Hlifsriejil Seatatj"
ST. JOHN
EVIEW
4 "
VOLUME 15
ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1919.
NUMBER 29
Regarding the Elevator
In five monthp the 1,000,000
bushel grain elevator-at the St.
Johns terminal can bo complet
ed. In tho opinion of the en
gineers there is no reason to
assume that tho elevator plan
caffhot ha carried out. It is
nut truo that the ground is- un
stable. To finish the elevator
plant proper will require $150,-
000rnnd if it is determined to
uso a spread foundation, as re
commended by tho onginoers,
the total cost will bo between
$200,000 and $250,000.
These are some of the points
of information a special commit
tee of tho Morchants Exchange
association obtained first hand
from membors of the commis
sion of public docks and en
ginoors yestorduy. A Colin, of
tho Northern Grain and Ware
" house company; Peter Kerr, of
Kerr, Gilford and company;
Gcorgo A. Wcstgatc, of Albora
Brothers Milling company, and
J. II. Klosterman, of tho J. II.
Klosterman and company, made
up the committee.
The committee inspected the
property Monday and yesterday
tho matter enmo up of having
auenuute storage for sacked
wheat at tho terminal, in the
ovent tho elevator was not fin
shed soon enough.. After the
committee had left, tho com
mission finally approved plans
and specifications and ordered
..bids advertised to extend tho
covered Bection of Pier No. 1 a
distance of 900 foot, giving it a
total length of 1500 fcot. Thero
is a covered section now with
a length of GOO feet, whilo the
wharf is completed for 1200
fcot, so tho latter will bo ex
tended an additional U00 f(!ct,
which, contract was recently
awarded to Elliott and S cog-
gins, ana mo shed part is ex
pected to bo finished with speed.
Mr. Colin thought tho com
mission would mako no mistake
in erecting a second clovator on
tho westsidoof tho harbor, hav
ing u capacity of 500,000 bush
els. Mr. Hurgard called atten
tion to tho fact that this would
add to tho congestion already
liAtlinMtnn 1 1. t f Aitmlnnl II (i wil n '
Mr. Wcstgato opined tho eleva
tor movement would not ailed,
that much. Mr. Colin said such
an elevator would servo for ox
port and homo consumption.
Mr. Knapp asked if tho com
mittee thought the commission
as custodian of public funds,
should go ahead with freight
sheds atr .tho terminal for tho
storngpoi wheat. Mr. Wcstgato
ropliod that if tho elevator (s to
bo ready no more spaco will bo
needed, if. not pier No. 1 should
be finished, but that ho did not
think tho commission was justi
fied in going ahead with tho
construction of a second pier at
present,
Mr. Klobterman went into .the
matter of expense ye- to bo
borno to finish the plant and
what the material foundation
would cost. Mr. Hegardt said
he felt certain the plant could
be finished in five months;
that it was thought the com
mission could go on with tho
presont foundation since four or
five engineers had recommended
tho corrective work now being
carried on. "After two months
study I don't believe thero iB
any reason to assumo the
foundation cannot reasonably
support tho elevator," said Mr.
Boschke.. "However, a little
' subsidence does no harm. I
think the facts and the report
of the engineers justifies pro
ceeding with the work. If
things developo and wo have to
spend money later, let us spend
it, but not use any more now
than is necessary. I'm talking
from 10 per cent theory und 90
per cent practical experience
and knowledge."
Chairman Moores told the com
mittee the commission wanted
to co-operate in every way
possible with the grainmen,
and do all that was right in the
interest of the city. Mr. Knapp
directed attention to the fact
tthat had it been first decided to
use a spread foundation the cost
would have been little less than
if it is undertaKen now and
little would have been said about
it; while since it is recommend
ed as one of the corrective
measures, some regard it as
strikingly expensive. Mr.
