IoIiim city tax the lallor having the higliint. Hut bucaueu the mill rate a trifle lower iu Portland it dooa not moan that taxes art- higher in bL Johns than in Portland. County Aaavasor How! states that the assessed VHluiilion of laud in St. Johns is leh than in Portland, ihus, for instance, a lot in bouth bt Johns is assessed ..t IMTK ...l.tl.. .. !....! sido is assessed nt f)22fi on tho H'"'1" ?nt- ami probably i xnmo sized loL Thus it will be kuoii, taking the valuation into coiiMidurnlion, that Portland taxes are really much higher than in St. Johns. City taxes are, however, governed by local conditions. The city tax of St. donns mis year is uto result, in tho main, of unusual conditions. In comparing tho tnxes of St Johns nnd Portland there is much to bo considered. In tho first place it must be understood that Portland's bonded indebted now iu SOU per capita, while the houdod indebtedness of St. Johns is about $16 iwr capita. In street improvements the people of Portland are conielled to pay up to and over 1UU ier cent assess ed valuation, while inmost cases the general fund of the city of St. Johns takes enro ol the cost wuero improvements cost over r0 per cent of tho assessed valua tion. Also in Portland the pro porty owners are assessed for tinginoor services on street worn, wane in si. jonus no charge is made for the services of tho engineering force. These two items, which save the prop oriy owners consuiernuio, are included in the & mill city tax, and which Portland does not have to provide for in its 7J mill tax. Then there is the Cooper ago roadway built by tho city. which is responsible for about li mills of the S mills tax. Tho firo truck, deficit on tho city dock interest, and belter lighted streets tlmii Portland, are re sponsible for another generous portion oi tho 8 null tax. Then onco in a while some property owner will resist his street ussossmont on some technicality and cost the city a kopec or two in showing him in the courts that ho should imy for the work. Hy soiling the city dock taxos could bo reduced considerably, and tho irony of it is that the man who was largely responsible m ?i.nV for tho city constructing the ' 01 uock unu uigiier laxot), is out with tho statement that clioap or oity taxos would obtain through morgor. Thore will bo no roadway to build noxt yonr, anyway, so the mill rate and the taxes will undoubtedly bo lower attention would bo given tho complaint, and more probably would not. In St. Johns now all that is necessary is to call attention of the council, either individually, or severally, to tho matter, and immediate action is secured, Why hand your government over to men you hnvo nevor seen and who hnvo only n most suncrlicial knowledge or our conditions at nestf uan wo trust our friends and fellow men to do what is right? Woof St. Johns might be likened to one large laniiiy, and wnni is good for ono is almost sure to be good lor all. Hut if wo merge with Portland, we nro then only one family in conjunction with fifty others just as largo, what might then lie good tor ono or those combined families wouh not be good for all, owing to strictly local conditions, but tho government must make laws that appear best for the inajori ilv. ilonco what might bo jrooc for the majority might bo wrong for us. Let us not tako tho chance. Hut let us bo freo men rather than subservient to the whims or caprices of any other govoriiinont except our really own. Why bo a vassal when ou can as well be independent? urely wo are nolo to govern ourselves. U wo cannot we ought to om i grate to Hussia, where we might feel moro nt homo. Let us Keep bt. Johns n froe. unrestricted nnd indepen dont city. Tho peoplo of Port land will have far moro respect for us if wo do so. Ask them and see. ANNOUNCEMENTS I horeby announce myself us Independent candidato for an the ofllco of city voted for at the hold April 5th, treasurer to bo election to bo 1915.Mrs. J. A fow special deals on Graph- ophonoa. It will pay you to look into them it you are at all inter- osted. i ou cannot equal these prices elsewhore. Terms to suit at the St. Johns Pharmacy, Editor Koviow: Replying to your comments on my letter of the 5th inst. allow mo to say yes, 1 plnce tho worth or a man at the price some one will pay for his skill and time. All cities that hnvo adopted the Commis sion form of government arc paying large salaries for the solo purpose ol attracting men or wo. men of rnro ability, and they seem to get them. Tho new idea in city government is to adopt the same methods of man ngement that other large cor porations employ, that is demand ability and bo willing to pay for it. If Portland should only offer $1000 n year salary for n Mayor what grade of ability would she likely get? Como to think of it wo would get tho nnmo Portland if we mcrgo and will tho Review kind y tell us why