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Hfetarfo) UUtr St. Johns is Calling You Hai icven churche. Hat a moil promising future. Distinctively a manufacturing city Adjoin the city of Portland. Hm nearly 6,000 population. Hai a public library. Taxable property, f4.500.OO0. Mat large dry dock, aw mill Woolen mill, iron work, Stove works, aibetto factory, Ship building plant, Veneer and cxeeltior plant, Flour mill, planing mill, Dox factory, and other. More induitrie coming. St. John i the place for YOU. St. Johns is Calling You I second in number of Induitrie. I seventh in population. Cor to Portland every 16 min. Has navigable water on 3 side. Has finest gas and electricity. Has 3 strong banks. Has five large school houes. Has abundance of purest water. Has hard surface streets. Has extensive sewerage system. Has fine, modern brick city hall. Has good payroll monthly. Ships monthly many cars freight. All railroad have access to it. Is gateway to Portland hatbor. Climate ideal and healthful. ST. JOHNS REVIEW Devoted (o (be Intereit of (be Penlniula. the Manufacturing Center of (be Northwest VOL. II ST. JOHNS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 4. 1915. NO 30 COUNCIL MEETS Matters of Importance Receive Attention All members were present nt the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, with Mayor Muck presiding. A number of property owners presented n remonstrance against the improvement of Catlin street and the same was referred to the city engineer to ascertain the percentage of property rep resented on the remonstrance. A communication from the G. A. R. expressed thanks for the do-iation of $50 granted for dec orative purposes by the city. The Western Cooperage Comp any requested that a (Ire hydrant be installed at Alma street, and the matter was referred to the watonand light committee for recommendation. Looffelmnn, Oswald & Martin, contractors, reported that they had made a mistake in their bid on the improvement of Pittsburg strict, and that $100 additional be allowed or the contract bo annulled. As the contract had been signed and the bonds ac cepted, it was decided to hold the matter over for a week's consideration and the engineer and city nttornoy directed to look into the matter thoroughly and make recommendation. It was decided that an offer of wood at a price of $2.25 per cord on tho ground bo tendered the school board. Tho city still owns a largo quantity of wood lying on tho Gatton tract. Bills totalling $31)0.77 wero al lowed. Considerable discussion was indulged in regarding tho accept ance of St. Johns avenue, and it was finally decided that tho council would visit tho street in a body Friday afternoon and en doavor toarrivo at somo definite decision regarding it. Chairman of tho street com mittee, Dr. Cook, was authoriz ed to make needed repairs on Columbia boulevard. Tho petition for the sidewalk ing of South Jersey street was referred back to tho petitioners to securo more waivers. Tho city attorney was directed to draft a now weed ordinance. The mayor having vetoed tho new dog ordinance, a motion that it bo passed over his vote, made by Councilman Downey, was lost. Councilman Cook, Mar tin and Bonham voting no, and Gradcn, Tallman, Perrino and Downoy voting in tho affirma tive. Two-thirds vote is requir ed to pass over the mayor's ve to. Lumber Prospects Good Prospects for improvement in the Northwest lumber trade, the chief industry of this corner of the United States, aro said by the Timberman to be increased by the prospective construction of the Alaska railroad by the Government immediately at a cost of $28,000,000. Tho new road, 41G miles from Seward to Fairbanks, with a branch of 38 miles up tho Matanuska Valley, will require a large amount of lumber, not only for construc tion purposes, but for the devel opment of the country to be opened, which is expected to re sult in a continued and growing demand for Coast lumber. Shipments of lumber to Alas ka in 1914, as reported by the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bu reau. amounted to more than 85, 000,000 feet. Another helpful element in the local lumber situation is that the transcontinental railroads are considering seriously the question of a reduction in freight rates so as to be able to compete successfully with the Panama Canal. With a reduction in the Pittsburg territory to equal the Chicago rate of 55 cents, there would undoubtedly be a marked tendency to increase the