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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-07-14
N. F. NOREN
Real Estate

Lots In Arvidson's addition, North
st. Johns. overlooking the river,
Is high and slightly. ...... s2so
Fine lot, soxioo, two blocks from
from the bank ................ 57S
Choi, est corner lot on Boulevard 4So
Lot soxIoo, small house, overlook.
ing river, high and slightly; asnap 500
New 7.room house, close 10 car line,
a nice home. ................. 100
Pine large S-room house, lot I3Sx
too, near center of city, good out.
buildings; cost a., 900, will sell for
(cashY .....,..o............... 1900
New groom house, lot Soxioo, we'll
improved ..... .............. SO
New Groom house, lot Sox7i, one
block from station. n............... tuoo
Sole agent for Title Guarantee x Trust
Co. Lots IN Point View sold S. down
IS per month.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-07-14

ihl q littts maAN
81, beside Q powdrrksg
Nevcr though, twould catch.
Willie ~ss pretty boy,
Aged about eleven.
Funeral tomorrow noon,
n se gets down b, ssVen'
Goodbye. Royal Aane. goodbye
According 60 .ae Advance,
Adams he'd a f..e celebration on
the Fourit.
Many a msu figures that he
wishes a real wife when what he
really needs Is nurse and some
gum.
The humber OF wedding permits
issued In Portland last month broke
the record. Many OF these permits,
very likely. broke the groom.
When an attorney thinks i, is ali
up with his client he usually tries
to make out faulty indictment.
See Senator Mitchelrs attorney.
When Portlapd's city council
makes a present TO the mayor there
seems 10 be a string on the gift.
Wonder II trading stamps went
with itl
June brides are not in Il any
more-but the yearp for a new
flavor of ice cream and new issue
Of a man still agitates the young
maids breasts.
A Toledo, Ohio, man has in
vented a successful airship. As
the inventors name Is Knabenshue
II is believed ;ha, he has glued
wings to the thing.
For financial reaSonS the writer
IS not attending any Of the more
fashionable gatherings. 1t costs
real dollars to buy real clothes and
So we are Simply Staying $equeS'
tered.
Sometimes a man gets grouchy
when he sees his wife minus her
warpaint and wearing a dirty apron.
Still, she has to see him without
any collar on and his galluses
hanging down his back. Which is
worse'
John ID. Rockefeller has just
given ten millions Of dollars for
higher education" II he'll give
us that much well study the oil
business on the top floor Of
twenty-story building. That ought
to be high enough.
II you care to know how Il feels
to he a mayor and receive q cut
glass-and-silver flowing cup as a
gift from the council-and then
have to dig down in your own
pocket and pay for Il Just try to
borrow SIo3 from yourself.
The Woodbum independent has
what many country paper lacks -
a real editorial column. Some Of
our exchanges have editorials on
Proud Pills for Pretty People"
'Uneeda Shave" and arnica salve.
mixed with editorials written with
The shears. Not 80 the Inde-
pendent.
Il love you. dear" I've often heard this
termed sweet expression
Whether uttered by the mother, by the |
sweetheart or the wife:
know u often proves q most extraya.
giant expression.
And I've seen !, keep man tied down
for life.
We seen II end in lawsuits: have seen
Il end IN marriage;
I've seen Il when the fellow said he
wished he hadn't spoke:
We seen Il cost lover q fine sealskin
cloak or carriage;
have seen Il where the husband, ton,
went badly, sadly broke.
'our other little words know that cause
heap OF sorrow.
That often make US gnash our teeth
and grumble for while;
We note and frequently observe "We'il
settle that tomorrow.
Although when that Is said TO us We
never, never smile.
hose little words we hear so oft, those
simple little creatures.
That make the living of our life seem
pretty near up hill,
ome q, Ms all - frequently We recognize
their features
When We see the man approaching,
saying
Mister
Here's
Nour
BILL"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-07-14

