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pwn SUCCESSOR TO ST. JOHNS REVIEW VOL. 13 Chautauqua a Success The St. Johns Chautauqua has come and gone. The seven days of entertainment were highly enjoyed by our people. The diversity of entertainment nrovidod was des cned to inter est all classes and us u result each attraction was the best for some of the people. The enter tainments were all of a high class, and the lectures, especial ly, wore elevating, edifying und entertaining. Those who attend ed the Chautauqua throughout were, so fur us learned, well satisfied with it. Especially interesting to the mature mind were the lectures by Frank S. Bohn Sunday afternoon, and Montavilla Flowers Sunday eve ning. Both dealt to some ex tent with the world conllict. Music lovers found much to en joy in 'both a vocal and instru mental way. The Chautauqua was deemed of so much value to the commu nity that it was decided to ur range for holding another here next summer. The following persona have obligated themsel ves for the sale of G50 Bcaaon tickets for noxt year's Chautau qua in order to insure its com ing, a number of whom were on tho guarantee committee this year: Dr. Herbert F. Jones, II. W. Bonham. Mrs. F. D. Carruth, C. S. Bucy, Rev. J. II. Burnett, A. W. Markle. W. R. Hollen beck, R$v. J. II. Irvine, Dr. E. P. Borden, Dr. II. 0. Brown, II. P. Thurston, Mrs. J. M. Shaw'. L. V. Rich. Mrs. E. F. Day, E. B. Clark, Carl Juhnke, J. L. Scharer, Wm( Edmondson, A. L. Miner. E. Howard, W. L. Churchill, Wm. Ludwig. .1. K, Woimer, Miss Flora McNivin, R. C. Clnrk, H. Stoinfoldt. F. J. Pullin, Edward Oliver, M. R. Morrow. Rev. A. P. Layton, Dr. E. R. Abbott. Mrs. A. V. Whit more, Guo. II. Roach, Lewis K. SimmonB, F. D. Llchty. E. Kur veil. GouiurS. Onden. isr. c.-ViVTvhu attend; Atfmisaidn piled McKonna. R. II. Patterson. W. R. Tindall, W. II. Deuring. Dr. E. E. Gamhee, St. Johns Hard ware Co., Currins for Drugs, S. L. Dobie. C. B. Russell, Dr. W. J. Gllstrap, John Noce, II. F. Clark, Prof. Chas. H. Boyd, C. A. Dotson, Poninsula National Bank, Peninsula Security Co., K. C. Couch, T. J. Monahan. Had a Pleasant Time Tho members and friends of Tho Royal Good Will Society, of Laurel wood Rebekah Lodge met at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, on West Tyler street, Friday evening, for an old fash ioned lawn social. Ice cream and wafers were served and old fashioned games played, and a good time enjoyed by the follow ing: Messrs. and Mesdamea Amrein, Gninea, ThompBon.Mrs. Leland. Robinson, Churchill, Carr, Tracy, Burroughs, Clurk, Doty, Hill. Rogers, Haskell. Meyers, Gordon. Beam, and Mrs. Wasson of Seattle, Wash., Misses Cormany, Ottersted, Thompson, Burroughs, Clark, Alice, Lucy and Melissa Doty, HiU. Gaines, Erma and Laura Haskell, Bradley and Otella Frier, of Perrydale, Oregon; Mr. Moss, Mr. Tooley and Master Forest Gaines. The next meet ing will be an outdoor social at the home of A. C. Gaines. Au gust 10th. A Revision Needed A revision in street number tner in St. Johns in one or two instances at least would sure y not be out of place. Especially ;a tMa tpufi of Svracuse street, tlv chanced from Hayes street. The street extends tar beyond the railroad cut, and the houses there, it is said possess the same numbers as do some ot ft limits on this street in bt. inhns Formerly Hayes street .una known as North and South Umtaa at r opt Now when a num hr nn Svracuse street is named it takes a mind reader to conjure whether It is Nortn oyrucuac. South Syracuse or Syracuse be yond the cut that is wanted. A like condition is' said to prevail on Willamette boulevard. No selection has yet been made as to the grain elevator site. The matter is being threshed out as we go to press today. trL...ojni w understand at. 1.1,1.0 still has enual chance oi ijeinn choeen as the site. Will Be Something Doing The Chautauqua ended in a blaze of glory and the whole town is talking about the mag nificent success that it was from every standpoint. It just goes to show what the people of this little old town or ours can do when they feel so inclined. We always knew it was in them and we are glad that outsiders havo at last taken cognizance of the fact. It has finully come to pass that everyone is putting away his hammer and taking out his horn; and this is the only sane and really humun policy to pur sue. St. Johns needs boosters instcud of knockers. Well, we will need those