market for Pacific Coast lumber. The enlarged wheat acreage in Western Canada, it is said, will have the effect of increasing the demand for lumber. The problem facing exporters of Pacific Coast lumber is now that of tonnage. Every day the situation becomes more acute, It is said that as vessels reach England they are at once com mandeered for government use. Meanwhile large orders have been placed for export railroad What the Germans Hold The importance of the five per cent of French territory held by the Germans is strikingly set forth in a statement given to tho press by the National Geological Society. It shows that while it is comparatively small in nrea it is very large in industrial and agricultural importance and says: "Holding about 10,000 square miles of French territory, or less than one -twentieth of con tinental France, the Germans have behind their advance lines nearly one-half of industrial France, and tho homes of one tenth of her population. Pas- do Calais, Nord Aisne, Arden nics, Mouse and Meutho-ct-Mo- scllc, of which the Germans hold nil, or tho largest and most jmportant parts, are the banner ucparimcnis oi r ranee, iicre are the mines, tho foundries and tho factories, and the dairies and farms, which are the pride. the wealth and tho strength of modern France. In this nnrrow strip under German occupation, there is produced nearly seven ty per cent of all coal mined in France, ninety nor cent of all tho native mined iron, and near ly half of tho republic's output of manufactured articles'. "Tho iron and steel industry lies almost entirely back of the German trenches. France stood fourth among the nations of tho world in production of iron and steel, with nn nnnual production of 3. GOO. 000 tons of pig iron and 3.100.000 tons of steel. This in dustry was centred and contain ed in northern France, for hero were tho raw mnterials. Tho Flemish coal basin, extending Into tho Nord and Pns-de-Calois, where 1,000,000 miners were employed, produced sixty per cent of tho coal mined in France, and, practically, tho country's entire supply of fossil coal. "Tho Nord department, nil but n few square miles of whose const land is in tho possession of tho enemy, is in agricultural and industrial importance tho first department in France. In this department, and tho depart ments of the Pas-de-Calais, Mouse and Mcutho-ct-Moselleare tho great metal working plants of tho French, tho hugo Pitts burg and Cleveland mills, foun dries and machine shops of that country. In theuo departments, further, is a great part of tho tcxtilo industry, the cotton, woolen and linen weaving, tho working of lnco and embroidery, the weaving of carpets and dye ing. Flour mills, brick kilns, distilleries, glnss works, pottery works, shoo and hat factories, tobacco factories, and large plants for the production of hardware, enameled iron hollow ware, and edge tools are strewn through this thickly populated section in profusion. In tho shops situated within these de partments most of tho French cabinet work is done, and near by tho beet fields, much of tho Frencli sugar is refined. Menace in Trouble The seditious utterances of tho Menace a name fittingly self-applied has brought the publishers of that anti-Catholic weekly paper into trouble with tho federal court at Kansas City, and they have been ordered to trial on indictments charging them with using the mails for tho transmission of obscene matter.' The freedom of tho press is safely guranteed by the constitution, but when the free dom thus allowed degenerates into abuse of tho privilege.those responsible therefore are justly held amenable to the law in se vere penalties. The Catholics of America constitute a large proportion of our most patriotic citizenship, and any publication that seeks to array religious pre judice against them to the ex tent that the Menace has by its inflammatory utterances has no legitimate place in American journalism. Gresham Outlook. material at various mills, with no tonnage in sight to move it. Inquiries for 10,000,000 feet of Oregon pine for South Africa have been received. Auto for hire by day, hour or trip, at very reasonable rates. Good opportunity for parties of four or less to make a trip into the country at a low price. H. M. Waldref.609 Fessenden street Phone Columbia 206. NoU the Itbel on your paper. FOUR DROWNED When Motor Boat Over turned Monday Night The lives of four young peo ple wero suddenly ended by the waters of the Willamette