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hl N = MISC has iouud a safe NaN 10 ca,
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Me- is 80 sApstt Al gold hllinK aud ctos "A
aud hfidgv Nofk iAttaVtlng uev when
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-07-14
MISE BROS. Deutists,

tah,ng huilding oof Third aud Nash Sta.
Nisu gNcutnss Nll y 4 m SUNDAYS itom
tota az NAin ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

"HoU'd you git acquainted oith her 2"
bell had ceased to ring, and the shouts
of the crowd at the fire sounded faint
~. There were no other sounds.
Up the driveway Captain Fri hur-
ried. There We're no lights in the lower
part Of the house, and the dining room
door was locked. The kitchen door,
however, was not fastened, and the
captain opened it and entered Shut
ting it carefully behind him, he CROPPED
along to the entrance Of the next room.
'John!' he called softly. There was
no answer, and the house was per-
fectly still save for the ticking of the
big clock. Captain Fri scratched a
match, and by it's light climbed the
stairs. His friends room was empty.
The lamp was burning on the bureau,
and Bible was open beside it. The
bed had not been slept in.
Thoroughly alarmed now, the cap
tain, lamp in hand, went through one
room after the other. John Baxter was
not at home, and he was not with the
crowd at the fire. Where was he?
There was, of course, a chance that his
friend had passed him on the way or
that he had been at the fire, after all
but this did not seem possible. How,
ever, there was nothing to do but GO
back, and this time the captain took
the path across the fields.
The Baxter house was on the shore
road, and the billiard room and post.
office were on the main road. People
In hurry sometimes avoided the cor.
ner by climbing the fence opposite the
Baxter gate, going through the Dawes
pasture and over the little hill back OF
the livery stable and coming out in the
rear of the postoftice and close to the
saloon.
Captain Fri, worried, afraid to thini
of the fire and its cause and only anx
ious to ascertain where his friend wa:
and what he had been doing that night
trotted through the pasture and over
the hill. Just as he came to the bay
berry bushes on the other side he stun
bled and fell fiat.
He knew what it was that he had
tumbled over the moment that he fel
across it, and his fingers trembled sc
that he could scarcely scratch the
match that he took from his pocket
But it was lighted at last, and as its
tiny blaze grew brighter the captain
saw John Baxter lying face downward
in the path, his head pointed toward
his home and his feet toward the hill
lard saloon
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
CHAPTER vI,-(Continued.)

CHAPTER VI.-(Continued)
He remembered that there had been
number Of people on the side Of the
burning shed opposite that on which
he had been employed and he deter
mined to have one look there before
going to the Baxter homestead. AL
most the first man he saw as he APP
preached the dying fire was Ralph
HaZeltine. The electricians hands
and face were blackened by SCOT and
the perspiration sparkled on his fore
head.
"Hello, captain!" he said, holding
out his hand. Lively for awhile,
wasn't 1t? They tell me you were the
man who suggested pulling down the
shed. It saved the day, all right
enough. If you're going home I'll go
along with you. may as well be
getting down toward the station. The
excitement is about over"
"I amt goin' right home, Mr.. Hazel
tine. I've got an errand to do. Prob'ly
TIL be goin' pretty soon, though"
ooh, all right! I'll wait here awhile
longer, then. See you later perhaps"
The fog had Heted somewhat, and as
the captain, running silently, turned
Into the shore road he saw that the
light in the Baxter homestead had not
been extinguished. The schoolhouse
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
BACK YARDS.

