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THC ST. JOHNS REVIEW A. W. MARKIX OiOi GIVE YOUR WirE A At 1IT Wrt Rurlhulen HtmC Tmk Rxrtxw It entered at post off In Saint Johns. Ore011! as mall matter s4 Uw second class under the Act of Con fret of March J, 1879. Oftttil Nitaf t any at, tnu Suaserlatlen aria $1.80 1 BANK ACCOUNT SHE CAN PAY ER BILLS WITH CHECKS AND KEEP A CHECK ON HER BILLS The Oregon Voter, a neat nnd highly interesting magazine, ed ited by C. C. Chapman, the well known publicity man of Port land, has made its appearance. It is brimful of matter of an in structive and educational nature and digs right down to the root of affairs that are of vital inter est to the voters generally. Mr. Chapman, perhaps better than any other man, knows the needs and requirements of the county and state, and it is safe to pre dict that the Oregon Voter will prove an important factor in public aiTairs and a thing to bo desired by every voter in the state. The sinking of the Lusitania is an appalling disaster that is universally deplored, and is an other manifestation that Sher man's definition of war was not incorrect. '1 hat innocent wom en and children should thus sud denly bo ushered into the world beyond makes it all the more pit iable. Somehow in warfaro it is ever the case that the inno cent sufTcr with the combatants in one way or another. Had the GermanB known that so many lives would bo lost through the catastrophe, we are loath to be lieve that tno extreme mcusuro would havo been taken. But it was supposed that the vessel would withstand the shock of several torpedoes before it would go down, and tho Germans prob ably imagined that tho passen gers would havo plenty of time to mako their escape beforo tho huge ship sank into tho water. In whatever light the great dis aster may bo viewed, it must be regarded as a matter of the pro roundest regret. The payment of taxes should bo made quarterly or at least semi-annually, it would seem. To pay out tax money nil at one tlmo has a tendency to cause and docs cause n stringency in tho coin of tho rcnlm for somo davs afterwnrd. Tho taxes paid year, ly by tho property owners of St. Johns total almost $100,000. To tako this sum, or tho greater part of it out of tho city in March and April is no small thing to do. And if it not paid when due, an excessive and most exorbitant rato of interest is charged greater in fnct than even a loan shark would have tho nerve to exact. It is difficult for many to understand how in a stnte whoro the luwful rato of interest is eight per cent that counties therein can collect n greater per cent. Tho money that is collect ed for taxes is taken from tho proporty ownors in ,tho spring and is placed in tho bunks, where it is of littlo uso until called for. Thus the people are de prived of tho uso of the money long beforo the county has need of it, but if they do not pay it thoy nro fined, and fined out rageously. Surely tho system is at fault and should bo speedily changed to something less Bcnse less and moro reasonnblo. t HECK ON OUR RECEIPT How many times have you lost a receipt? How many times, neither debtor or creditor could remember. If your wife pays all her bills with CHECKS, she has a RECEIPT for every one of her bills. It saves a lot of time and trouble for your wife to pay the household bills that way and we are helping her to keep her ac counts straight and to ECONOMIZE. Make OUR bank YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent interest on Savings Accounts FIRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON To Our Patrons and Friends: I At the last session of the State Legislature, a law was enacted, impos ing a tax on all Merchants giving Trad ing Stamps and other gift premiums, which makes it absolutely prohibitive for us to continue giving them. This law goes into effect May 2415. There will no doubt be a long legal fight in the Courts, testing the consti tutionality of this law and we do not feel justified in trying to evade the law, nor do we care to take the chance, while this suit is pending. Therefore when our present supply of Stamps is ex hausted, we will discontinue giving them. In tne meantime we will endeavor to make our prices so attractive that our Patrons will lose nothing by reason of this change. Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting your further patronage, we are Yours very truly I HTri angle Collars 2br25 VrmZnrxdt Jacobs CrCoTrcvKV. o F TEN mtr s. At H. flUmpt are the Customer'. uicouni,uiir it. FREE STAMPS Thl. Coupon'QoodVor Ten 10 S. & II. ii Often C" RITE" minim r rl Eb If prrwnlrtl upon making a purthate amount. lai to BOCor more, theae ttimpi will be In id dlftoti to tegular lmpi gh en with the putch.te Not Good After May 24 COUCH i'&co. General Mdsc. Columbia 137 ST. JOHNS, ORB. nnd shipping across the high seas is resumed nsof yore, things will fairly hum in this section of tho world. I do not want a gaping crowd to como with lamentations loud when life has fled; nor would I havo my ways or words rehears ed perhaps mid tardy praiBO when I nm dead. I do not want strange, curious oyes to scan my face, when still it lies In silenco dread, nor do I want them if they would to tell my deeds were ill or good, when I nm dead. I only want the very few. who stood through good and ovil too, true friendship's test: Just they who sought to find tho good nnd then as only true friend could, forgive the rest. They who, with sympathetic heart sought hope and comfort to impart, when thero was llfo. not keeping all tho tears and sighs till weary wornout nnturo dies and end tho strife. I'd havo them come, tho friend ly few nnd drop, perhaps a tear or two by kindness led. Not many tears I'd havo them Bhcd, nor do I want much sung or said, when I am dead. To havo them each como in nlono and call mo in tho old sweet tone would suit mo best and then without a sob or moan go softly out and Icavo nlono tho dend to rest. Just as I'vo lived, almost un known, u lifo unmnrked, obscure nnd lone, so let mo die, just ono who lived nnd loved nnd died; mound of earth nnd naught bo sido, tolls where I Ho. Ex. Christian Church Como nnd hear the now minis- tor, if you como once, you will como again. Special music by tho orchestra and choir. All in- vitcd Come. "Girl's Day" will bo observed at the church, with tho crirls of tho Sunday School given special Notice of Hearing of Final Account prominence in me motning scr V.. Couch & Company 01 t OIO J vices. Sunday Mny 23. Tho monthly "Workers' Con ference" of the Sunday School workers was held last Tuesday night. Each of tho 250 persons at tending tho Mothers' dny ser vices last Sunday morning re ceived a whito carnation. Rev. Herbert T. Jones, tho now pas tor, prenched on "Mother. Home. and Jesus." Tho children of the Sunday School gave a program .-.1 1... tiff r. m ! arranged uy v. o. ueam, super intcndcnt.nnd Mrs. James Kelly. , inursday night prayer meet ing is becoming tho featuro of tho church. Como, out noxt Thur8dny evening and see for yourself what wo havo. Mrs. B. W. Coffey won the prizo(7) at last prayer meeting. Tho Christian Endeavor start ing timo has been chnnged from b:si to 7:00 p. m. Kcporter. That St. Johns will soon bo on joying nn era of prosperity is bocoming moro nppnrent right along. While tho saw mills nro still inactivo and awaiting an opportunity to ship abroad, evi dences of industrial activity nro at hand. Tho Portland Manufac turing Company is snondinira largo sum of money in improve ments and additions to its plant at tho foot of Richmond street, and tho $100,000 plant of the Western Cooperago Compnny is making good progress. Last Sat urday tho Port of Portland Com mission let n contract for almost $35,000 for alterations and addi tions to the dry docks, nnd on Monday tho nnnouncement wns made that tho Star Sand Compa ny would begin the construction of a $40,000 dock adjoining tho Richmond street dock tho first of llllt til wars win nover nave nny ending" said President Wilson nt Unltimoro. "until men ceaso hato each other." But how much hatred wns thero among tho mass on tho sido of tho allies in tho present war against tho Germans? As a matter of fact tho day boforo tho conflagration burst lorth to nmnzo tho world thero was comploto amity be tween tho mass of tho French and tho mass of Germans, be tween tho mnss of Englishmen ana tno muss of Austrions, bo iween 1110 mass 01 itussia nnu tho mass of men now fitrhtincr against them, war is a mad ness which turns brother against brothor, which destroys nil ordi- nnry ties, which sovera oven bonds of blood nnd interest nnd which leads tho victims to for got everything except tho blood l. i 1. f 1 1 m mat which nas supplanted rea son and human kindness and all that distinguishes man from the brute. 