tho Woolen Mill tlio Flouring Mill and tho Vonc'r factory, three of our principal industries prolix the word i'ort land to uietr names xes. we would net tho nnmo Portland nnd perhaps that might induco some of tho captains of industry that own the industries bore to come out and take up thoir resi denco among us. Schools. You said that I said tho Portland schools wero con solidating. Beg your pardon I did not say so. Hut 1 will say right now that when Portland and St. Johns nro merged into ono school district that to tho excellent schools wo now have will bo added infinitely more complete trade school so that some parents living hero will bo relioved of tho expense of send ing thoir children to tho Portland trades school and pay n tuition feo as thoy do now. You recommend that 1 "Jine" the commercial club and help boost, i will say that tho com mercinl club is working in its own wny nnd I in mine. I and my associates hnvo been work fug ror tho InBt three HP HE present mili A tary styles of dress require a special style of corsetand brassiere. The military style means, an erect form, and a trim looking figure. You can get all of this, combined with comfort in our new styles of military cor sets and brassieres. Kabo Corset Company Couch & Co. Pioneer Merchants St. Johns, Oregon ' . nrriangle C oil ors 2 fr25 e VnnZondt .orobsrCo!InuS'y. S. & H. Green Trading Stamps given on all Cash Purchases, and on Charge Ac counts when Paid in Full at least every 30 days. Premiums now on Display. Hi sill n c a tr U O n 3 n a. 'A in O o o c o I, o o h on B H 3 1 "n 3 .17 J a 53p 3 73 m m ssr X 9-7 m 0) H I OIQt J SMO.000 and in the throes of the vorst panic this country has over known could not have been expected to extend water mains nil over n territory about C miles long most of which was brush or farms. In 1808 tho Legislature amended tho charter of Portland by changing tho northern boun dary line so as to exclude part of University Park, Portsmouth and St. Johns, you say because they wero trcuted so illy. Then why did that part of Univer sity Park and Portsmouth mako haste to vote themselves into Portland? Why did thoy not coico into bt. .John8b. L Cook. According to Mr. Cook's thco bring about n consolidation of tho two cities and when wo sue ceed.which will bo tho first week in July next, wo will have done moro for tho advancement of tips lower peninsula than all other agencies combined. Wo will hnvo gotten conditions changed so much for the better that there will then bo some ting to boost. Tho commercial club can then aflilinte with like bodies, with similar interests. and get moro results from the expenditure of $100 than they can irom tho expenditure or Si. 000 now. When boosting their town thoy would not need to stop and explain where it is. Much is said about Album in discussing this question. Albi- nn was incorporated r eb.-l. 18S9. and included a part of what is now St. Johns. Was merged with Portland July, 1891. Wns in existence about 2J years. Got in debt $50,000 for Parks. I don't know whether they irot any pnrxs or not. wns in debt $50,000 for boulevards nnd streets and wns $10,000 in debt for current expenses and her warrants was said to be worth 65 cents on tho dollar What sur prises mo is that Portland ac cepted Albina nt all in her bank rupt condition Albina was mer ged with Portland just as tho panic of 1892 struck tho country. lho best of men could only get $1.00 n day in tho logging camps, and shaved shingles sold for G5 cents a thousand. 'ortlnnd a city of 40.000 people. at that timo (21 years ago) after assuming an Albina debt of ry tho school board, though com posed ot our best citizens, is worth tho salary they receive- nothing; that if Mr. Cook wins out as councilman that $2 per , - wcok is wnat no is worm, wow would either the school board or Mr. Cook be worth moro if they wore paid $10,000 yearly? If thoy wero doing tho best thoy knew now, they couldn't do bet tor if thoy wero paid moro. Mr. Cook asks about three of our principal industries with tho prefix Portland to thoir titles, in which he includes the flouring nulls as one of tho three. Now the word Jobos, prefix to the milling company, may bo the Dutch or Irish for Portland, but it is not likely. As to tho Port land Manufacturing Company and Portland Woolen Mills thoy located horo before St. Johns was hard y out of the cradle.nnd Portland was prefixed to give some idea or locality, nrobab v. or just because it sounded rath or we I to tho owners. Mr.Cook yenrs to presumably wants to infer that . t ri;i. l n i it was because St. Johns miuht some time be a part of Portland. and then the nnmo need not be changed. Hut then there is the Hoston Hakory here. It is scarcoly conceivable that the proprietor ever anticipated that wo would some day merge with Hoston. 