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THE ST. JOHNS REVIEW A. W. MARKLE Published Every Friday At 117 Wet Burlington Stroot Tun Ritvinw In entered nt nost office In Saint Johns, Oregon, as mall matter ot the second Class under me Act 01 won trcss of March 3, 1879, Subscription priee $1.00 per year One of the stock in trade pre vnricntions of the political apita tor is that capital gets tho hon'f share of modern industry and that labor gets only one-third to one-fifth. The national civic federation, composed of big men in education, industry and prac tical affairs, has triven the result of a prolonRed investigation to get at the truth of this economic nroblom. They nnd there is no truth in the ancient and thread bare fabrication that labor gets on y a minimum of production The opposite is more nearly tho truth. The committee came to tho conclusion that "in general after miscellaneous expenses and tho cost of materials or supplies are deducted, tho net earnings in industry are divided two t urds for salaries nnd wages and one-third for interest,profits and tho upkeep of capital, since out of this share the capitalist must provide for depreciation. ' In other words.lnbor in America receives CO 23 per cent of the net earnings of industry, but capital only 33 1-3 per cent Canital. without allowing for depreciation, receives only half of the share of the product that labor receives. Pacific Coas Manufacturer. To the casual visitor at the San Francisco Fair the greatest attractions in tho Oregon build ing aro the specimens of myrtle wood furnituro from tho Coos Kay region. Tho myrtlo is class ed as a hardwood, lias a ncauti ful grain, takes a marvelous pol ish and in table, desk, chair, lodge room arch andsmnll wares, as well as in panels, it consti lutes the most Deaiitilui wood attraction on tho grounds and gives KoprcBontntivo J. A. Ward opportunity to do all the talking ho wants to. A myrtlo wood booth disposes of immense mum titics of souvonirs. nt rather "stiff" prices, for tho visitors cannot resiBl their beauty. The twelve foot Hood Hivor annlc. inside of which is a pano ram a reproduction of tho Hood River valley, with a constantly moving train in tho foreground. is tho stellar attraction of the Oregon exhibit nt tho Palace 0 Horticulture. This catches the oyo and holds tho visitor fasci tinted. It is truly nn attractive display and is much talked about. Hut whilo this is an at traction, the fruit from Hoguo river tho Willamette Valley and Hood Itiver is tho marvel. Much of it is supcrfino and it will ho remembered that Director Knvlin has dispayod it well enough to win tho Grand Prize. Other sections of Oregon could contri bute magnificent fruit to tho display but it has not yet arriv ed, some high class easterners saw the immense ciierries on display thoro tho other day and wcro hard to convince that theso were not some variety of prune. Several personB huvo asked: "Aro you going to continuo tho paper right along?" Sure wo aro. Hecauso St. Johns has merged with Portland is no rea son why wo should all stagnate and lie dormant out hero. If a paper was usoful in St. Johns beforo merging.it is surely more so now. Since the council meet ings have been abandoned tho city dailios cannot ntford to send a reprosontntivo out hero to pick up the little happenings happenings that aro interesting to this section nlono. Thoro aro nwespapors at Lents, Sellwood and Montnvilla, places of far less imnortanco than tho Peninsula. So why not hero? It is true that tho loss of tho city printing is folt, but there are avonuos for business that wo have never made much oll'ort to develop that wo shall now go nftor good and hard. Wo have reduced tho subscription prico of tho Review in order to got a largor subscrip tion list. Wo folt that wo would rather give tho subscriber tho benoflt of tho 25 cents reduction than give that amount to u so licitor for securing the subscrip tion or spond it on a premium, as so many publishers do. Times have been hard and tho subscrib ers aro entitled to all tho advan tages that can bo Becured for them. Wo want to got all tho news that it is possible to got. Wo want tho paper filled up with homo happenings, as they will not likely no found in any other publication. Tho city pa pers cannot devote their space to anything but tho more im portant happenings, whilo tho Review will deal with tho littlo occurrences that have a com munity interest, as