We were at a certain home in a
country town not long since which
really and truly had no back yard. Most
homes both In city and country have
back yards, part Of the premises de-
voted to the accumulation of rubbish,
debris and dirt Of modern living-old
boards, utensils, ash piles, wood yard,
often too fragrant with slop odors,
fitting environment for back kitchen
door, condition which many people
think is an inevitable adjunct of mod
ern living. At the place referred to
there was none Of these things, for
the back yard was just as neat and at
tractive as the front yard. Rubbish
was never allowed to accumulate, ash.
es were put on to the garden as ferti-
lizer when emptied, pretty creepers and
vines covered the back fences and out.
buildings, and of course there was no
dirty, Ill favored back shanty attach
ment to the home. There is a great
chance for missionary work in the line
of back yard reform and Improvement,
for the condition of a mans back yard
very fairly indicates the grade Of re-
fnement of the home in which he
| lives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
Presidential Eelcction will Make no
Change.

No matter which. candidate is elect
ed, Foleys Honey and Tar will remain
the peoples favorite remedy for
coughs, colds and incipient consump-
ton. 1t cures colds quickly and pre-
vents pneumonia. A. ]. Nusbaum,
Batesville, Ind, writes: Il suffered
for three months with severe cold.
A druggist prepared me some medi-
cine and physician prescribed for me,
yet I did not improve. then tried
Foley's Honey and Tar and eight
doses cured me-" w. D. Elliott,
Druggist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
A GREAT sUcCEss.

We have referred several times n
these notes to rf.e new method of carr.
Ing fer tia esrts. roads ba- sruoothing,.
a;;d dragging them aftes every .Iin.
THIS ms.thssa has p;osrcG so successful
and satisfactory tii;s summer that Il. Id
conli,.s iuto general GGe al: over thu
wast ani rol Invest, at least where the
expensive n,ava6ana:z;as OF the public
highways Is at presen: barred because
Of luck of mnteria! wlerewith to do ID
and tic great cost attached. 1t is
making q very conservative statement
to say that where the dirt roads have
been treated by this method they have
been improved 100 per cent. They ars
smooth, we'll crowned in the center and
carry q ccmcnted crust Of puddled
earth which is well nigh impervious to
the effect Of any ordinary wet weather.
There are no depressions to serve as
the foundation for future mudholes,
and all who travel the highways SO
treated are loud in their praise of this
method of caring for them. Then the
cost is so very trifling that no road !.
money can be so usefully and econom-s
ically expended as by having all dirt
roads dragged at the proper time, the
cost at the outside for the country
highway not exceeding the sum Of So
for the season when the frost Is out
of the ground for each mile so treated.
The sensible thing to now do Is for
the township trustees to adopt this
plan as basic method of caring for
the roads and for them, in the spring.
to let contracts to have all the roads 50
treated. What has been done this year
has been largely done by public spirit
ed farmers, who have cared for piece
of road by this plan in addition to pay
ing their road taxes. Next year the
work should be done at public expense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The benefits associated with the old
fashioned method Of stacking the small
grain as soon as it was dry after cut
ting are SO great that the common way
of thrashing from the shock is simply
wasteful in comparison. When stack
ed the grain is of better quality, as the
sweat which it goes, through In the
stack is highly beneficial to it, insur-
ing better color and greater weight.
Then the straw is of much greater feed
ing value coming out nice and bright
In the late fall for winter feeding. But
greater than either Of these reasons Is
the chance which stacking gives for a
man to clear his fields in early August
and get his blowing done early, when
blowing kills all the weeds and puts
the soil into the best condition for a
succeeding crop. 1t would be good
thing, in the long run, If no machine
had ever been invented which would
thrash over 400 bushels of grain in a
day. Then men would all stack their
grain and be gamers in the long run.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
CHAPTER VII.