1 in - wo snail not get rid or wars noxt month. Tho East St. Johns club, which has been working on while wo persist in wurlikoprep tho project of dredging tho Co- nrutions. Wo shall not get rid lumbia Slough, has gotten tho United States government, thru Oregon's representatives, inter ested to such extent that it has made provisions for its engineers to make tho survey and secure estimates 0 tho cost. When this is completed it is tho inten tion of the East Sido club to ar range for having tho work com- Eletcd at as early date as possi le. This in itself would prove ono of tho greatest boons that could happen to tho lower penin sula, as it would open up for maritime traffic a vast stretch of navigable water, and afford a harbor unexcelled. Besides the projects mentioned there is con siderable street work under way, and an encouraging amount of building and repair work going on throughout the city. Certain it is that no city in tho North west has a brighter and moro promising outlook than St. Johns, and when peace comes to Europe of it while wo go on bullying nnu uiustering, ns. there seems n tendency to do in Mexico. We shall not get rid of it by rushing war snips to every scene whoro sordid American interests, nro threatened. Nor shall wo get nu ot u 11 wo grow excited ov ery timo somo fanatic in n for eign land who hates us, vents his spleen on the stars and stripes. In a fit of stupid an ger wo can do more in a moment to disgrace that flag than any enraged and contemptuous for eigner could do in a hundred years. We should merely pity tho poor fool who would thus re lievo his feelings toward this country. And, besides, how long would n foreign flag be per mitted to float hero in our own land if tho country to which it belongs woro menacing our coasts and insisting on a moro or less intimate regulation of our own affairs? Ex, SELLS-FLOTO-BUFFALO BILL SHOWS To Exhibit in Portland Tho circus is coming; coming In the Cr unty Court of tho State of Oregon for Multnomah County. In tho Matter of tho Estato 0 Jacob Luitcn. 'Deceased. Notice is hereby iriven thnt tho undersigned Executor of tho nbovo entitled Estate, has filed his final account herein and that tho Honorable T. J. Clccton Judge of the nbovo named Court has designated Tuesday. Juno 15th. 1915, at the hour of 0:15 in the forenoon of said date, in tho Court room of. tho County Court in the. Court House nt Portland, Multnomah' county, Oregon, ns tho timo nnd nlaco for nenrinnr objections to the said final ac count, nnd for tho settlement thereof. Heiiry Luiten, Executor1 of tho Estate of Jacob Luiten, deceased. Perry C. Stroud. Attorney. Dated nt St. Johns. Oregon. Tuesdny. Mny nth. 1015. Date of irst mil) lent on. Fri day. May. 14th. 1015. Date of last publication. Iri- dny. June Uth, 1015. ORDINANCE NO. 662 Notice U hereby clveu that the asses incut (or the improvement of Osweuo street Irom Columbia ulvtl. to binilli avenue, total cost of which la 52. 2-19.39 was declared oy Ordinance No.662, entitled "An ordinance declaring the coat of lmprovini; Oswego street from the north side line of Columbia boulevard to the sotiih sfdc of Smith ave nue and assessing the property benefited thereby, dcclarini; sucli assessment and directing the entry of the same in the docket of city Ileus," i lie cost ot said improvement is levied upon nil tlie lots. iiarls ol lots ami par celtot laud within the boundaries of the district, as follows: Iletween Columbia boulevard and bmith avenue. A statement of said utsessment has been entered in the docket of city liens May 12, 1915, ami said assessment is now due and payable at the office of the recorder of the city of St. Johns. Or- egou, and will bedelinnuentaml bear in. terest alter May Slid. 11)16. and If not paid on or before June lltb, 1915, nroceedlugu will be taken lor the collec tion of the same by sale of property as provided oy uie city cuarier. A. K. DUM&JIUKK, City Recorder. Published in the St, Johns Review on May 14 and 21, 1915. with its wngons of gilt nnd gilt- MntiPQ nt Pnot nf mnrnwQmont tor, with its strange animals, ullulJ u uudiuiimpiuiui.iu.il with its uenutifui women on horsebnek nnd everything else thnt goes to mnko un n wonder fill, happy dny beneath thosreat If A. i r m Hiireauinir iciuh. ror on mnv 21-25, there will nrrive in Port land tho Scll8-Ilotn C reus nnd Buffalo Bill's Original Wild West for two day's exhib tion. after noon nnd night. Mnny features are with the circus this yenr, principal nmong which nrouoi. William Frederick Cody Buffalo Bill) with his en tiro retinuo of Indinns, riders, ropors, cowooys. cowgir 8. rnncr- ers, soldiers and vanqueros; and Rosa Rosalind, the Maid of Mys tery. Nover in tho history of America bus there been nn equestrienne like Iiosn Rosalind. One after another sho turns air- sets, "llipllojis" nnd somersnults upon tho back of a nlunKinir horse until it is almost impossible for tho oyo to loiiow her. xnen, too, tnero aro many other features to bo seen with tho big show this year, Captain tecardo and his lions. LucinZora and her three herds of perform ng elephants. Devlin's Zouaves. the forty clowns. Rodnh Royal nnd his horses, nnd hundreds of