well as the more important ones. Its chief aim will bo to boost this lower Peninsula to tho best of its abil ity. If you aro not already a subscriber, have your name en rolled at once, and wo feel sure that you will got your money's worth boforo tho year has expired, .jasaaaaaar MWVWIifT 1 r - D I ONCE HAD MONEY I HAD FRIENDS I LOANED MY MONEY TO MY FRIENDS I ASKED MY MONEY OF MY FRIENDS I HAVE NO MONEY .J HAVE NO FRIENDS VFfAD ONLY" MAD JTAf Of?. BANK WOULD Young mail, you have no friends as good as YOUR OWN MONEY. It can always be relied upon. If you lose your job, or get hurt or sick, if other friends forsake you, which they would, your money will stay with you. Have it in OUR BANK where it is safe and where you can get it when you want it. Make OUR bank YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent interest on Savings Accounts FIRST NATIONAL BANK, ST. JOHNS, OREGON A BILL IN THE BOX Story of a Lcgislativo Prank In tho Now York Assembly. DILEMMA OF A TIMID MEMBER. Though ills Nam Was Signed to the Meaeure H Was Not Its Author and Whan Ordered to Withdraw It What Little Courage He Had Failed Him. Thoro was a fako bill Introduced In tho nsmitnbly of Now York Mtnto dur ing tho kcimIoii of IIKX! that really bo cntno u fntnouii piece of k'KUlntloii bo foro It nrrlvcd ot Us fonnnl Unlit, nl thouh'h It linn nuvcr until tho present tlmu been chronicled In print. Tho act was placet In tho nsHcmbljr bill box by two Joker of tho nmtcinbly, It wan drawn up In tho regular form, becluiiluir with tho uocossitry verbiage, "Tho peoplo of tho tato of Now York lu aouato niul assembly rvpresouted," etc. Tho provisions of tho tlrst two or Uirco HoctloiiH wero also very plausible, and, In fact, tho entire tneasuro ttUf put foRcthur In audi n wny that only n technician In leifblatlvo matter could havo discerned tho Joko. Tho assembly bill box to n receptacle placed for tho mcauure of tho leubtla tors who muy wish to havo them lu trod need nt tho next regular dally ses sion HiiliHtiuunt to their deposit, Tim box U only used "between t tin oh." for when tho ussembly Is lu scission tho bill may bo handed up to tho clerk for rending. Hills ura Introduced lu dupli cate and must bear, of courso, tho In troducer's uaino. Tho Jokers dropped tho fako bill Into tho box 011 a Thursday night They attached a member's namo whoso dis trict was In tho crowded oast sldo suc tion of Now York. Ho was what was known na a machlno man and bad lit tlo Inlttatlvo or individuality. Ho never waited over for Friday morning sessions, as they lastiM but few min ute, and It was easier to tako tho train to New York Thursday night, re turning after recess tho following Monday night The fako hill with the east side member's name was duly taken out of tho box Krldny morning and Its tttlo rend. It was referred to IU prop er committee and ordered printed. Its purpose was mado very plain. At every crotisroml throughout the state of New York there must bo placed at once by the stato engineer nnd sur veyor a signpost with a sign of ex actly dcscrtlxxl dimensions, and letter ing mousurvd to a dot, directing trav elers to tho nearest place for euter- talnmeut of man and beast. The angles of tho crossroads were specified lu their exact degree with respect to the proper placing of tho sign, No sooner was tho title of the bill read than tho afternoon uowspaper representatives at Albany pricked up tuolr ears, Ttuy Weru on the alert always for New York city legislation, but here was a bill making It manda tory to erect slgti08ta throughout the state, and essentially of rural benefit. Yet n member from a congested .New York district had Introduced It. Some thing strange. They searched around for the alleged Introducer, Ho was lu New York, They took no chances, however, and telegruvbed u column to their papers telling of tho attempt to signpost tbe stato by an east side tes ts! a tor. The morning papers took It up. Re porters huutod up the assemblyman at his home. Ho roared out hU denial. Out nobody believed htm. He got a hurry telephone call from his district leader, to whom ho swore bo had In troduced no such btlL no was ordered to ask for tho privilege of tbe floor at Monday night's sesslou and compel tba withdrawal of the b!!L Ho bad stago fright over tho Idea. He was almost too bashful to raise bts "voice when vot ing at roll call. Meatrwhllo the new of the bill spread, and from all quar ters of tba city tho