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Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

Ineligible. Among the hundreds of
such which she received the other day
was one addressed to "Ygnac Lech,
Combryja Co, brot stryt no 9O9,
Szanony Pan"
How many, or rather how few, peo-
pie would have known how to go about
locating this person. The letter was
postmarked Florence. Mrs. Collins
own store of information told her that
the Cambria Iron Works of Johns
town, Pa, was employing large num-
ber of Italians and she sent the letter
on. Sure enough Mr.. "Yanac Lech"
was there and received the letter
which, without Mrs. Collins assist
anCe would never have fallen into his
hands.
A facetious student at the University
of Virginia wrote to a young society
girl in Washington and addressed the
envelope entirely in Greek. 1t takes
greater obstacles than that to balk
Mrs. Collins and the young woman re-
reived her letter as promptly as if
it had been addressed in the most
legible English hand. The list of such
letters is almost unlimited in length.
A Spaniard sent a letter to "Sr. Fer
nado Maya, Fuerte galen Colo" and it
was promptly forwarded to Mr.. Maya
at Fort Garland, Colorado"
Mrs. Collins is a charming woman
and occupies tiny apartment in one
of Washington's fashionable apartment
houses.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
WHITE HOUSE XLIAS DINNER.
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY CELE.
BRATES IN THE GOOD OLD
FASHIONED IYAY.

Always Have Huge Rhode Island Tur-
key Which is not Spoiled by French
Cooks. = President Himself Does
the Carving
Old fashioned cooks and old fash
ioned cookery hold the fort in the
White House kitchen at Christmas
tide. When the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt give one of their great state
dinners to eighty or one hundred
guests, they usually entrust all the
preparations to professional caterers,
but when it comes to the dinner which
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
Strong on Details.

'Rastus, where's that rake?"
''De rake's wild de hoe, Marster.
'Well, then, where's the hoe?"
'Marster, de hoes wild de- rake"
''Well, 'Rastus, confound it, where
are they both?"
"Dey's boff togedder, Marster. Pears
like youse pow'ful ticker bout details
d's mawnin'. You leave de regulatin
of Nj dat to me, Marster, and I'll look
out fo' yo' interests
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

izing into the conviction that corpo-
rate contributions should either be
made impossible or else required to
be made in such public fashion that
they would be robbed of their bane-
fl1l effect
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
Time TO Move.

Oh that l were where l would be,
Then would l be where 1 am not,
For where I am, l would not be,
And where l could be, cannot,
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
MRS. SANTA CLAUS.
UNCLE SAM'S DEAD LETTER EX-
PERT GUIDES STRAY CHRIST
MAS GREETINGS.
Magazine Section.

Sends out Many Presents to Children
Has a Remarkable Memory and
KnowIedge,andD Deciphers the most
Puzzling Addresses.
Tucked away in a little corner of
the Postofice Department at Washing
ton behind desk which has held a
thousand interesting stories sits a
charming white haired woman who is
known the length and breadth of the
land as Mrs. Santa Claus"
The woman to whom this suggestive
1y dear name has been given is Mrs.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

The popularity of "Trilby" for a
time exceeded that of any novel pub
lished. with the possible exception Of
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

Senator Harris Baked.
Henry Clay Evans, late consul gen.
eral at London, was once in Congress
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

is pre-eminently the home meal of the
year the French chefs have to give
way to women who know just how to
prepare the generous wholesome
dishes that an American citizen looks
forward to finding on his dinner table
on the joyous holiday. President
Roosevelt also shows a fondness for
carving the turkey himself.
A good old fashioned Christmas din
ner, moreover, with all the essentials
from turkey to plum pudding is a reg
ular institution at the White House
during the present administration.
Perhaps President Roosevelt, with
his assertive good health and his fam
lily of lively young folks. are particu-
ly well qualified to appreciate a rous-
ing yule-tide feast, but whatever be
the reason certain it is that during the
Roosevelt regime the Christmas re-
past has become one of the most i'm
portant as well as one of the jcllie3t
meals of the year.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
To Be Family Reunion.