nctorbats, aroialists contortion ists and tumblers. Tho price of tho c reus this yearr Iho same as ever, a gen oral admission of 25 cents, in cluding seat. Two performances will he given, ono at 2:15 in tho afternoon and another at 8;15 at night. Doors will bo opened an lour earlier. DO YOU GET Good groceries? Are you satis fied with tho quality of the goods and tho brands and tho service.' Now, when tho Hrst of the month is coming, is tho timo to make a chango if you aro not periectly satisfied. Where you can buy overv- ung of tho highest grade and guaranteed qualities, from a bar rel of (lour to a box of tooth picks, there's a good place to trade. Give us a trial for ono month. Alex. S. Scales. Phono Col. 210. An Ordinance Declaring the Cost of Improving Oswego Street in the City of St. Johns from the North Side Line of Columbia Boalevard to the South Side Line of Smith Avenue and Assessing the Property Benefited Thereby, Declaring Such Assessment and Directing the Entry of the Same the Docket of City Liens. in The city of St. Johns does ordnlh as louowst That the council has considered the proposed assessment for improving Uiwego street in tne city ol ht. joiin irom uie nortn side line oi uoiuuim boulevard to the south aid line of Smith avenu nnd nil objections made thereto, and hereby ascertains, determines and declares the whole cost of said im provcmeiit in manner provided by Ordi nance No. 012 to be the sum of 12219.39 and that the special and peculiar benefits accruing to ccn lot or part lucre' ot or parcel ol land witnin tlie as sessment district, by reason of said im provcmeiit and In just proportion to such benefits, are in the respective amounts set opposite the of each lot or part thereof number or description r na laud lit tlie following annexed assess nicnt rolLand said assessment roll, which is numbered 110. Is hereby adopted and approved as the assessment for said im. proveiiieiit. and the recorder of the citv oi oi. jouns is directed to enter a state ment ol the assessment hereby made lu the docket of city liens, and cause notice thereof to be published ns provided by cuarier, wuicu nMessmeut is as follows: Addition Lot Block Amount Copies N. 65 ft. 23 24. .. .6 $32.28 , 00 It. 23 33.14 Copies 22. 21, 20 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 26. 26. 27. 23. 18.91 14.99 4.94 20.33 22.31 21.94 17.31 14.91 11.9(3 10.12 654 3.45 43.16 2S.12 27.43 C.29 rjWtf PisiHssimsiiwsM MECHANICS MAGAZINE For Father and Son AND ALL THE FAMILY Two and a half million readers find it of absorbing interest. Everythisg In it w Written Sa You Cm Understand It publUaer for iroe umpto a postal will da. S1.5Q A YEAR 15e A COPY Popular Mtchanlcs Magazine Ho. MKhloin Av., CHICAGO Vcreage .1. on Kjt 4 . 30.66 5 39.66 8..., 89.65 9 ,.39.65 39.65 13.....,. 30.65 16 39.65 17 20.40 Point View 18. 19. 20. 21. 9.24 7.26 3.89 1.C0 12.... 38.88 28.88 25.64 tie Ac v5 24.46 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ,.. 27 28 28 50 31 24.33 2186 23.19 20.47 19.78 1978 19.78 19.78 19.78 19.78 t t .19a 78 7.91 i 7.91 19.78 19.78 ajt 1978 19 73 19.78 19.78 19.78 30.47 23.19 23.36 24.38 ...24.45 36.46 Officers of the City of St. Johns, Oregon Msjror A. A. Muck Recorder A. H. Ihinimoit Trctiurtr Mi. 1, M.Hhsw Attorney-It. C. (leealin Hniilnrtr J. (). Ruroou City Health Officer Ur. U. K Craves Chief ol roller John Pott Day Police Henry Muck. Night 1-oltcc O. W. Norene, J. B. Joan, 8. C. COUNCIIMCN AT IARCC Cook, I. n. Mattln J. H. Downey COUNCIIMCN flltST WARD Gradcn, 1). Tslltnao COUNCIIMCN SCCOND WAND II. W. nonham O. L, 1'errlne COMMinCCS ftlieeUand Docks H. C Cook, K. OraJen, u. Tinman. IJctnac I). Tillman, I. H. Martin, 8. Water and r.ltbt-K.'OtaJen.'l. U.Martin, ll. w. iionnam, I'lnance !. II, Martin, II. V. nooltim, H, C. Cook. Health and roller -J. H. Downey, K. flraden. O, L. 1'errlne. Liquor MccnacII. W, Uoiiliam, J. fC uowncr. u. rvrriur. Vulldlnga and Ground O, I.. 1'errlne, V Tillman, J. a. Downey, " 32 .25.64 " 33 28.88 41 34 28.38 ' 1 11 1978 " 2 19.78 3. , . 1978 ' 4aaaaa a a t 1978 " 6.. 19.78 " No'lVlOfUG 7.91 " Js'lylJft. 6 11.87 " 7 8 9 " 10 11 12 " 13. " 14 19.78 .19.78 19.78 22.89 22.89 23.C8 23.92 24.43 lttattaaa at 2li96 1G itmti 2574 17 28.07 18 28.07 19 6 28,07 20 28.07 21 25.74 22 24.96 23 iimmii 2443 24 23.92 25 , 23.98 26 22.89 27 22.89 23 19,78 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. .19.78 19.78 .19.78 19.78 .19.78 .19.78 .19.78 .19.78 Total 2,249.39 Passed by the Council this 11th day of W rt w ' ' oiay, lyio. Approved by the Mayor this 12th dav ui suay, miQ, a. a. aiuiK, Mayor, Attest: A. R. 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