luckleaa assembly men received telephone messages ask ing to be "let In ou tho signpost graft" Tho following Monday ulght the al leged Introducer arrived in Albany al most in a state of colhipAQ. All during tbe ensuing week be wvs ordered to demand (be withdrawal of the bill, but would not rise in his seat und ask it. ?1ulU a member la tbatdnst tcld iho facta to Kpeakcr Nixon. The speaker called the assemblyman to his desk nnd questioned him. He was Hatlsflcd that tho legislator wax altogether too timid to Introduce such u radical bill and exonerated him. Hut the bill had been printed. When It wan Hupposcd that It had been killed In committee the first thing known was a request for n hearing on It by some nood roads workers, who saw In It n blessing nnd who sent the alleged In troducer n congratulatory letter for his public uplrltitl net. The bill of courno died In committee, but Its memory clung to the enst side legislator for many yearn. New ork Hun. WITH HONORS OF WAR. " nights Those Conditions Confer Upon a Defeated Foe, Ordinarily lu all slegu operations n surrender of u fortrom Is uncondition al, and tho vanquished tacitly agreo to accept whatever terms tho victor, In 1 his wisdom, may Impose, relying upon 1 tho Inttor's magnanimity for good and ' lenient treatment. The usual courso is this; The garrison Is disarmed. They are tnado to fall lu, nil ho many prison ers, and escorted to wherever their conquerors decide thoy ahull bo de tained. The conquerors, of course, see that tho escort N u strong guard, properly armed, able to put down at ouco nuy attempt ou the prisoners' part to cs cae or disobey orders. Worst of nil and certainly tho most gulling to nny real soldier, tho almost sacred trophies of the different regiment becomo tho spollii of the victors. Guns, ammunition, colors and such like things nil have to be given up, though men have given their lives to defend them. For tho future they grace tho homes of tho enemy or are turned against their old owuura In tho Held. It Is In theso thing that tho humili ation of surrender become complete. Yet all of It U saved when tho beaten garrison U granted tho "honors of war." That means tho defenders wero simply "defeated, but not disgraced." Ily Its use the successful besiegers admit to the world that tho garrtsou was able to make something better than nu unconditional surrender. Their heroic defense had not left them at their last gasp. They could maintain hostilities for some time yet. and. til though thoy would undoubtedly be beaten at the finish, the form could only be taken after more loss had been suffered. In such a case all that Is demanded of the beaten mon Is that they should evacuate all their positions. These the enemy takes possession of as what he has been striving for. All the colors and other trophies aro retained by tbe garrison, Tho defenders ara not pris oners of war, compelled to surrender Thoy are simply beaten men, volunta rily giving up tbe unequal contest. They are uot disarmed and encoded by guards. Mustering under their own leaders, they have no enemy over them siring orders. Headed by their own bauds, with their own colors flying abovo them and no foreign flag uear, they "march out" of tho positions thoy havo bo nobly held, saluted by their successors and acclaimed by the world as heroes for whom circumstances have beeu too strong. It has been previously settled where they should go, and thither they march by themselves, tbelr ottlccro weariug their swords by tbelr sides, Just as If they wero victors instead of conquered men. They merely evacuate their po sitions and to all purposed are free men, not prisoners. This Is marching out with the "hon ors of war." Pearson's. Homer's Birthplace. Chios is tbe most probable birth place of Homer uud shows the blind bard's cradle, school, house uud tomb. Near tho poet's alleged "school,'' bays the Tall Mall Uatette, U a littlo wlno shop bearing across the trout tho coax ing saying of Hecuba to Hector, "Wine doth vastly increase the strength of a weary man." Although almost exter minated by the terrible massacre of 1622, tbe people of Chios aro tbe most prosperous lu tho Levant Nearly all leading Ureek bunkers and merchants hall from this island, and the well kuowu families ot ltalli and Ilodocuna chl aro of Chlot origin. NoU the label en your paper, oio BREAD AND JELLY Or jam is a sure delight to the little ones. And it is very wholesome, too, if