President Roosevelt and his family
follow the general policy of all pre-
vious occupants of the White House in
observing Christmas as family fes-
tival. This year it will have especial
significance as a reunion, since of late
months the junior members of the
Roosevelt household have been scat
tered as never before, by reason Of
their attendance at different schools
and colleges. The Roosevelt Christ
mas, while family affair, is by no
means confined to the immediate
household. The Roosevelt children
have long been allowed to entertain
their numerous cousins on Christmas
and other relatives are likewise in at
tendance, while the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt usually ask a few per-
sonal friends to also join the party.
Christmas dinner at the White
House is served in the evening and the
President arouses an appetite for it By
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

Oh Baby, Baby, may thy life be sweet;
May God-sent angels guide t.1J little feet;
May every day to come be as complete
As thy first Christmas day.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

knowledge which enables her to solve
problems which would puzzle a hun
dred other heads. Her knowledge of
streets in various cities of Europe led
to her compilation of street directory
of it's countries.
The value of Mrs. Collins work in
ferreting out addresses is all the more
notable when it is considered that each
postoffice in all the large cities has a
division especially set apart for de-
ciphering illegible and otherwise puz-
zling addresses. So after this has been
done letters which are still unclaimed
are sent to the postoffice at Washing
ton.
Knows All Languages.
Mrs. Collins has made such a study
of this rather psychological work that
she knows just what section of the
country, even to the cities, in which
various nationalties have settled. She
can put her finger on the Japanese,
the Chinese, Greeks, Spaniards, Italians
and all the rest of them.
This particular talent has enabled
Mrs Collins to decipher many letter
which would have been otherwise un-
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

Criminal penalties were provided for
violations of the law.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

THE OLDEST PAPER
Has largest circulation
Best advertising medium
1t pays the Business Man TO
MAdvertiSe in the Ledger.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
viii Visit Schools.

On the afternoon of Monday,
May a9, eight members Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, will
visit the schools Of Saint Johns.
These will be Joseph Sommcr, N.
l.. Smith. II. B. Thompson, Philip
Brady, ID. J. Horsman, 7. c. Ris-
tig. X. A. Rowly aud ]. l.. Wells.
At two o'clock the first, second
and third grades will render the
following program;
Salute.
2-Song by First grade.
3-What Can We Dor
4-Flower Song.
S--Recitation - Comrades At
Rest"
At the same time the fourth. fifth,
sixth. seventh and eighth grades
will give the following program:
i--Excrcise-"Our Flag"
a--Song-"Review Of Veterans. b"
3-"United Country" - Four
girls In costume.
4-poem-"The Sleepers.
A general invitation is extended
to all those interested to be present
upon this occasion.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Mr.. keogan Better.

Dick Keogan, who met with an
accident at the University shingle
mill few weeks ago, is improving
rapidly.
DR.. Jones and DR.. DeVaul, in
consultation, made an examination
of the injured man and found three
ribs of the left side and one of the
right side fractured, but no internal
injuries of a serious nature. 1t was
feared that his back was badly
hurt, but, beyond slight numb
ness where he struck and a conse-
quent weakness, Mr.. Keogan is
better than the most sanguine could
have hoped for, owing materially
to his rugged constitution.
With the aid of pair of crutches
Mr.. Keogan hopes to be out in a
week or SO, for, as he says, good
men are scarce" and we can't
afford to lose him.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
VIII Use Brick.

In a very few weeks our people
will have an opportunity to Use
local made pressed brick OF good
quality in buildings-brick made
here in Saint Johns. The opening
of the first kiln is very anxiously
awaited-both by the promoters OF
the enterprise and the general pub
lie.
High prices have heretofore made
the use Of brick prohibitive--and
builders have used lumber exclus-
lively. II is believed that the brick
now to be turned out can be fur
nished at a rate that will induce
their general use-and II must be
remembered that every brick build
ing In a block means lower insur-
ance rate for that block. The first
brick turned out will be used in the
construction of the new bank build
ing-and the work at the brick
plant is being pushed as rapidly as
possible.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Will Get Advertising.

