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Would Be Welcome Portland. Ore, March 10. 1915. To the citizens of St. Johns: You are about to vote on the question of consolidating the City of Portland. That the step you contemplate taking is regarded generally as an important one in the history of municipal ex periences needs no argument. ignations, but just know our self and be known as plain citi zens of one great city with a high resolve to aid all in our power to make the name of the Rose Citv better known through out the world. Then there will be no petty jealousies and bitter rivalries as otherwise come for their reaping by our children some distant day. No sectional ism. then, hut union and brother hood, as well as" business" in this The trouble, you yourselves have commercial age. It is the long undergone puts that feature of the question beyond dispute. The great expense and trouble, the repeated efforts and the time consumed by other cities m taking this same step attests the fact of its grave importance for it touches mutually the municipal well being of the cities affected. In considering mutual advant age 01 union i leei mat l am warranted in predicting that, owing to tne nigh order ol your citizenship, your interest in ed ucation, in public libraries, in churches, in social advancement, in fraternity spirit in fine, in all the things that tend to the betterment of mankind, so un like foreign cities or the foreign quarters of some of our own there ure few, if any, of the citizens of the Hose City who will oppose your admission. The advantages that will accrue to us is evident. I shall, therefore. take them for granted. What suppressed cry of the spirit of fraternity, so natural to our bet ter natures. Again. I maintain that sosim Ele u thing as swinging the oundary lino of the great city of Portland around your munici pality and including it forever after within her corporate I mits is destined to be of almost incalculable advantage to you commercially. Today you have broad minded men to manage your cities affairs, but capital, ever wary, knows that tomorrow, as it were, a mercu rial populace may put in office narrow men. men untrained to business affairs, hostile to cap ital and controlled by popular prejudice. Capital demands men and conditions more depend able, big capital will never knowingly put itself at the mer cv of little men: and it general ly knows. Bad as they are at' times, conditions arc more stable then are some of tho advantages in a large city. Remember large for which you may look with reasonable assurance? It is my sincere conviction that you will he affected very favorably in most important civic advantages as well as in social, commercial, and even sentimental. As to civic advantages, it is only rea sonable that for a given term of years your water system, your fire system, your lighting, po lie. street cleaning and sprink ling will be cheaper and better. Your school will lie enlarged in their scope and your public li brnries privileges increased. "In Union their is strengtli." and through all the years that addage stands unimncached. In union there is also reduction of cost of administration of civic affairs under well paid, expert enccd and competent manage mcnt, especially since all depart mcnts have been taken out of politics practically and run on the modern plan of commission form of government. in anyone ho iooiisii us to con tend that, if the City of Port land with its 250,000 population were subdivided into fifty cit ics, each about tne sizo ot yours and of an entirely separate en tity, each operating under its own charter, and officered by fifty different sots of men, from night watch to Mayor is any one so fooliBh, I repeat, as to contend that these fifty sepa rate governments could be or would be run with less expense , and greater satisfaction than at present? I deem it u sufficient answer to say that of all tho re torn) onercd, no one has over had llio tomority to propose so absurd experiment, so far as I know. City government- how to make it satisfactory to the eftzoiiH and at the same time not burdensome--has lonir been re garded by writer on the subject as the most difficult phase of modern government presenting itseit constantly to the Ameri can people, ami tho reforms thereof, that have been tried are legion; but to cut up a large City into a number of subdivi sions for the purpose of render ing their several governments more satisfactorily and less bur densome, as you can cut a state into counties for tho convoni ence of the peoplo of tho sev era! sections made remote by natural barriers as well as dis tance, has never yet. I think. been even suggested by tho most visionary. Un tho contrary. small cities are constantly and everywhere merging into larger, and uy a law just as natural as that which causes drops of wat or in close proximity to flow to gether. Suburban towns merge