same horns that announced the Chautauqua to root for another product of the Peninsula that will take pace in our very midst next Sunday. There is going to be a very interesting, instructing, and delightful day of events on tho grounds that lie at the cor ner of Smith uvenue and Burr street. Now, just continue to read. There will be a dinner served by the Ladies of St. Clement's on Sunday, July 29, and this dinner will, begin as soon after twelve as possible. It is expected that there will bo an enormous crowd present, and the preparations tliat the ladies arc making are in accor dance with this prognostication. Don't let that word frighten you; we shall explain. The different affairs that have been given of .lute by these ladies have proved such drawing cards that they decided to try their skill at. entertaining for the day. They will have the dinner around noon, and, like at all grand events, there will bo n selected program rendered whilst the guests arc entertain ing the inner man. Some ex cellent talent lurks around the PeninBiilu, and wo have tho as- auranco that more wm uo some Hiirnri8CB in Btoro for those . . . t t . to tho dinner a only 50 cents: and with tho present high cost of living as an opponent, one could not get anything UKo the dinner that will bo served up at St. Clement's for tho same nrice. Everyone lias to eat, bo why not swear off eating nt homo for that Sunday dinner and como and get acquainted w th us. Wo should certainly appreciate it. After dinner hns been Berveu we are ioiu mm there will bo a ceremony unique in the history of St. Johns the blessing of tho Church lieu, a belfry has been conatructed recently by some of tho mem bora of the pariah, and it will all be ready to receive the boll. We are told that this affair also will bo interspersed with vur- ioua musical renderings. Nor ia that all: this is calcu lated to be a day of days, a day in which there will be something doing every minute. A lawn social is to follow this, and tho same will continue until Morpheua claims tho last vic tim. Never mind our enigma tical manner of expreasion. 'iho last lawn social held here was voted the greateat of its kind, and it was voiced abroad that those present had never spent a more pleasurable afternoon and evening. We certainly can re peat, and we are going to uo it. Everything one may desire will ho found on the grounds, and all we Want is the crowd to take advantage of them. Ice cream. cake, coftee and sandwiches win be served throughout the alter noon and evening to thoae who desire them. There will also be a musical program when the shades of evening have closed over the scene. Now, we tell the people of St. Johns candidly that this affair will be worth while, and we expecct them to tnkfi advantage of it. It is an excellent chance to get together and have a good time. We shall exnect to see our town repre aented iust to show that there nre no hard feelincs in the fam ilv. Don't foriret: Sunday July 29. Come at noon, if poaaible; if not.come any time during the afternoon or evening to Smith avenue and Burr streeet. Re ported. J. F. Gillmore reports the sale of the following sales of realty mmln since the last issue ot the Review: The Hagerty residence nn West Tvler street for $1900 cash; one houae and lot for $1600; one house and lot for si 200-. one house and lot for 1000 the latter three being lo .ntpH in East St. Johns. Mr. nnimnrn renorts more inquiries fnr nroDerty than haa been the case for years, Successful Launching Hands across tho sea were stretched Saturday when an American built ship was named L'Aiglon, the French word l'6r eagle, the National bird of the United States and which was the emblem of the French un der the Bonapartes. Mrs. Charles King, of Now York, official sponser for the vessel, which was launched at at 4 o'clock at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company's pro perty, received signal honor in that she not alono christened the L'Aiglon, but hud selected the names well. To her. fresh from the bust ling metropolis of the east, where all is agog through war C reparation and where heart eats are quickened with every hour's details of the conflict across the Atlantic, the pictures of the American eagle, spread for flight to the assistance of the gallant French was an ap peal. So In her choice of titles for the hardy ship, which is soon to wend nor way in At lantic waters, none was re garded as