Boschke, in answer to a question
as to the justification of the
commission in first attempting
the Work on 'showing made
through piles tests and not
resorting to boring of the soil,
said pile tests were very com
mon practice throughout the
United States and that as the
commission was depending on
the advice of engineers, it was
justified in not shouldering more
expense. He added that in any
case the commission could have
Now Being Used
Actual, service for ships is
being performed at Portland's
new coal storage dock at St.
Johns, which the Port of Port
landx Commission constructed
last year. Tho Edlofsen Fuel
company has arranged to store
30 cars of fuel there. Nearly
half bf the lot wasdelivercd
Friday and immediately the
work of barring it to. vessels in
the harbor was begun. .The
commission recontly fixed a
tariff there of 25 cents a toh for
handling tho coal, which means
tho use of the nort's 25 ton crane.
for which it furnishes tho
operator and coal on storage-is
charged for at the rate of 25
cents a month for fraction there i
of is 10 cents n ton being added
lor wharafge. It is reasoned
bv the commission that, while
the dock wus being built with u
view that the port body was ul
timately going into the coal busi
ness, as a means of equalizing
port charges as compared with
fuel bills ut other ports, tho fact
that tho dock is available for
commorcinl dealers provides
competition with privntu com
panies which have their own
(junkers and storage. A com
mittee of the port commission
is now engaged in an in, 'estima
tion of alleged higher rates for
coal supplied ships here than is
warranted, in view of the price
ruling on Pugel Sound. The at
titude of tho commission has
been time it did not wish to en
ter the field a u purveyor of ship
fuel, but if conditions wore
found to bo unreasonable, es
pecially with reference to pri
vately owned vessels, arrange
ments would bctmade to bring
coal from the north nTM .niter it
for sale.
Where the Billows Roll
If a man is discontented with
this country of the free, with
n government invented for such
folks as you and me. let him
tako his aunts nnd nieces, pack
his bombs and knocks and
creeses in his second hand val
ise, and go nailing o'er the sea.
If n man comes hero to jabber.
whilo the other fellow works, if,
he's prone to stnbber with an
nnarchistic dirk, let us tell him, I
through our faces, we'll be hop
py if ho chases to the foul
and foreign places where
his follow loafers lurk. If u
skate from Europe's alleys
comes to - this star spangled (
shore, hoping by his auins and
sallies to make .'lonest workers'
sore, let's condemn his crazy
notion, let us curb his weird
emotion, let us lend him to the!
ocean and tne snip Mint sails nt
four. War has loft our peoplo
nervous, nnd wo should reduce'
to junk, any freak who comes to
serve us a lot of Russian bunk;
let us treat him as a traitor. as
a sinful alligator, let us load,
him on a freighter, where tho 'start tho blaze,
pillows go KerpiunK.--wau ,
Mason.
expected some settlement. En
gineer Hegardt brought out that
the first siteeelected for the ele
vator was 300 feet west of tho
present structures, which has
been found by boring to bo
a i
much more stable foundation,
hut that tho Witherspoon Eng-
lar company, at the time Mr.
Witherspoon was on the ground,
In connection with designing
and superintending tho con
struction of the elevator, shift
ed tho location and said that
borings were unnecessary.
Mr, Moores clteu experience
in various parts of the water
front where buildings and other
construction had settled and Mr,
Cohn remarked in that connec
tion that North Bank dock,
which is company is now leas
ing, was settling and $65,000
was to De spent on new work,
there as a result.
"All we want is a Bqunre deal
from the public," said Mr.
Moores.
"Well, you'll get it as faros
this committee is concerned,"
replied Mr. Cohn. Wednesday's
Oregonian.
The school teacher had punish
ed Tommy so often for talking
in school and the punishments
had so apparently been without
effect that as a last resort she
decided to notify Tommy's fath
er of his son's fault. So, fol
lowing the deportment mark on
his next report were these
words: "Tommy talks a great
deal." In due time a report
was returned with his father's
signature and under it was writ
ten: "You ought to hear his
mother. "Milwaukee Journal.
ROGERS sells OVERALLS.