1 hen there is Mr. Hin man. wno built n rooming house and called it Chicago, not be cause ho ever expected that St. Johns and Chicago would at somo time become united, but probably becauso ho became so incensed at tho ill treatment Portland accorded St. Johns when it was n portion thereof that ho named his house some thing as far removed as possi ble. Then ho may have named it in honor of Chicago street. It doesn't matter so much whether tho "captains of industry" live here, just so they keep their in dustries running full capacity will do. although they would be warmly welcomed as residents. When you snid tho schools wero consolidating, niter telling of other Portland concerns con solidating, the natural inference was that you wero referring al so to rortiand scnoois rntner than those of New York or in the New England states. Do you not know that n num ber of St. Johns folks nro now attending the trade schools of Portland and nro not paying ono cent for tuitiononly car fare? Well, it is a fact, nnd no one in St. Johns is barred from doing the same. It is too bad that you have spent threo years of your life in attempting to tear down what tho Commercial club is endeav oring to build up. Surely tho business men nnd largo property owners nro in a better position to judgo of tho merits of merg ing, nnd they nro almo'st solidly aguinst it. Thnt $100' would do more for St. Johns nftor merg ing than $1000 without merging is sheerest nonsense: in fact, it would bo the reverse. PcopI who want to find St. Johns ox perience no difficulty in doing so now, but undoubtedly woul wero it nothing but Portland most remote suburb, which mer ging would cnuso it to be. Arc you not a little unjust re garding Album's former cond tion? Why do you state it "got in debt $50,000 for parks,", nnd then say you don't know wheth or they got pnrks or not? You know thnt unless they got parks thoy could not get in debt for them. Wo believe you also know that Columbia park was what Albina went in debt for nnd that it wns for $-10,000 instead of $50,000, nnd you dare not say it wns not n good investment. You also know that tho $50, 000 for street improvement wns dent upon tne property owners nnd not tho city, and thnt the property benefited is held for pnyment nnd not tho city, ami that Portland never paid n cent of this 550.000, M that is tho right amount. Tho $40,000 for current expenses debt is disput ed by former residents ol Albi nn. liecauso tnero wns n panic in 1893 wns no reason why Albina should hnvo to wait nine or ton years beforo gotting n reduction in wiuer rates. Old residents tell us that St Johns severed itself from Port land,, nnd thnt University nnd Portsmouth, did not secede, ns you state, nnd thnt conditions 1 m . wero so intolerable nere that tho Legislature was nrevnileci upon by reason of Portland's il treatment ol bt. Johns to pass a special act nllowinir it to tear itself away from Portland and it certainly lost no timo in doing so. Certninlv it would have been far better for Portsmouth and University had they united with bt. Johns rather than Portland. remaps Air. uook can tell us why Albina never cot any indus tries worth while after it menred with Portland while St. Johns got all she has today after she cut oose from Portland. Ed The subject for tho Librarv btuoy Liiuu lor Monday eveninir wun Mrs. mad t. t'arker as eader. will be "The Unity of Mind and Body Suggestions tor uving." Hero area few points to be discussed: What suggestions, now. has this unity of man, mind and body for wise living This mysterious unity of man is a reminder that no conditions are really trivial, that no member of this unity .can suffer alone, and that character has bodily condition as well as physical that may not be ignor ed. These physical conditions, it may be repeated, are only con dition, not causes; but they are conditions. Reporter. "Watches" made over into "Time-pieces" at reasonable rates at Rogers', 309 N. Jersey street. ORDINANCE NO. 647 An Ordinance Submitting to the Legal Voters of tho City of St Johns nn Amendment to Sec tion XXIX nnd XXX of an Act Entitled "An Act to Incorpor nto tho City of St. Johns.Mult nomah County, Oregon, i Providing u Charter Therefor, and to Repeal All Acts Parts of Acts in Conflict Therewith." i Enacted and adopted by the people of St. Johns, Multnoma County, Oregon, in tho year 1907 under the provisions of bee tion II of Article IX of the Con stUution of the State of Oregon giving to the legal voters of ev ery city and town tho right to enact or amend their municipa charters, subject to the Const! tution nnd Criminal Laws of tho State of Oregon; nnd providing nn appropriate ballot title there for. to bo placed upon the ofllcin ballot to be voted at tho election to be held on tho 5th day o April. 