There are several houses in tbi.
vicinity that have been rented b,
parties who are coming to Portland
to visit the fair and have a general
outing-and there will be many
demands for small cottages ere the
summer Is over.
This will be a splendid oppor.
tunity for Saint Johns to forge to
the front as city of homes-whefe
expenses may be kept at an eco
nomical figure, and where there
shall be found no holdup prices.
While there will be cases of exorb-
liant rates in the northwest this
city can get many bouquets by
being conservative in all prices
asked-and, no doubt, gain resi-
dents who will be permanent.
1t is to the interest of the entire
community to put the best foot
forward and show the visitors that
we have many advantages not
possessed elsewhere. Low carfare
and frequent and convenient service
will bring a host of fair" visitors
to us: and it is possible that many
may be induced to invest and build
homes.
If every resident will consider
himself committee to push along
the work Of encouraging visitors
by best serving them Saint Johns
will merit and receive vast amount
Of paying advertising.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Safe Is Here.

The splendid manganese safe Tor
the Peninsula bank arrived on
Wednesday and is now in place in
the temporary office. II was the
intention OF this bank to open for
business on Thursday. June I, but
as that is a holiday the commence
ment will be postponed. Then Il
would never do to open a good
business plant on friday-and to
open it on Saturday would seem
sort of lazy.
Besides all that il is a question
the wood finishing will be
solidly dry by the date at first con
The woodwork is very
and will finish nicely 1t
plenty Of time be allowed. Beyond
all cavil the bank will doubtless
open for business on Monday, June
5-but a large announcement IN
these columns next week will be
and definite.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
R RESOLUTION
Notice Is Hereby Given That at the Meet.
Ing Of The Council Of the City Of
Saint Johns, Oregon. held on the 2Ist
day Of April. A. d. zoos. the Follow
Ing Resolution was adopted

RESOLVED: That the Council of the
City Of Saint Johns, Oregon, deems II
expedient and proposes to improve Rich.
mond street from southerly line of Port.
land Boulevard to southcrly line of
Willis boulevard.
The improvement OF Richmond street
shall consist of grading full width of
street aud TO establish the sidewalk
grade. Said improvement TO bc made IN
accordance with the Charter and orii.
nanccs Of the City of Saint Johns and
the plans, specifications and estimates of
the City Engineer fled IN the office of
the Recorder Of the City Of Saint Johns.
The cost of said improvement tu bc
assessed as provided by the city Charter
upon the property specially aud pccul.
iarly benefited thereby, aud which Is
hereby declared TO bc all the lots, parts
thereof and parcels of land within line
loo feet from the outside line of each
side OF said Richmond street.
The Engineers estimates Of the prob.
able total cost for the improvement ol
said street Is toi6. The plans, spcci6ca.
tions aud estimates of the City Engineer
for the Improvement Of said Richmond
street are hereby adopted.
RESOLVED: That the City Recorder of
the City Of Saint Johns be, and IL hereby
directed to give notice of the proposed
improvement Of said Richmond street
as provided by the city Charter.
Renonstrances against the above i'm
provemcnt may bc filed In writing with
the undersigned within IS days from the
date Of the first publication Of this
notice.
by order OF the Council,
j. W. HANKS,
City Recorder.
First insertion, May 40, i9o5.
Last insertion, June 9, 1895.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26

the Columbia boys could do was to
send five men across the plate. It
is more than probable that a third
game will be played in Portland to
decide the state intercollegiate
championship. Hinkle's severe
injury in the first inning in Satur.
days game blighted the hopes of
Columbia and the infield was far
below its brilliant record. Errors
and the umpire lost our first game.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Columbia University.