river Monday night, when a launch was overturned in somo manner. Tho dead aro Mrs. James J. Martin, aged 27. of G01 North Willamette boulevard, St. Johns; Mrs. Doris Shannon, aged 28, of 735 Vanderbilt street, Ports mouth; Amos Weiss, aged 24, of tho same address; Clyde Davidson, aged 25, of GIG Salem street, St. Johns. The only member of the party surviving is Mrs. Minnie Weiss, wife of Mr. Amos Weiss. The follow ing particulars regarding the distressing affair arc taken from Tuesday's Telegram:, Clinging to n drifting board in tho west channel of the Wil lamette river just below the North Pacific Lumber company's dock, Mrs. Minnie Weiss, aged 2G, of 735 Vanderbilt street, was found unconscious by A. Coylc, a fisherman, nt 3 o'clock Tues day morning after a motor bont had capsized. Four persons who wero with Mrs. Weiss aro miss ing and undoubtedly drowned. With Mrs. Weiss when tho boat capsized wero her husband, Amos, who was a boiler maker at the Columbia Engineering company's shops nt Linnlon; Clyde Davidson, who was em ployed as a water tender on riv er boats and tho son of W. II. Davidson, of GIG Salem street, St. Johns; Mrs. Doris Shannon, a sister of Mrs. Weiss.who lived nt tho Woiss homo, and Mrs. Ethel Martin, the wifo of James Martin, engineer nt the St.Jolins Woolen mills. No hope is held for1 any of tho party, although Mrs. Weiss cannot bo convinced that her husband is dead, as he was an export swimmer. Tho boat capsized when ono member of tho pnrtj had trouble with tho steering apparatus and tried to turn tho boat at a bend in tho channel by standing up and rocking it into tho right direction. Tho man lost his bal ance and a second Inter nil tho occupants of tho boat wero in tho river. Coyle planned Tuesday to catch tho early run of fish and when i ho left his houseboat north of tho docks, ho rowed onto tho river where ho saw a woman lying on a board, her fingers gripping the edge with death like tenacity. Ho lifted the body into his boat and rowed it to a houseboat occupied by an elderly woman who resuscitated the young woman and gave her dry clothing, while Coylo rowed out again in vain hope that he might find other survivors. Tho rain was pouring down and he had no success, although he spent an hour rowing to and fro. Not even tho boat could be found, and it is supposed that it sank immediately. Weiss traded his motorcycle three weeks ago for tho motor boat that carried the party to death. He was a motor boat ex pert and had spent half of his life on the river. When Coyle gave up the search he summoned the harbor patrol Elidor, which responded bearing Patrolmen Tilton, Jackson. Jaec kel, Hazen and Earl Nelson. They conveyed Mrs. Weiss to tho emergency hospital. Later she was taken to the quarters of Matrons Sampson and Smith in the city jail. Tho shock was so great that she was delirious for a short time, but under the care of the matrons she regained her strength and told a somewhat incoherent story of the tragedy. "It must have been about 9 o'clock last night," said Mrs. Weiss, "when Amos, Clyde, Dor is and myself started for a short spin in the new boat and after running on the river for a little while we decided to visit Mrs. Martin in her apartments at St. Johns. We did this and then asked Mrs. Martin to take a ride with us. We ran up the river after she got into the boat and it was on our way to take her home that the accident happen ed. Everything is in a dreadful haze to me, but if I remember correctly, one of tho men in our boat I can't remember which one was having trouble in steering and stood up to help the boat make a turn. Then all I remember is being in the water. I haven't a recollection of what happened after that and I don't To Repeal Wage Scale Another kink was taken in Commissioner Daly's Utopian ideals yesterday when City At torney LaRocho sent nn ordi nance to tho City Council virtu ally repealing Mr. Daly's ordi nance as passed last winter pro viding a $3 n day minimum wage for all workmen engaged by mu nicipal contractors. The change as proposed by Mr. LaHocho is said to be for tho purpose of removing the pos sibility of tho city suffering a largo financial loss by the meas ure being held invalid by the courts. The change as proposed would exempt irom the mini mum wage and tho other provis ions of tho ordinance tho men engnged in street nnd sewer work. There is but little other municipal work that could be affected by tho ordinnnce. If the change is adopted by the