Wooden Ships All Right
I was taking the American
schooner, "Winslow" (5G8 gross
tons) from Sydney to Samoa, in
June, 1917. One afternoon when
.we were off Sunday Islnnd about
500 miles south of Now Zealand.
I h'Jard a roaring of motors nnd
made out a seaplane in the sky,
which I took to bo fromn
British cruiser. Tho plane ap
proached very close and dropped
n bomb nearby und then twice
tried to drop messages on our
decks, failing in this tho aviator
came down close to my ship and
called out instructions for me to
steer southeast to n German
cruiser or else the cruiser would
conic ut) nnd shell me.
Tho innocent looking "Wolf"
came tin that oven ng and
ordered me t& heave to and sent
over n boat with a prize arew.
Tho German officer when board
ing, saluted and asked for the
ships pnpors. They said they
had been waiting for mo for
several days, as they had in
tercepted a wireless. It toqk
the Germans thro days to get
the cargo out and then they
bombed the dear schooner that
had been my home for so many
years. But being wood and very
stmincli, it took them several
hours to destroy her. They placed
one mine forward and one aft;
tho forward mine did little
damuge, but the aft one blew
tho stern entirely away. Still
the "Winslow" did not falter
and defiantly remained fully
afloat.
"This is your first try at a
Yankee ship," 1 said with tears
streaming down my face, turn
ing to Lieutennnt Wolf. "You
can never sink her, no matter
what you do!" With this he
ordered a small boat to put out
for tho "Winslow" and sol lire
to her sails, using gnsolinu to'
but tho firo
littlo while.
ourned lor only a
Then tho "Wolf" fired thirty
nine shells in nil into tho "Win
slow" without much effect, one
merciful shot cutting tho four
masts overboard, but tho old
schooner still proudly remained
adoat on tho ocean. Coptain
num. u.
Tll.t T
Trudgett in the May
"sunset,
Does your present insurance
give you sufficient protection in
view of tho increased coat of
labor and materials? We write
insurance that protects with
prompt settlement in caso of
loss. Peninsula Security Com
pany. Who can better judge the
quality of a Talking Machine
than tho world's greatest art
ists?, The Victrola is tho in
strument they favor. Currin
Says So.
Wot th labal an vour oapai-
Own Your Home
Is your family small enough so
four room strlctly'rnodern cottage?
If it is why do you continue to
i when the years go by you have nothing.
When you cau buy a liome like paying rent, live m it and got your
money's worth all the time you are in it and then own the place after a
certain period, why do you keep on paying rent?
We have one four room modern and uew cottage known as 000
Hudson that can be bought with a small payment down and the deferred
payments carrying interest at six per cent. If yqu have your own homw
you arc happier and a better citizen. Think it over.
This cottage is on a ground 40x100 and has some fruit trees on it.
Two similar cottages on the same 100 ft. square have been sold recently
to good people who will take pride in their property.
Bonham & Currier.
What Germans Missed
Guarded night and day and
fur out of human reach on a ped
estal at tho interior department
exposition there is n tiny viol.
It contains a specimen of the
deadliest poison e 'or known.
It iH "lewisite," product of an
Amercinn scientist, The air
planes carrying "lewisite"
would have wiped out every
vestigo of life--hiiman, animal
and vcgetnblc-vin Berlin. A sin
gle dny's output would snuff out
tho -1,000,000 lives on Manhattan
islnnd. A single drop poured
in the nalm of the hand would
penetrate to the blood, reach the
heart, and kill tho victim in
great ngony. What was coming
to Germany, may be imngaincr:
by the fact that when the nr
mistico wus signed, it was be
ing manufactured at the rate of
ten tons a day. Ihrec thousand
tons of this most terrible in
strument over conceived for
killing would have boon roady to
do business on the American
front in France on March 1.
"Lewisite" was developed in
tho bureau of mines of Prof
cssor W. Leo Lewip, of North
western University, Evanston,
III., who took u commission as a
captain in the army. It was
manufactured in a specially
built plant near Cleveland called
the "Mouse Trap," because
overy workman who entered the
stockade went under an agree
ment not to leavo the 11 acre
space until the wur was won.