into a large city until tho city soon becomo tho metropolis Hrooklyn tunnelled and bridged and merged, though sho was her self sovoral times tho sizo of cunitnl will in time control the affairs of a small city or it will not come to it. It is done at first in sclfdcfcnse and later from pardon the cxprcsssion "pure cussedness." Vot the for- meryou cannrt well blame it; from the latter you mustprohib it it by debarring it altogether or by merging with n largo city and making common cause with the oppressed masses in such cases. Do not. therofore.dccoivc yourselves by thinking large capital will ever invest nmong you without sinister motives; if so. it will be in a state of un certainty and unrest so much of its time that you will not receive its full benefits and largest do vclopmcnt. 1 stated at the beginning, of this letter that the advuntnges as I conceived them to bo which will accrue to you by merging with the great, and soon to bo greater, city of Portland, are not only civic, social and com mercial, but Hcntimcntnl. I know it may seem ridiculous to some to think there are thoso who believe in sentiment to the extent of its being an advantage in this and similar instances. Thoso samo persons, however, are not infrequently most sub ject to its subtle influences. Tell them a promoter has come to your town from some obscure hamlet up in Maine and they will not listen to his proposition nearly so readily as u no came from tho great city of Chicago. Ml I Mmon mii -on tit ti fr A I la a mat a lecturer or teacher, or preacher comes to them from soino obscure and hilly portion of "North Kurlinu" and they will go to "scoff" even -though they might have to "remain to pray." Publish tho same tal out from "Cultured HoBton" and they will help to swell the and ienco "to standing room only." sentiment, then, biases many people in their choice of location and not a little in their invest ments preferring, of course. some well advertised and favor ably known locations. We are simply forced to recognize this fact, a fact that is universal and because of this regard for the sentimental which appeals to our pride and emotion from nl most any angle of life. For the benefit of the more sell sh I will also say, remember all these things tn tho sum total reflect values upon real estate. Again, soon you will want the Lomm ss on form of irovernment. and I trust it is a pardonable suggestion that you avail your selves of Portland's experience instead of experimenting for yourselves. You are destined ere long to adopt that form of government now so popular or tall to tho rear in this forward march of tho modern city. A cross m the proper square on future as well as today, not al lowing ourselves perturbed by a possible few ambitious CaeBars, to whom history has long since ascribed the saying: "I would rather be first in a little Sibe rian village than second in Rome." However, those really ambi tious persons with purely selfish aims are usually a negligible quantity, fortunately. I do not know one among you and I hope we have none among the citi zens of Portland who would deny to you the many advan tnges of a large city by some seltish motive or ambition or petty spite in barring your ad mission. Let us, then, elect to become one people, one citizenship in every noblo sense. We desire not only to extend the glad hand of welcome to all the citi zens of St. Johns, but we want our schools to bo yours, our churches to be yours, our libra ries and museums to be yours and the parkB for ourselves and our children to be your parks for yourselves and your child ren: and more, wo are waiting to give you the purest, sweetest cold water on earth to slake your thirst as it hustens daily down to your lips fresh from its crystal fountain beneath the eternal snows of far famed Hood. And in the language of the joyous, festive bather as he sportively buffets tho billows of old ocean on a hot summer day: lilt CI lu VYUIUI O IIIIUI With great respect W. J. Ped dicord. RESOLUTION It is resolved by the City of St. Johns: That it deems it expedient and necessary to improve North Hayes street from the center line of Philadelphia street to the center line of Catlin street in the City of St. Johns in the fol lowing manner to wit: By grading said portion of street to grade or subgrade to bo established and by laying a (i foot cement walk and 12 foot curb on both sides of said street. with necessary 5 foot wood cross walk and catch basins. According to the plans and specifications of tho city ongi ncer on filo in the nieittof said street is (4.305.00. That the cost of said street be assessed against the property In said local assessment district as pro vided uy tne cimrtcr ot tne city of bt. Johns. Adopted by the council this 23rd day oi aiarcn, uuib. A. 15. DUNSMORU. Recorder, Published In the St. Johns Review March 26 and April 2, 191P. NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION Notice is hereby given that in ac cordancc with Ordinance No. 651 an election will be held on Monday the 5U1 day of April, A. D. 1915 in the City of St. Johns, Oregon, for the following purposes to-wit: For the election of the following named officers for the ensuing year, viz: One Mayor, one City Recor dcr, one City Attorney, one City Treasurer, three Councilniun at Large, two Councllmcn from the First Ward, two Councihncn from the Second ward, in tne manner provided by law and the Charter of the City of St. Johns, And at said election there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said City for the approval or re jeetion the following propositions to-wit "Shall Section XIX and XXX ot tne dinner ot tne uity 01 est. Johns be amended, fixing the date of the next General Election to be held on the first Monday in April, 1917, and biennially thereafter and permitting all othcers elected or holding olficc at the time of the taking effect of this amendment, to hold office for u period of two years or until their successors arc elected and qualified?" Shall the people of the City of St. Johns, incur a Municipal bon ded indebtedness in the sum of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000,00) for the pur chase and extension of the Water Plant of the St. Johns Water Works mid Lighting Company?" "Hint Ordinance No. 017, an Ordinance creating n board of Cen, sorship," regulating shows, the atrcs, motion pictures, distribution of literature, bill boards and adver tising matter, and fixing a penalty for the violating of this Ordinance, passed by the Council on the 8th day of September, 1014, be sub milled to the legal voters for their NEW MATERIALS BEAUTIFUL ASA RAINBOW ARE OUR NEW SPRING MA TERIALS. JUST COME IN AND SEE THEM. YOU WILL LIKE THEM; YOU WILL BUY THEM. WE ARE CAREFUL IN SE LECTING OUR TRIMMINGS. AND WE KNOW HOW TO HELP YOU "MATGH" GOODS AND TRIMMINGS SO THAT YOUR COMPLETE COSTUME WILL BE STYLISH AND HARMONIOUS. WE NEED ONLY TO TELL PUR GUSTOMERS THAT OUR NEW GOODS ARE HERE. THOSE WHO ARE NOT OUR GUSTOMERS NEED ONLY TO COME IN: THEY WILL BECOME CUSTOMERS. The Spring Liue of Dress Skirts just placed iu stock. The materials are the' newest, the fit is perfect; they are Sewed with Silk, the prices $3.50 and $5.0O. They arc bought for you, there are sonic fifty skirts and not more than two are exactly alike. BONHAM & CURRIER City Recorder relative thereto, n "tv'J , "PE, ,mv which said plans and spccifical ! ''c 1 llW,Axly tions and estimates are satis factory and are hereby approv cd. Said improvements to be made in accordance with the charter and ordinances of the city of St. JohnB. and under tho supervision and direction of the city engineer. Hint tho cost of said improve ment to be nssesscd us provided by tho city charter upon the property especially and partial larly benefited thereby, and which is hereby declared to bo all of lots, parts of lots, blocks and parcels of land between the termini of such imnrovemcnts abutting upon, adjacent or pro.x imato to snid street, from tho marginal lines of snid street back to tho center of tho block or blocks or tracts of land abut ting thereon or proximato there to. That all tho property included in said improvement district aforesaid is hereby declared to bo "Local Improvement District No. 12-1," inni tne city engineers ns Bossmont of tho probable total cost of said improvement of said street is $117(.r8. 1 hat the cost of said street to be assessed against tho proper ty in said local assessment dis trict ns provided by tho charter of tho City of St. Johns. Adopted by the council this 23rd day of March. 1915. A. E. DUNSMOKE, Recorder. Published in the St. Johns Re. view March 26,and April 2,1915. been designated as polling places for said election: lfirst Ward In the Lcc- tore Room, at the Public Library. Second Ward Iu the Council Chamber at the City Hall. The polls will be open at nine (o) o'clock A. M., and will remain open until seven (7) o'clock P. M. oi said day. Uy order of tne Council. A. It. DUNSMORE, Recorder of the City of St. Johns, Oregon. Published in the St. Johns Re view, March 19-26 and April 2, RESOLUTION It U resolved by the City of St. Johns, Portland. Other lariro suburbs your ballot and your oxporimen did like wise until today there- tation is a closed incident, and are over three hundred sixty live over after you stand an equul ........ .....1 n 21 I nlmm .....It nijuiwu iiiuua hum suiuu uvu mil lions of souls within tho limit of tho "Greater Now York"- the most powerful, tho most wealthy, tho most influential city on the American Continent. Our 1 1 . neignoors on tno is'ortn of us aro cheerfully expending five hundred thousand dollars, and we moro than double that Bum, show with tho rest of us in tho alfairs of a Great City where we will labor together to keen the Rose City such that will continue an Honor to bo "second." It was onco tho proud boast of a Roman citizen that ho was a cit izen of Rome, so may it bo yours in tho futuro as it is ours todav a proud boast that you aro citi in order that wo may como near zona of tho far famed Roso city. ? Every- ipur children will then rise up J merging as possible. wnere tins law is so wen recog nized that tne burden of truth lies with him who denies its ad vantages. As to social advantages,! need merely call your attontion to tho fact that the sooner every barrier of sectionalism is remov ed the better for all concerned. Tho cry of" No North, no South, no East, no West, has Btrongly tended to unify us and make us one people with tho common cause of n great republic. So, let 113 merge and fratemizo and know no Montnvilla, no Mount Scott, no Lents, no St. Johns, except for convenient local dos- and call you blessed. In conclusion, let mo say. I am not one of those who think that because others do not agree with mo in their motives are therefore selfish. I think thev can do .so honestly and with just ua uuiuisuc motives, wo nave nil had occasion to "chanco front" on some question or other in tho past, and wo know that wo wero just as sincere m tho one attitude of mind as in tho other. Let us then bo charita ble and frank and consider the important step now under ad- viscment as to the best interest of all concerned throughout tho Omron: 1 hat it deems it expedient and neces. wiry t o improve ivanlioc street (rum the north side line ol Philadelphia street to the Center line of Catlin street in the city of St. Johns in the lollowlnn manner, to wit: uy Kraiiinir said portion of said street. urade or sub-grade to be established and uy laying a ts foot cement Side-walk and U loot curu on botn sides of said Street. wiiu necessary (.ross-walks and Catch txtsius. Work to be done according to the plans and specifications of the city eniri ueer on tile in the office of the city recorder relative thereto. wliicli said plans nud specifications iui estimates are satisiuctorv and are hereby approved. Said improvements to be made in accordance with the charter mid ordinances of the city of bt. Johns, and uuder the supervision ud direction of the city engiueer. That the ccotof said improvement to be assessed as provided b v tally and y declared to be all of lots parts of lots, blocks and parcels ol land between the tenuiui of such improve ments abutting upon, adiaceut or nrox. imatc to said street, from the marginal lines of said street back to the center of the block or blocks or tracts of land abutting thereon or proximate thereto. That all the Property included iu said improvement district aforesaid is hercbt dec la led to be Local Improvement distrct No. 123. That the city cncinccr's assessment of the probable total cost of said improve- SUAIMONS In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah County. J. A. Locke, Plaintiff, vs. Jessie a. j.ockc, ueienuam. To Jessie A. Locke, Defendant: In the name of the State of Ore gon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint tiled against you in. the above en titled Court and cause within six weeks from the first publication of this summons, to-wit: On or be fore the 19th day of March, 1015 and if you fail to appear or answer, for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief as prayed for in this complaint, to-wit: lor a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and de fendant, ami for such other and nirtiier renei us to tne court mav seem equitable. 1 his summons is made and nub fished pursuant to an order of the Hon, Robert G. Morrow, presiding juuge 01 tne above Court, sicued aud entered on the 17th dav of March, 1915. GEuSLIN & SEVER, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 1036 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregou. Date of first publication March '9. 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Nothing in our stock is classed with sweat shop labor or shoddy materials, but the merchandise is bought with a view to a perman ent trade and the constant return of the buyer. The Men's Toggery BONHAM & CURRIER, Owners L. E. ROSE, Manager JOSEPH McCMESNEY, M.D. Physician and Surgeon. Day A Night Office tn UcChwnty blk. Ortforu 0. J. GATZAIYER ATTQRNEY AT LAW McDonald Building ST. JOHNS . . OREGON EDMOflDSON CO. 107 S, Jersey Strsat THAD. T. PARKER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Rooms 7 and 8 Holbrook DuildloR ST. JOHNS DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENTIST Office Hours 9-12 to 1:30-7 Sunday 9-11 Office Tbone Columbia 140 Resident Phone Columbia 274 1 7 DORIC LODGE NO. 133 A. P. and A. M. Meets the first and third Weducsdayof each month in iilctia-r's Hail, vtsl tors welcome, Chav A. Pry, W. M. A, W, Davis, Secretary. SI a wm DR. RAMBO DENTIST Thone Columbla'61 First Kitttonal Bank buildup. ST.MHNS. OREGON. L. E, GRAVES, M. D. 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