symbolic of the new fraternity that has been ce mented than that of the great bird, who has continually stood as a sentinel in the free repub lic of the Western hemisphere. And just as tho eagle Iuib advanced confidently to meet nil emergencies wherein America was concerned, bo did the L'Aiglon start down the ways precisely at 4 o'clock, when tho signal waB given nncl the barely audible words of. the sponsor: "I christen thee L'Aiglon." wero emphasized with the crash of a ribbon bedecked bottle of loganberry juice. It was the fourth of tho Pcninsulu's ships to take a dip and nt no plant hua such a cere mony been more successful. Not hitch was there. Gathering momentum us sho nearcd tho she wmUr, omoktv uvoac from tho heavily greased ways and amid a cloud of it the big wooden hull was water borne, riding just aa gracefully as her namesake soars. It was an event witnesaed by many and was staged under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce, with municipal and state officials in attendance. It drew scores who had not be fore Been a deep waterman mako the initial run. Men of tho shipyard, mill und manufuctur- ng plants left their work to see the start. Preceding it W. P. LaRoche, City Attorney, on be iali of Muyor Baker, spoke of the importance of the affair, not solely as to the completion of the hull, but that it meant tho last private contract was off the ways and in its place to morrow will rest the keel of tho fourth Government ateamer, one oi the nunureus Doing worked on throughout the country today that aro rated as valuable and as essential as ammunition for tho forces in the trenches, for they compose the anawer to tho menacing Ger man submarine combat. Eight government steamers are to oe mint, inree are al ready under way, one being frame and the others started are well along, while tho fourth started Saturday there will bo a rush until the first is afloat. They are 287 feet long over all, 2G7.8 feet on the keel, with a beam of 48.8 feet and depth of hold of 27.G feet. All will be equipped with Parson turbine engines. F, C. Knapp, preaident ot the comnany. made his first an nouncement of tho shipbuilding enterprise April 29, 1916. Then not a spadeful ot earth had been turned on the site. Joday it is one of the most complete mar ine shops in the country. Four ways available will be augment ed by two others. The floating of tho fourth auxiliary schooner arew iur air, ruiujjji cuiihi ovu lations from all sides Saturday. Also did Theodore Knudson, superintendent of the yard, come in tor his share ot teitcita- tions. as he has been in charge since the first keel was laid. Probably no more enthusiastic spectator was there than Charles King, of the New York firm of Tarns, Lemome & Crane, naval architects, who are East em acenta for the Peninsula. He stood near his wife, when the christening took place, and, before the ship had gotten a good start, he leaped and caught hold of the ribbon streamers sunDorting the bottle of logan berry juice, retaining them for Mrs. King as souvenirs. Ore- gonian. DeToted to the Interetti of th Penlnitila. (be Manufacturing ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OREGON, Local Men Drafted The i names appearing below worn numbered in the list of those drawn in the drafting which took place the latter part of last week. The names were taken from the lists appearing in the city dailies, and wo pre sume they "are correct. There may bo omissiotiB that have been overlooked, so the list is not authentic: Cecil Leslie Magone, 920 Willamette boulevard. Grover C. Barron, 520 liogn. William Smiley, 401 Alta. George Schmidt, 1131 N. Kel logg. Ranson U. roweii. -n-i unstoi. Arthur W. Pederson, 105 Scott. Roy E. Stark, 1020 S. Syra cuse. Wm. 11. McFurlund. 410 Oswego. Floyd J. Stores, aua k. folk. Walter R. Johnson, 512 E. Charleston. . It John J. McCafin, 1302 Fossen- den. John Bhulinni, 403 W. John. Jesse Chnmberluin, Burling ton Hotel. William Snccd, 913 Kellogg. Antone Mundy, 817 E. Leon ard. Ernest Sundstrom, 225 E. Oswego. Charles Leland, Wb w. St. Johns. Alfred Oronson, 711 Myers. William Ford,J019 Oswego: Paul Coehrnrt.rTlOOl S. Jersey. Harry McConril'll. 605 Willam ette boulevard. Guy E. Watkins, 208 S. Ivan- hoe. William J. Hazylott, 819 S. Ivanhoc. Murtin C. Peterson, 118 Wil lamette boulevard. Grant Hartsock, 701 N. Seneca. Cheater P.