This, of course, was to protect
the secret.
Work on the plant was started
18 days after the bureau of mi nee
had completed ItH oxperimcntF.
The other preparations to
bring the gas into the war went
forward with like speed. -but the
armistice prevented the uer-
mans from ever experiencing n
full realizaton of what they had
begun when they turned their
primitivo gases on tho Canadians
in Flanders in tho early duys of
tho war. Telogrnm.
A noted physician,- particular
ly expedious in examining, and
prescribing for his pationts,
was sought out by. an army man
whom ho "polished off in al
most loss than no time. As
the patient was leaving, ho
shook hands heartily with the
doctor and said; "I am espec
ially glad to have met you, as I
havo often heard my father, Col.
Blank, speak of you." "What!"
exclaimed the physician, "are
you old Tom's son?" "Certain
ly." "My dear fellow," ciiod
the doctor, "fling that infernal
prescription in tho fire and sit
down and tell me whnt is the
matter with you." Harper's.
ROGERS socks are good sockH
for the money.
that you can be comfortable in a
pay rent month after month ami
- High School Notes
Oliver Jossup, a former James
John student recontly discharg
ed from tho Marino Corp, has
returned to Portland.
Tho Glee Clubs are practicing
hard for the Minstrel Show to
be given on Thursday, May 29.
From present indications it will
'be a success.
The Senior class will leave
next Friday for a trip up the
Columbia river. They plan to
go in two launches and camp out
on Friday night. They will re
turn on Saturday.
Last Saturday the Junior
Senior picnic was held at Swan
Island. Weln ies, mnrshmel
lows and buns were grently en
joyed. Canoeing and swimming
were the chief sports. As a
whole, tho picnic was a decided
success.
Patrons of tho school will bo
interested in an exhibit of the
work of the Art, Domestic Art
and Manual Training Depart
ment. Such nn exhibit will bo
open to the public at the high
school on Thursday afternoon,
Juno 5th. Those Interested in
any way in the school are urgent
ly invited to sou this exhibit.
On Wednesady morning, n
number of tho students had tho
opportunity of hearing tho Sym
phony orchestra practice. Those
who did not hear tho Svmnhony
Orchestra, wero treated to a
selection by our jazz band.
Medals were presented to tho
boys who mndo places in tho In
tercholi8tlc Track Moot bv Mr.
Campbell.
Last week the basketball team
staged their annual come back,
and dofeated Franklin 1 to 3.
John Wulf pitched champion
hI i; ball; Joe .lower and John
Ohm each mndo a two base hit.
Th-' feature of tho game was
Puk Toolo's nuir from center
Hi hI catching a man at home.
On Tuesday tho J. J. team was
defeated by JeH'orson.
Everybody in school has been
greatly interested this week in
tho election of Student Bodv
officers for tho coming year. At
the presont writing. Lawrence
Johnson has boon elected presi
dent, Donald Schaefer, public
Welfare Lommissioner. Amanda
Steele, Literary Commitwionor,
usther Piele, Mnanco Coinmis-
soner and Leu Iloskinn. A th ot
ic Commiwionor.
About thirty irirl of tho II Ink
Klatawn Society loft tho school
Inst Friday afternoon and spent
the night on tho Mull' farm.
They took a Rivorviow car. trot
oil at tho Rose City oomotory
and then hiked seven miles to
tho farm. They slept in the
farm (it has confidentially said
that they did not tducn a wink) :
all enjoyed tho novel experience
nnd declared they had a fine
time. They rwturnod to Port
land tho next day.
The annual Portland Inter-
seholistic Track Moot wns held
of Fridny.May 23,nt Multnomah
Field. Joiremon won tho meet.
J am os John was a runuorup in
nearly every ovent. L.Ooultor.of
Jofiorson took first place in the
100 and 22U yard danhos. Chuck
Wright of JeH'orson, sprainod
this ankle just before tho moot.