council it will bo virtually the annulment of the entire mini mum wage issue. Those who have followed the situation declare that the sys tem has not done what Mr. Dalv said it would do. Instead of providing a $3 n day wnge for laborers it has enabled Syrians and Italians to get nil of the city's sower work thus taking tho bread and butter from the mouths of Portland laborers. Iho ordinance requires that contractors taking contracts from tho city shall pay not less than tho city's scnlo of wages for workmen. Tho lowest wage for laborers is $3 according to the city's sale. byrians and Italians have averted tho minimum wage by banding together, underbidding regular contractors and after getting tho contracts, doing the work nnd dividing tho profits. Each of tho workmen is n party to tho contract or in other words is a contractor. No men nrc employed, so no $3 minimum wnge has to be paid. It is said that on somo contractu tho men have netted less than 75 cents a day. Records in tho city's depart ment of public works show that since March 2G when tho mini mum wage measure went into effect Syrians nnd other aliens havo procured all but two or threo of tho sower contracts. Out of tho men engaged in sower construction now, it is said only about 8 per cent are Amercans. Tho others aro Syrians, Italians and Russians. City Attorney LaRocho says the pulling of tho teeth of the Daly ordinanco is necessary for tho protection of tho city. It is probable tho validity of tho ordinance will be tested on tho ground that the City Council is merely tho agent for property owners and has no right to pay more than tho going wngo for workmen engnged in doing street or sewer work for the property owners. If tho city should renu ro the payment of tho higher wage it is said tho city might havo to pay back tho difference to the nronerty owners. Mr. LaRocho says the city should take no fur ther chances and it is for that reason ho recommends the chan ging of the ordinance. Orego- nian. know how I caught tho plank that saved my life." Mrs. Weiss has been married six years. She was formerly Miss Minnie Wilson of Walla Walla, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Weiss, live. Mrs. Shannon was her older sis ter and was separated from her husband some years ago. bhan non has since remarried and lives at Walla Walla. Weiss is survived by his father and moth er, George Weiss and wife, and two brothers, Ned and Howard Weiss, of 510 Salem street. St. Johns. Davidson's father. W. H. Davdson, of GIG Salem street. All the bodies were recovered and taken to the St. Johns Un dertaking parlors. Back to the Farm Would you like to own a choice little farm in Yamhill County, Oregon? If so, come in and see what I can do for you. I have a few friends with choice little farms who wish to exchange for City property. Dr. W. J. Gil strap. First National Bank Build ing, St. Johns, Oregon, Take your next picture on an Ansco film the court decreed original film. Get it at The St. Johns Pharmacy, Ansco dealers. THE LIBRARY Interesting Notes for the Library Patrons Hours: Afternoon, 12:00 to'G:30. Evening. 7:00 to 9:00. Sunday, 2:30 to 5:30. Books Received: Bnrrie Half Hours. Containing the four clever and brief plays: Pnntnlonn. Tho Twelve-Pound Look. Rosalind. The Will. Burnham-Tho Right Track. A Christian Science story. Iioppin Life of Admiral Foote. "What tho hero of Fort Henry and tho Mississippi accomplish ed was no accident of fortune, but was prepared for in the ear lier stages of n lifo devoted to the highest aims. Ho wns a ircnuinc Amerirnn ntiilnr. I Mm qualities of mind and tempera ment have the smack of the salt sea tho free play and rough force of old ocean. He wns a true child of tho son of fluent spirit, moved by powerful im pulses, loving honor, bold nnd nirectionato. Yet ho wns more than this. To the simple sailor- Htlirlt of inrinmitnhle InviiHv in duty was added a regligious en thusiasm that fitted him to con tend with foes more formidable than winds or waves. Hero lay tho real strength of his charac ter." Hacckel Evolution of Man. This was tho first attempt to render tho facts of human germ history nccesslblo to n wider elr. clo of educated pcoplo and to ex plain those facts by human tri bal history. No other branch of natural science vet remnina nn exclusively confined to its own technical students; no other branch has boon so wilfully ob scured and mystified by priest ly influence, as has the germ history of man. Few educated men