1915; and directing the recorder of the City of St. Johns to mail a copy of tho said amend ment to each of the legal voters of the City of St. Johns, ns is provided by law, charter nnd or dinanccs ot snid city. it is ordained by tho (Jity o St. Johns that. Whereas a Resolution wns du ly, regularly and legally adopted by the council of said city on tho 4th day of March. 1915. di recting thnt bections aaia nnd XXX of the C ty. Charter of St Johns be submitted to the lega voters of said city for amend ment: now, therefore, Sections XXIX nnd XXX of an Act to incorporate tho City o St. Johns. Multnomah County. Oregon, and providing n charter therefor, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict there with, adopted by the people of tho City of bt. Johns in the year 1907. be submitted to the legal voters of tho City of St. Johns for their adoption or rejection nt the general election to be held April 5th. 1915, and that said Section XXIX nnd XXX bo amended so as to read as follows, to wit: Section XXIX. Every person elected to office in the City of St. Johns at the time that this amendment to tho charter shall be ndonted and take effect shall continue to hold ofitco for a period of two years next following the election adop ting this amendment, except one councilman in each ward who re ceiving the highest number of voters shall hold office for a period of four years from the adoption of this amendment. section aaa. There shall be n general elect ion held in the City of St. Johns, Orecon. on the first Monday in April, 1917. and bi-ennially there after for the election of a May or for a term of two years: for tho election of a Recorder for a term of two years; for the elec tion of a Treasurer for a term of two years; for the election of a City Attorney for a term of two years; for the election ot tnree councilmen-at-large, except as provided by Section X of the charter providing for the redis- tricting'ofiSt. Johns, for n period of two years, and twocouncilmcn from each Ward to hold ofllco for a period ofafour years, except at the el cction adopting this amend ment one councilman from each ward receiving tho highest num- ? ber of votes shall hold ofllco for ' n period of four years, and ono councilman from each Ward re ceiving thenext highest number of votes snail hold office for two yenrs; nnd at the first elec- . tion held nfter tho ndoption of , this amendment one councilman from each ward shall bo elected to hold office -fora period of four years. That tho amendments to Sec tion XXIX nnd XXX bo given a ballot title upon the official baM lot ns follows: "Shall Sections XXIX and' XXX of tho city charter ho i amended that officers elected at' the time of the taking effect of . this amendment shall hold ofllco until the next general election? ' nnd thnt tho next general elect tion bo held on tho first Monday in April, 1917. and bi-ennially, thereafter, nnd repealingnll nets and parts of acts in conflict with said amendment. X Yes. X No. That tho City Recorder is hereby required and authorized to prepare tho proposed amend ments to the charter, and cause he same to be printed and mail a copy of said amendments to each of tho legal voters of tho City of St. Johns, ns provided by ordinance No. 214 of said city, Passed by tho council this tho 9th day of Mnrch. 1915. Approved by the Mayor of the city of St. Johns this tho 10th day of March. 1915. A. W. VINCENT, Mayor. Attest: A. E. DUNSMORE, Recorder. Published in the St Johns Re- - view Mnrcn iu. ivw. Proposals for Street Work Sealed proiu&aU will he received at the office of the Recorder of the CUv of St. Johns until March iG, 1916, at H o'clock' 111., for the Improvement of Oswego strtet, from the North line of Columbia boulevard to the Sduth line of Smith Ave. in the manner provided by Ordinance Nu. C42, subject to the provisions of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of St Johus.und estimate of the city engi neer, ou file. Engineer's estimate is f3.050.38. Bids must be strictly in accordance with printed blanks, which will be furn ished on application at the office of the Recorder of the Cily of St. Johns. And said improvement must be completed on or before 60 days from the date of the last publication 01 iuis notice, xs'o proposals or uiaswiu oe considered unless accompanied by a certified check, payable to the order of the Mayor of the City of St. Johns certified by a respon sible bank for an amount equal to ten per cent, of the aggregate proposal. 1 lie num to reject any ana an bias is hereby reserved. uy order or tue city council. A. fc. PUNSMORK, Recorder, Published in the St, (ohiis Review on Pebruary 26, March 5 and 12, 1916. Mr. S. R. Carrick. President of the Portland Union of Chris tian Endeavors, will speak to the ndeavors of the Congregation al church.Sunday evening March 4. On the same evening Mr. Bushnell of Pacific University will give a stereopticon lecture. Special music. Every one wel-crme. Not th lbl on your paper, v.