Ho was rushed to a doctor who
braced up tho ankle and avdisod '
him not to try to run. Never. !
tliolesH Chuck entered in thei
half mile, won Hocond and fell.
in a mint at tho finish. Hugh
Whislor of JmnoH John won
first place in tho pole vault an if
high jump, earning ton points.
lack Vinson took second place
n tho polo .vault. As Juck is
only a froHlunan, James John
will havo a loading po'o vaulter
or throe years. John Wulf
placed third in tho high jump
and tho discus, Lee Uoskins
and Joe Jowor oaeh placod
fourth in un event. Thero WM8
a big crowd of spectators at
rn'SHl KSrSi'-SU!10 8C!l0018
Nou th Ubl on your papr,
NOTICE
On and after June 1st we will close
our Stores at 8 o'clock P. M. daily ex
cept Saturdays. On Sundays we will
close at 12 o'clock noon.
ST. JOHNS PHARMACY
CURRIN'S FOR DRUGS
A Practical Illustration
A small railway station, not
far from Memphis, a few years
ago paid Ue agent a commis
sion on nil freight and express
handled. The commission
amounted to about $100 a year.
There was hut one store and the
store keeper was very glad to
act ns freight agent, as he ro
ceived practically all the freight
shipped there, and was equally
glnd to be express agent, us he
forwarded eggs and produce by
express. Then the government
took over the railroads. An
operator won given the posi
tion. His wages were about $105
a month. Then he wad reduc
ed to an oiuht hour basis. Of six
passenger trains daily thb agent
meets only two thntatop there.
Ho does not work on Sunday.
Sii ..o the establishment of the
eicuc ..our basis he is paid
about $135 a month. There is
no more freight or express or
passenger trnllle- thnn there
was ten yearn ago, nndjirolmbly
never will be any more than
there iii now. This is a sample
of tho operations of the rail
roads under lrnvernmunt rnnfnil.
and one of tho ovnlittuilimiu
of tint enormous deficit, regard
less of the extraordinary in-'
crease in rates. There is no
justification in squandering1
money with no expectation of
a return in service. MemphiB
iNowh Scimetar ( Democrat It.) i
II. G. Wells knows Hulgariu
ns well as he khows the Mar
tinns, tho moon folks of the
future, and lib tells a story
which reveals the Hulgara in
an unllatteriing light. An angel
no the story goes- appeared
before a Uulgarand said: "What
does your heart most deaiu
fame, wealth, lovoV Think long
before you answer, for I am
hero to grant you any wish you
may make." Tho Hulgar ac
cordingly began to think. He
thought hard. Some minutes
passed. Then the angel spoko
ngnin, "Hy tho way' ho said,
"there's ono thing 1 forgot to
tell you. Whatever I grant you
1 grant the rioublo thereof to
your neighbor, tho Roumanian,
on tho othor sido of the river."
Tho Hulgar needed to do no
more thinking. Ho advanced
toward tho angel with a glad
smile. "I'luck out one of my
eyos," he said. Ex,
Y.W.C.A. Weekly Program
Monday 2:.f p. m. High
school (iirls' club.
Monday n.Mf p.
Camp Firo (5 iris,
bitch, guardian.
m. --Owniiwa
Mrs. Hagun
Wednesday :-lf5 p. in. -North
School Girls' Reserve.
Wednesoay 8:00 p. m.Tlio
Moro tho Merrier Club. Loador,
MIbb. Henry, local ttoerutnry.
Friday U:15 p. in. Rainbow
Club. Lender, Misu Henry.
Saturday 1 p, m.- Swim at
Central Y. W.
Nothing to put on, nothing to
tako oil', just a turn of tho hand
is all that is necessary to mnko
tho Hrunswick Phonograph, the
all record machine without n
rival. CURRIN SAYS SO.
$900.00
SM0.00 Down $10.00 per
month and interest for a 4
room house. Lot 45 x 100.
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of Music, Loudon.)
Teacher of Piano"
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