Wa sOR a second only Captain Fri
! e. stood there, motionless, stoop-
: ssSsEsEE.zlssssa ing over the body of his
Gss $500 friead. Then he sprang into
vigorous action. He dropped upon his
knees and, selling the shoulder of the
PROSTATE figure, shook it gently, whis-
pering, John! John" There was no
answer and no responsive movement,
and the captain bent his head and lis
tened. Breath was there and life, but,
oh, SO little of either! The next thought
was, of course, to run for help and for
a doctor, but he took but few steps
when new idea struck him, and he
came back.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The New York butchers are going to
fight the beef trust and hereafter kill
their own meats. They have organized
strong company for this purpose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

With a prospective market for good
beef animals at So and with corn worth
30 cents bushel the feeding steers
should be bought close to 1925 to in
sure a profitable job of feeding. Some
mon will pay cents for feeders and
sell beef for $3.50, and when they do
their hired men have made more money
than they have.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

An Indictment in the federal court is
one thing that seems to fcaze the beef
trust managers One Of them has
pleaded guilty for the reason, as he
puts it, that to have such Indictment
hanging over him would soon kill him.
1t is Il good thing. that there is some
thing which will touch these fellows.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

Two new artesian wells have recent
~ been bored in South Dakota which
give pressure of 2GI pounds to the
square inch at the mouth of the pipe.
These wells are vcritable water pow
ers without the bother of dam.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

good ,aauy men are not as smart
as fox squirrel, for they will not
mike any provision during the Sum
uer fos the winter, when they ca."t
work. Willie every last squ;rrei will.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The wild barley, most pestiferous
weed which is spreading all over the
low pasture and meadow lands Of the
west, wants exactly the same condi-
lions Of soil and moisture that the red
top grass does, and there is no better
way to get rid of this weed than to
seed the land with redtop, which will
soon run the wild barley out. Try this
and see.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

October is the very best month Of
the whole year in which to take all
outing. Then the fish, bite we'll. the
mosquitoes are disappearing. the Wealth
sr is more enjoyable and decent, the
landscape scenery at the height of its
beauty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

Many a man will feed Ills family
well. also his horses, cattle and hogs.
who. will deliberatel. and wantonly
.starye his land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The dairy COW foraging for living
in December stalk field is every way
Il COW out of place. Instead she should
be in a warm barn and be fed with all
the nutritious and succulent food she
will eat. 1t is simply impossible TO run
a profitable dairy out of doors during
cold weather
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

One of the great land movements Of
the near future is to be in connection
with the settlement Of the lands to be
brought under irrigation by the great
reclamation schemes undertaken by the
general government. Some of the most
desirable and productive agricultural
sections of the whole country are to
develop in connection with these
schemes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

Say, it's a great privilege when you
go to rest after the days labor to
feel that you don't owe any man a
cent, and still greater one to get up
in the morning and, looking the old
world in the face, feel that the day
and your work belong to you alone.
Just simple freedom from debt would
be the highest type Of happiness for
lots of humanity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The average income aside from his
living of the man who owns an eighty
acre farm through the prairie sections
Of the west is not far, one year with
another, from $780, We know Of Ger
man who has but ten acres of land.
and he makes over $1,000 year from
it. One is the careless, improvident
type of farming so common all over the
country, while the other Is high type
Of intensive agriculture.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

No new agricultural implement is be-
coming more popular or doing more
good than the manure spreader. The
best Of results follow its use, and the
factories are working overtime to turn
them out. 1t has about come to this
that the style of mans farming can
be determined by the fact whether he
owns and uses a manure spreader.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

BelateG frosts ell through the ccan-
Try are giving ali exceptionally fine ny
postuuity to secure all crops in good
shape tue corn crop especially matur-
ing naturally. insurins l. fine quality
Of corn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

The average farm should be so man
aged that the poultry income would be
at least $3.50 per annum. No branch
of farm work is more neglected than
this, and none would pay bigger re-
turns for more attention The average
hen is permitted as scavenger. when
she should be cared for as a money
maker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

We are asked when man, farm
er, should quit work-that is, how old
he must be to justify his letting go.
That depends. In way, man who
has been used to hard work all his life
should for his health's sake never quit
entirely so long as his strength lasts,
but after he is sixty we think that he
has earned the right to do only just so
much hard work as he feels like doing
and Of just that kind which he really
likes to do. This should be the old
mans privilege.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