they come from this gro cery. For we handle only those made from pure fruits. And they are far cheaper as well as tooth somer, than high class butter. I Men cannot help being Attracted By onr exhibit of the latest novelties in Shirts, Neckwear, fancy Vests, ruid other seasonable furnishings. ThcV arc so evidently classy, so distinctly high crradc. Q Look over your wardrobe and see what you are shy of. Then come here and get tuc correct things at the proper prices. We are proud of our showing of Summer Underwear. Come in and look them over B. V. D.'s, Lace Weaves, Balbriggan, Poroskuit, all of these arc pop ular sellers. BATHING SUITS 25c to $1.50 i COUCH & CO PIONEER MERCHANTS OIO SPECIALS Men's $4.50 Oxfords at $1.75 " 4.50 High Shoes at 1.75 Ladies' 3.50 Oxfords at 1.98 A Of Shoes, shoes, shoes We still have 600 pairs of Ladies', Misses', Boys' and Children's Shoes on hand. These Shoes must be disposed of in the coming week, and we have divided them in two lots and put very low prices on them. Lot No. 1 All Shoes we have formerly retailed up to $2.00 per pair go now at $1.00 per pair. Lot No. 2 All shoes we have formerly retailed up to $3.00 per pair now go at $1.25 per pair. Remember only two prices in the store $1.00 and $1.25 per pair. You need the money that we can save you. Sale starts at once; open evenings. JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Day A Night Office in McChesney btk. St- Jeama. Ore x on. THAD. T. PARKER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Rooms 7 ami 8 Holbrook Building ST. JOHNS DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENTIST Office Hours 0-12 to 1:30-7 Sunday 9-11 Office Phone Columbia 140 Resident Miotic Columbia 274 DR. RAMBO DENTIST Phone Columbia CI Pint National Hank buildln. ST. JOHNS. OHCUON. O. J. GATZMYER ATTORNEY AT LAW McDonald Building ST. JOHNS . . OREGON PERRY C. STROUD LAWYER First National Bank Building ST. JOHNS - . . OREGON L. 0. ORAVnS, At. D. Ph)slcnn and Surgeon Office Phone Columbia 10 Residence Phone Columbia 4 ST. JOHNS, ORF.GON PEKINSUU TITLE ABSTRACT I REALTY CO. H. HENDERSON, Manager 402 N. Jereey Street Abstracts of Title Prepared Titles Examined Phone Columbia 255 Sully's Bankrupt Stock Store 113 Philadelphia Street St. Johns REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS The following list of legal blanks are kept for sale at this office and others will be added as the demaud arises: Warranty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, Satisfaction ot Mortgages, Contracts for Sale of Realty, Bills of Sale, Leases. Auto for hire by day, hour or trip, nt very reasonable rates. Good opportunity for parties of four or less to mako a trip into the country at a low price. H. M. Waldref.GOO Fessenden street. Phono Columbia .206. Not the label en your nager. G. W. OVERSTREET Plumbing and Gas Fitting Job work promptly attended to. Phone ColuuibiaJ518 1 09 Barr Slrwt St. Mas.Orwi J. Ft WCIMER Transfer and Storage We dellYtr your roods to and from all parti of Portland, Vancouver. Linn tea, Portland and Sdhurbaa express Co., dtr dock and all points aeeessiele f wagon. PUn m1 fsmHura amiss; Couch & Co. is closing out some men's $3,50, $4.00 and $4.50 Oxford Shoe for $1.75. Central Market! 205 S. Jersey Street, See us for the Choicest Cuts ! the Best Meats Obtainable, Ovtfar nud and Tamay Trads SeHdUd. T. P. WARD, Prdtr. Bring In your Jeb printing wall you Uilnk er It Deat wait untU you are entirely out. We are equipped to tarn eat seat and UJKy BrtBtln' uramptlT st Port I in d prlam.' nr lane NeW Um label en your paper; DORIC LODGE NO. 132 A. P. and A. M. Meets tbe first and third Wednesdayof each month in Bickner's Hall. VUi tors welcome. Chaa. A. Fry, W. M. A. W, Davis, Secretary, LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. r. ST. JOHNS. OftCGON Meats each Monday evening la Odd Fei los hall at 8:00. A cordial welcome to all.vititing brotEers. John J. Goodaiin. Noble Cried A. M. Downer. Vice Grand . iota krrcrt Ktc. Sc. Glcudeniag, Via. Sec. H.F. ClMk.Trt. HOiMES LODGE NO. 101 KN46HTS Or PYTIHAS Meets every Friday night at 730 o'clock in BICKNER Hall. Visitors always v. el cosae, H. C. FINCH. C. C. A. CARLNELSON, K. R. S. We buy or sell St. Johns Property AlcKINNEY & DAVIS Real Estate Ust your property with us if you desire to sell quickly 202 N. Jersey St. St. Johns Ladies' button Oxforda and two-strap pumps, regular $3.50' for $2,50 at Couch & Co.