havo any suspicion of tho fact, that those hnmim emhrvns conceal a greater wealth of im portant truths, nnd form a more abundant source of knowledge than is afforded by tho whole mass of most other science and of nil so-called " revelations. " Tho namo of Darwin is indeed in everv mouth, nut few nnr. sons havo really assimilated the theory of descent ns reformed by him. few havo mndo it nnrt of themselves. Lodge Pioneers of Science. A course of lectures on tho history nnd progress of astrono my tho merit of which consists in their simnlo statement nnd explanation of scientific facts and laws. Tho fliruro of each Pioneer in turn is presented with vividness as a livincr flmirn nnd his influence traced on tho prog ress ot thought, bomo of tho most interesting chapters are: Galileo and the Inquisition. Tho Discovery of Neptune. Bissol Tho Distnnco of tho Stars. Lairrnniro nnd T.nnlnpn The Stability of tho Solar System, and tho Nebular Hypothesis. wicnoison iho Ancient Life History of tho Earth. A comprehensive outline of tho nrinclnles and lcndincr facts of tho science which is concern ed with tho living beings which flourished upon tho globe during past periods of its history. uawnnson btory ot 1'arthia. Excent in resnect of their mil- itary prowess, it is doubtful if justice is done to tho Parthians by any classical author. They occupied the nosition of tho sec- ond nation in the world from about B. C. 1550 to A. D. 22G. They were a check and a coun terpoise to Rome preserving a balance of power "and prevent ing the absorption of all other nations into tho Tvrant Rmnire. They afforded a refuge to those whom Rome would fain have hunted down, allowed a freedom to their subjects which no Ro man Emperor ever permitted, excelled the Romans in toleration and in a liberal treatment of foreigners and gave tho East a protection from foreign foes, and a government well suited to its needs, for a period of nearly four centuries." Tolstoi War and Peace. "A nanorama of Rua.min affairs, public and private, dur ing tho war with Napoleon, in the guise of a family chronicle. Tho reader sees through tho eyes of the principal characters and colored by their emotions, the entire iife of the nation Annual Alumni Reunion The second annual reunion of tho Alumni of Room IK. Henrrnl School, was held in tho assembly hull of the school on the even ing of the first day of June. Nearly every member of the M. F. Burghduff's one hundred eighty graduates wus present. Tho hall was crowded with tho jolly boys and girls ns they re newed old friendships and play ed games and sang songs. A registration booth was con ducted by Miss Lenoro Kilton nnil In n hnntltffltllv iinnrl nnintnri folio she recorded tho signatures oi the entire assembly. A program was given under the supervision of n committee from each class, Walter An drews winning high honors for the excellent productions ho se cured from his clnss, and the double committee work dono by him. Violin solos were delightfully rendered by Flavins West and Leon Peterson accompanied by Miss Lola Murphy. Mis3 Mil ler sanir in her nlnnninir wnv. and Clyde Thayer proved to his delighted audience that his voice has trained wonderful richnosn and volume. "Motr Men-lilies." Mih Mnr. gnrct Nelson, wrote nnd recited a poem for all classes, and when tho clapping ccnsed.sho told how Olgn had her picture taken, snenkinir in the mmint Norwo- gian style. Miss Onn Wn liner nhiverl iih sho never played before, nnd the piano keys fnirly spoko under her magic touch. Randomh Howard made nil tho boys envious of his excellent pi ano achievements. Again and again Russcl Smith was called buck to whistle IiIh way into tho hearts of his class mates. Refreshments wero served nt the headquarters established by each class, in different imrls of tho hall. Sandwiches, punch. cake, lemonade, cnndles. fruit and cookies of nil sorts disap as if by magic. The guests of honor wore Supt. C. H. Boyd. Mr. nnd Mrs. Mon ahan nnd Mr. Tanch. One important feature of tho reunion is to iicminint tint nut. going grnmmnt school class with their luturo school mates and thus encourngo a desiro for a continuation of their education. Souvenir cards wero givon to tho departing guests and on each card was listed the classes which M. F. Burghduir lias had tho nlcasuro of lrrnduntini? from Room 15 Central School. Juno '12, Owl Club 3-1 mem bers. Feb. '13. Satellite Sociotv 20 members. Juno '13. Stnr Sociotv M mombers. Feb. 