,,,,,,r,ir Park and Portsmouth
-. Young and family have
..s.d to Arbor Lodge i,
nov ". Garfield is stopping at the
,..;.ou S,, boarding house .
e.,' w. and Mrs. Mulden have LETT
M MI Hall and gone to the city.
c'aD W.. wheeler leaves the Park
hls, ss home this week, where she
lo,,nds 70, Nd. spending the summer
n,~ ~s. single mill was closed down
~. '.sek IN oruer to install new
,ad ,S1 heavier timbers, and and is now
.nuuiur anu in hrst-class shape
''.a ". sod Mrs. vanNest and chill
a, M are comfortably installed in
sIt' St Gays house, where at they nave NAV
~. s.s o collection OF pictures MIS-
, ranSest ans est IS quite an artist.
o,,;,e a number Of Portland peo
,le are coming out to the in ,hs tark ,;sh 10,
.as,s nc 'i IN town-and some say they
never will leave this oeau''ial SUD-
urb.
VI w,.. 4. NJ. Wohlforth, TAG
,.sssSu M'ss street, Portland parlor
y;';oery. ST Up-to-date work al
s"rr ",'I home with old or new mater mater,
i,Is i References given. fhohe
main 647S.
Residents of the Park are enthus
;..,ie over the reported sale OF the
a.;,,o,d TO an eastern company;
,ssv had commenced to believe
,hsy @sy never would be accommodated
n = proper way, but, now, II the
,soo1, - = Is true, we may look for big
things in the near future.
We are in hopes that the city
engineer will not show undue fav-
or;,i,m when he comes to inspect
on new sidewalks on Fisk street
Come residents are doing their own
~ofk. and doing i, so much cheap
a, they claim, than the city can do
h that quite naturally II looks
n,her cheap and amateurish In
sme places. When the people OF
,he Park demanded a sidewalk,
they wanted a good one, and the
majority Of Fisk street property
holders are willing to pay for il.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Trolley Lines Sold.

Once more has the deal whereby
Portland's electric railways have
been bought by an eastern syndi-
cate been pushed through-accord-
ing to the daily papers. Every
little while one of Portland papers
springs this scoop to the public
and, soon after, denies it. This
time there are six million dollars In
the deal-but no one knows how
high the next figure will be.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ITEMS,

The 'os pins and caps Of the
academic graduates are quite nifty
The fair grounds viewed from
the University bluff are u thing Of
bezu,y-especially when illumined.
The Junior Literary society held
avery enjoyable meeting Tuesday.
The eorne, solo by Eddie Nordhotf
was very we'll received.
The baseball team defeated the
high school lads OH May ~ by the
score Of seven to one. Mangold
received silt.edged support and had
bis opponents completely at his
mercy.
The May number Of the Colum-
bad has a very acceptable new
dress. The stories are up to the
usual standard. Many thanks are
due the athletic editor for the Col
unbla track team records.
The best players at handball In
The different divisions are: faculty
r, Gallagher four, Prof. Tierney;
eoardefs-A. Weber and +. Weber;
day seholars-T, Monks, and X.
css; iuniors-S. Leavy and Il.
Wilkinson.
On Wednesday the team met the
soldiers Of Vancouver on the bar
nek grounds in a four to one con-
'st Wilkinson had his opponents
completely at his mercy. Tn. bat
llng BY both teams was heavy but
not always opportune.
The second team high school
Dictated pickup team by the score
o. xven to two. The features of
!@ game were Meamy's pitching
10 Columbia, having IS strike-outs
% BIB credit, and Spenser's playing
"shoft' missing six easy chances.
Tomorrow the track team tries
~ y Conclusions with the boys of
rseihe College, Newberg. We are
'0oeeded first place in all events
.Icspt the mile run. Kelley, Col
umoia star man, will enter in a
uamoer OF events and is easily the
w winner OF every event he enters.
wash wash Weber, Rae. Quinn aud
n aesny ought to capture points. |
xuMnn Is expected to land the
asn' events. This will be the
- meet for the season.
In. ina very interesting and we'll |
80 ..ssa oall game the Juniors de- |
;. ;..'sd the second Multnomah Jun- |
~ Oy the score Of seven to five. |
n sI< t. .sins compelled the youngsters
: s.ue IN the gymnasium. The
~ snY skee was the star artist for
,as ,.I xeaIeIs Of the gold and blue, |
.n Kept his opponents constantly
o;,'.s o;sssslng' Douglas, of Multnomah, |
rs.a r~aea q very clever game-but
-, >e''sa at the close Of the con- |
-, ~, II, " oBrien' at second, was the
h,,,;pps payer OF the game, and his |
,h;1a s was very good. Leavy, at
Soa' was somewhat off color.
S.e soIe by innings:
sS.lsnbia y Juniors
~4'A'mah Juniors Isa,o, q
ssm ssnd.y the team sojourned to|
',,.s ~n where defeat was sdminis.
h ~. 70 !ne willamette university.
d. s.' .! the best games played In
I~r - p,'ol y. city. by the score of
4 cos.ee ~ .h,ee. Wilkinson pitched
-uI;na Iumela 70 and was very effective
4 b;s eleven scalps as the reward
n W;l,Hy Ssy labor. Jennan pitched
4 the .slns''e n. and kept The boys
a The %,P'e rs and white constantly
lssns .as .ssk' On Saturday, the two
de-, ;sain =, met and Columbia met
he sunr.1 NJ the first time this year. |
u b.rpp ppoft given Mangold could
s,s tha, Vssn T,s,, worse and the result
sas sss;., willamette piled up eleven
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26
Met With Accident.