- Mosaey, Oswego. Ruymond Whitman, loU. Ward RIchtniyor, 034 E. 621 E. 912 S. Hayes. John Miner, 191 N. ave. Smith Jiman Singh, 222 Willamette boulovard. George F. Allies, 231 W. Tyler. , a. in. Williams, I'M wiuum- ctte boulovard. Fred Zink. 823 Willamette boulevard. Roy G. Muck, Reno street. William Dickey, 521 Tioga. A Pretty Wedding A very pretty wedding took placo last Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock in tho kindergarten class room of the United Evan gelical church, when Capt. Earl Lyslo Smith and Laura Mary Graden were made man and wife. The ceremony was per formed by tho puBtor, Rov. A. Layton. Hie class room was beautuu y anu artistically decorated for the occasion with St. Josenh lilies, white ribbon and evergreen. William Nichols acted in tho capacity of best man, and Mrs. Nellie Gilbert, sister of tho bride, us brides, maid. Only tho parents, rela tives and immediate friends of the young couple were in atten dance. Tho bride Is tho pretty and accomplished daughter of former City Councilman Ran dolph Graden and wife, and is most popular with all who know her. For the past seven years she has had charge of tho klndergaten class of Evangeli cal Sunday school, which she has conducted with brilliant success and is greatly beloved by the little men and women under her charge, for her charm of manner, untiring pat- MM ience and winning ways, ine groom is a well known and pop ular young St. Johns man, and is the son ot uapt. anu Mrs. i E. Smith. He has been cap tain on the Willamette river boats for the nast three years. and is well versed in all that nertainsto maritime navigation. Of an energetic, industrious and business-like nature, he is bound to succeed well in life. The honeymoon was spent at Clatson beach resorts. After Aucust first, the happy young couple will be at home to their friends at their home, zto Feasenden street. Tho Review ioins with the hosts of friends ! i itSaliirv lio natulu m-itn1 III VYiaiMllft HIW l.v.f. ...mvvv. pair a moat happy and proa peous journey down the sea of life as they go hand in hand. Patronize the homo merchant. Center ol the Northweit FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917. Will Rewrite Text Books America will be the first nation in the world to rewrito her text books so that the chil dren of this country will be taught thrift in the school room. According to an announcement made today by tho Thrift, Edu cation committee of the Nat ional Education association, radical innovation in the Ameri: can school curriculu are about to take place. The lives of James, J. Hill, Marshall Field, John Wnna maker and other great Ameri can business men will be stud ied in the schools, and text books on arithmetic, history, English composition, domestic science and household econo mics will be subjected to radical changes. For the first time in the history of the world, thritt and personal efficiency will bo given scientific consideration in the class room. Not the nar row thrift of mere money sav in', but the broader thrift of Individual prcpurdncBs for prac tical life will be taught, de clares the committee's state ment. This is the sweeping signifi cance of tho resolutions adopted by the Notional Council of Edu cation nt its meeting m Port land last week. The resolutions wore written and presented by S. W. Straus, of New York, Pros dent of the AmerJcun Society for thrift. They point out that on account of the wnr, Amor cn must from now on eliminate waste of every charac ter, that President Wilson's first message to the public alter the declaration of war waa on thrift; that tho only way to safeguard tho economic future of the nation Is through a hot ter understanding or thrlit which can bo mudo possibly only through tho schoolroom and that nt tho forthcoming moot ing of tho Council of Education ir Atlanta. Ga.. tho uchool or gnnizution will bo expected to havo boforo it n comprehensive plan for tho practical study of thrift in the schools of Amer ica. To Be Manufactured Here No more steel plates, shapes, burs, tinplutcs or other like pro ducts, for supplying the local demand will have to be hauled across the cont men by tho first of theear as they all will be manufactured at dineront pro minent ports on tho Pacific coast n ample quantities to till every order, according to Joseph R. Bowles, president of the North west Steel Compunv, who re turned homo last Friday from Now York. Already plana am under way for the establishment of large rolling mill plants