'M, Busy Bees 12 mom bers. Juno 'M. Coronn Cliih 30 members. Fob. '15. Central Cltv 24 members. June '15. Rovnl Romiblio 37 members. Tribute to M. R HiirffhiliiiPH graduating classes: Hark! what sounds peal forth. Rlncr! rint?! rincr! - - - - r f - f Mark I from south to north. Brinir brlmr brlmr! Ah! 'tis sounds of boundless joy, All the world cannot alloy. bing! sing! sing! OWL. Laugh! yo stately owl. Ha! ha! ha! Chaff! yo ancient fowl. Rah! rah! rah! Lordly bird in wisdom dressed. Throw your knowledgo to tho west Lah! l'ah! lah! CRESCENTS. Shine! oh Crescent Moon. Gleam! gleam! gleam! Fine! oh silver boon. Dream! dream! dream! Lovely queen, oh shed thy light, Fill with joy this matchless night. Beam! beam! beam! STARS. Star! thou evening Inmp. throughout this tremendous epoch. Tho battle pieces are wonderful analysis of the sensa tions and emotions of a combat ant." Young The Sun. A general view of what is known and believed about tho sun in language and manner un professional but precise. New Charge Copies: Grey Lono Star Ranger. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap. These aro also on tho regular shelves. 'Items From Dailv Abstract (Portland's Official Paper) Commissioner Dieck of tho Department of Public Works is planning to start tho annual weed cutting campaign. It will bo conducted this year on a different basis from that pursu ed the past two years. Instead of the city cutting weeds nnd grass on vacant lots nnd assess ing tho cost to the property owners, the latter will be noti fied to clean up their premises, and if they do not comply with tho orders they will bo arrested for maintaining a nuisance. Bids for paving 73 miles of highway in Multnomah County under tho $1,250,000 bond issuo will be opened by tho County Commissioners at 11 o'clock June 9, the first day of the Rose Festival. If awards aro made at once Roadmnster Yeon expects to havo paving operations in full swing a week afterward. Tho last preliminary in tho way of advertising for bids wns cleared nwny nt a meeting of the Commissioners Wedncsdny. Specifications for 12 types of pavement wero approved and or dered advertised and n form of separate contract, under which contractors will bid at nominal sums to maintain tho roads they have laid for five years beyond tho five-year period covered by surety bonds given with the con struction contracts, also as agreed upon and ordered ndverised concurrently with advertise ments of tho specifications, but separately from them. It seems practically certain that at least two miles of road will bo paved with wood block'j as a test of tho durability of that typo or pavement when properly laid. Tho advertisements as prepared by Roadmnster Yeon call for bids on wood block pave ment for ono mile on the Bnso Lino road, cast of tho Twelve Mile House, toward the Sandy River, nnd for ono milo on tho Snndy rond east of Fnirvicw. Advertisements for this pave ment havo been asked with tho understanding that tho wood block people will stand tho d lifer enco in cost between wood block and other types of pnvomont on which csimatcs had been based. Glare! glare! glare! Far! from out thy camp. Staro! stare! stare! Thrust aside the robes of day, Come and twinkle while you may. Flare! flaro! flare! BUSY BEES. Dance! you busy becs. Trip! trip! trip! Prance! nnd pleasure please. Dip! dip! dip! Leavo your work and come to play, Lifo is only one short day, Flip! flip! flip! CORONAS. Cry! on crowned chick. Peep! peep! peep! Fly! your wings spread quick. Lean! leap! leap! Now Corona chick rojoice. Spread your wings and raiso your voice. Cheep! cheep! cheep! CENTRAL CITY. Hear! oh city neat. Chime! chime! chime! Cheer! and stay thy feet. Time time time Make tho town with anthems ring, Nights like this a blessing, bring. Chime! chimo! chimo! ROYAL REPUBLIC. Bow! Republic Grand. Bend! bend! bend! Now! oh royal band. Blend! blend! blend! Though you're dignified for sooth, Sing in heart, rojoico in youth. Mend! bend! bend! Stop! for why be 'glad? Guile! guile! guile! Hop! don't daro bo sad. While! while! while! Room fifteen doth reunite, Joy doth reign supreme tonight. Smile! smile! smile! Meg Merrilies, Alumni Poet, For Rent Ono G room house. $8.00; ono 7 room house with i acre, $8.00; ono G room house all remodeled, $10.00. Peninsula Security Co., Room 5 over First National Bank. Special sale on Initial Station ery on display in our window. Twenty boxes given away free. . Is your namo in our window? Look, at The St. Johns Pharmacy,