This morning about eight thirty
while working on wheeler in
grading Jersey street (north) Verg
Hanna was caught in the trip and
narrowly escaped a couple broken
legs.
Mr.. Hanna Is q young man not
tall enough aud not heavy enough
to handle one Of those wheelers
without risk. He was thrown in
between the trip aud crossbar, and
both legs between the knee and
ankle were badly confused and
skinned.
DIR. MacLachlan was at once
summoned to the home ofrPascal
Hill. where the injured man was
promptly carried. The injuries
will not be long in healing.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-05-26

Just what you need to make you
better: some Of that fine pastry at
the Saint Johns Bakery--oPPosite
the Review Office.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-08-04
BALTIMORE &OHIO RAILROAD
POPULAR EXCURSIONS.
NIAGARA FALLS,
Only $ll.50 round trip.
From NIartinsburg.
June 80,
July IA and 2S.
August and Is,
September l and 10, 1905.

Excursion tickets will be sold on
above dates for any train making con-
rection with train 504, leaving Wash
ington 7 a. M, Baltimore Camden
Station), $50 a m. arriving at Niagara
Falls at | | p. m.
From points west of Mt Airv and
Washington Junction, tihkets will be
sold for any train on day previous to
above dates.
Tickets valid for return ten (!o) days
including oath of sale, on all regular
trains except "Black Diamond Elk
yress," of I,ehigh Valley r. r.
Holders of Niagara Falls tickiets
haye the privilege Of m liking deliA'-
full side trip from Niagara f, alls to To
ronto and return, going and returning
same day for SIPS Except for excur-
sien of Sept. / and on return journey
can make the charming side trip from
Rochester to Thousands Islands ard
return for $5.75.
Stop-overs permitted oh return trip
at Buffalo, Rochester junction for
Rochester,, Geneva, Watkins, Glenn,
eileen Summit Springs aud Mauch
Chunk.
These popular excursions are run
through the mos beautiful sec ion of
the cast, giving daylight views of the
beautiful Susqueharna river, the Le-
high and Wyoming Valleys.
Call Oh Baltimore and Onio tickle
agents for pamphlet giving full infor-
matt
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-08-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Robinson return
ed from Savannah, Ga, on Thurs day
where they had been called by the
death of Mrs. Robin sons brother.
The city band went to Hancock
last Friday to remain until Saturda y
evening, under contract with the
Union Realty Company, in order to
make things lively for the lot sale,
which took place on Saturday.
Johann Hoch, alas Blue beard, -
who was convicted, sometime ago, in
Chicago, OF bigamy and having poi.
oned one o. his many matrimonial
ventures, AMI sentenced to be Fung
on last Saturday, July goth, was re-
prieved, by Governor, Deneea to Au-
gust 25th, to allow time to appeal the
case to a higher court. T &c r.prieve
came a very short time before the
time fixed for the hanging.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-08-04
A Fireman Injured

Mr.. F. NJ. Hensel, fireman on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was
struck on the head by stone, thrown
by some unknown person. Saturday
morning about 10 o'clock, in 1.-THE
Cumbo yard as he climbed into the
cab of his engine to go out on his
run.
He was knocked down, aud in fall
ing his head came in contact with
some sharp projection and cut an
ugly cash He was brought to bis
home in this city and DR.. Myers rem
pered the necessary surgical !reat
meat His injuries are painful tu
not dangerous and it will probably
be several days before he can leave
his raom. There is no clue to the per
petrator of the dastardly act.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-08-04
Use Aliens Foot-EaSe,

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Your feet feel swollen, nervous
and damp. and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures swoll-
ell, sweating feet, blisters and csllous
spots. Reli ewes. corns and bunions of all
pain. Try it today, Sold by all drug
visits and shoe stores for 2jc. Do MT &C
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