on this coast. It waa intimated that many of the , details in connection with the starting of the enterprises have been practically settled. Mention was made of the bodies of unlimited iron ore which have been opened up in both northorn and southern Califor nia. Prophesy is made by the returned Portlander that 1918 will be a great year in tho ship building industry. He aaaerta that there ia no doubt thut Port land firms, those engaged in turning out both steol and wooden tonnage, will get nil of the contracts they can possibly handle. Tho home town skies seem bluer Than skies that stretch away, The home town friends seem truer And kinder thro tho day; And whether glum or cheery Light hearted or depressed, Or struggle-fit or weary, 1 like the home town best. Residents of St. Johns having taxes and city liens to pay in Portland can mako their pay ments without inconvenience by availing themselves of our ser vices. We will pay same and secure your receipt without in convenience to . you. Fee, 25 cents. References; Any St. Johns Bank. Peninsula Title, Abstract and Realty Co., by H. Henderson, Manager; 402 North Jersey street. To observo and think, often saves ua from two of the easiest things to make in the world- a mistake and trouble. Look and think before you rush to swat a fly on a mule's hind-leg, Men Must Pay . In this old world much is un certain; tomorrow is behind a curtain that hides it from to day; one thing is sure, for nil wayfarers; lor Ml our ionics and our errors we'll some time have to pay. We trot along a course unholy the day of wrath approaches Blowly, and scema long vcrsts away; but Nemesis is cutting clover, preparing now to put one over, and shortly we must pay. In trifling mat ters and in greater the truth holds good, and soon or later, while young or when we're gray the captain's office we shall en ter, approach the wicket in the center and shed some brine and pay. I see the blithe lads waste their money in courses dissolute or lunny, us tiiougntiesB aa they're gay; und later they will be yearning for dollar bills they now are burning, for spend thrifts all must puy. I s.o good fellows souk their shanties, und borrow money from their aunt ies, that they may ride today, In gorgeoiiB cars with aeuts of leather, and fenders neatly put together, and some day they must pay. I see so many idly taking tho road that goes where hearts aro breaking, where all the Jonahs stayl Alus, alas, they arc not heeding the lesson I am dally reading, which is that men muat pay!--Walt Mason. Needs More Help Tho United Stutes Civil Ser vice-Commission announces thut an examination for clerk will bo he d in tho States of Idaho. Montunn, Oregon, Washington und Wyoming on August 4, 117. for tho mirnoso or estau nhinir el irlb e registers irom T . . I - . which unoolntmontH may bo miiAn tn dllYurunL hranchcH 0 tho Government service. At tention is invited to tho fact thnt tho Secretary of tho Treufl urv hua recently advised tho Civil Service Commission that n thousand nrst graue cierKH will bo needed for tho Internal Revenue Service about Septem ber 1. 1917. Thin examination is open to men and women. As suilicicnt stenographers und typewriters havo uot been Bccurod from recont examina tions to meet tho needs of tho service, the Civil Service Com- mission announces thnt tho ex aminations for stenographer and typewriter, and for typewriter only will bo hold Auguat 3. 1917 at 40 of the principal cities in tho Pacific Northwest, 'there aro excellent opportunities lor the nnpointmeut of woman fltenogruphers willing to accept S900 and 1000 per annum. Prncticully all mule typewriters who pass the examination will receive appointment, type writers who do not have a knowlcdgo of stenography havo good chances of appointment. Apply to Herbert F. Ward, Dis- trcit secretary. au.j rosioiuce Building. Seattle, Washington, for applications and full In formation. A Queer Arithmetic The wood truat has u queer urithmetic it works on the soft hearted nub c of Portland. Be cause of tho high coat of living. tho drivers naked a raise and were granted an increase of 25 cents u day. Hut the price of wood went up 25 cents a loud to enable tho poor trust to get bv alive, as it only makes 350 to 400 per cent on Its investments of hot air. As a driver will de- llvej- from 10 to 26 loada a day the claaa in High School mathe matics will be able to figuro out aomething. The investiga tion now being carried on by Mayor Baker will be completed next year.Mt. Scott Herald. You can do as much as you think you can, But you'll never accomplish more; If you're afraid of yourself, young man, There's little for you in store. For failure comes from the in side first. It's there if wo only knew it, you face And you can win, tho' the worst, If you teel that you'ro going to do it. Electric Vacuum Cleaner rent.-H. F. Clark. for Old Serlet, Vol. XI, Nt.38 NO. 37 Draft Information Information Bureau, Adjutant General's Office, Portland, Ore gon: Within a few days ofilcinl Hats of the draft serial num bers, showing tho order in which they wero drawn In the ottery at Washington, will reach the various county ex emption boards. Following re ceipt of these Hats, the boards will notify the men called upon tho first draft. Until then it will not be necessary for those subject to call on the first draft to report. But as soon as they receive notification from their boards, they must report promptly on the day designated. The first step taken by each hnnrd will be to t)03t in u coil- Bpicious place a list containing he names of all the men re gistered in its county or dis trict, in the exact order in which they will be called on the first and all succeeding drafts. copy of this list will ulso be " given the press for pub- icntion. Let it be emphustzed igain thnt this Mat will huve not only the names of the men to be called out on the first draft, but of every man regis tered, In tho order in which no must be cnlled. No person whatsoever has any authority to change this order. Having posted this list and given u copy to the press, the board will then notuy by letter every mun called upon the first druft. Each man will be directed to appear before the board for ihysical examination on a specified date, which will be within seven uuys oi mo mail ing of the notice. I'nilure to receive this notice will not be accepted ns an cxcubc for not appearing on the day set. ine burden ot appearing when no m cnlled ia on the man ntmHcu ; there Ih a heavy penuity for laii uro to answer the call. Hemem hor. that regardless of whothjr a mun intends to apply for ex nmntlon or discharge, he milflt appenr for physical examination on tho day set. Ho has seven days from the posting of the list and tho mailing of the notice to him by tho board in which to o amil cation for exemp tion, and 10 more days in which to file proof. And remember again, that no claims for ex emption because of employment in necessary industries, includ ing agriculture, can bo consider ed by your county exomption board. Such n claim must be made to one of the three dis tricts nppeul boardB, Portland, Eugene or LnGrnnde. It can only bo made then after the man has passed his physical examination and been certified by tho county board as called for milltnry service anu not ex empt. After you havo appeared before your county exemption board und passed the physical examination, it will still ho some tlmo before you will ac- tually bo called out to join the " mm III 1 . . a f Jl I army, lou win oo notiueu when it is time for you to re port for service. A question frequently asked in connection with the coming draft is whether a man absent from his home county, either out of the state or in another county of tho 8tate, can arrange to save the expenae of return ing to his home county for physical examination, etc., if he is called, by appearing be- fore the exemption board of the county in which ho happens to be. He can, but only under tho following directions: Immed iately after receiving notifica tion from his homo exemption board to appear for physical ex amination, the absentee should write the board, fully explain ing the circumstances and ask ing permission to present him self beforo the board in tho county where he is situated. The War Department draft re- gulationa authorize his home bourd, if it is satisfied with his statement, to give buch permia- sion. Ho should not appear be fore the other board, however, until he has first been notified by his home board and haa ob tained the necessary permis sion. The board before which ho appears will have full juris diction over his case. In India when the husband dies they burn hia wife on tho funeral pyre, which proves that a man needs a woman in tho next world. TCut when tho wife dies they do not burn hor hus band, which is conclusive evi dence that a woman can get along alone.