Man clings to the barbarian and the
primitive with great deal Of tenacity,
this evidenced by the fact that just as
long as the fishing and hunting in any
locality are good it is next to impossi-
BILE to get him into line with modern
progress. 1t is probably true that If all
the possums, coons and fish of the
southern states could be eXterminated
it would be much easier to get the col
ored brother on his financial feet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17
ABOUT A PIE.

we laQ OCCASION 10 Uuy plc-d
pumpkin pie-recently. We obtained it
at caffetaire which the best cooks of
the city-ladies-were supposed to sup
ply, and we took the pie without ques-
ton upon the strength Of the reputa-
ton Of the institution. Dear me, how
we got fooled! That pie was conceived
in ignorance and brought forth in in
competence culinary aggregation Of
flour, lard. uncooked pumpkin and
sugar, with a crust like a hard pine
single and barbarian slop for
filling which the hogs would shun.
This thing cost 20 cents, good stiff
price for a first class pie. 1t needed
hammer and cold chisel to quarter it.
And this was supposed to be the prod
uct of up to date twentieth century
cooking! What was the woman think
ing of when she concocted this abom-
nation? Wonder who she was and
what sort of husband she cooks for.
Why has he not sued for divorce be-
fore this, or is she killing him by
is a good cook, after all? Women are
witched today on art, music, clubs and
public affairs when one-half of them.
need nothing so bad as to learn the
simple A B g Of good cooking and
home making. Young man, look up
the cooking pedigree of the girl you
are thinking Of marrying, for If you
marry a girl with pretty face and
who makes pies like the one we bought
you have struck proposition which
will worry you as long as you live, II
she doesn't kill you off pretty young.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY.
The crop production of this year ID
going to result in the accumulation Of
vast amount of new wealth, especial
ly for the great west and the north
west and southwest sections Of the
country. 1t is Of interest to speculate
what use will be made Of this new
wealth, the larger part Of which will be
in the hands of the farmers of the
country. Interest rates are already
low, and it looks as though they might
be still lower. We think that one result
will be an active and upward move
ment in farm land, the source Of this
newly created wealth. We do not looh
to see so much readiness to put money
into wildcat schemes as there has been
and more of tendency to buy good
acres at home rather than wild acres
on some distant frontier. Some Of the
years surplus can well be devoted,
first, to the payment Of debts, and,
second, to the Improvement of the
farm home and surroundings. Every
owner of good farm should have a
modern home in which to live and have
well bred stock and good place ia
too good for the up to date farmer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

We are often asked where is the best
place to keep seed corn after it has
been selected and gathered. In a
general way, it may be said any place
is good where the frost will not touch
it during the winter. This may be
down in dry cellar-no better place
than this-or it may be in an attic or
unused chamber of the house. The
barn, the corncrib and over the grain
bins are each bad places for it. Any
way, it needs picking and drying be-
fore it is frozen, or, no matter how
good care you may take of it during
the winter, you will be simply caring
for corpse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

A friend writes us inquiring whether
the fall is good time to set out our
common forest trees. If the ground is
we'll soaked, as it is generally this fall,
there is no better time to set these
trees than Just as soon as they shed
their leaves. If the ground Is very
dry 1t Is better to wait until spring
Whenever set, however. the top Of the
tree should be cut back to correspond
with the reduced root system. Forest
trees should be of medium size for
transplanting, not over three inches
through, as then they will be more
likely to live and will make better
trees than If larger ones are selected
for planting. We have had the best
success in cutting the top down to u
bare pole.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

We are asked whether 1t pays farm
er to save his own garden seeds. We
think not, as general thing. A few
sorts, such as pumpkin, squash, melon,
cucumber. beans and peas, it is well
to save, but for the rest they can be
more cheaply obtained from some reli-
able seed house. He should not fail
to save his own seed corn, however,
and the saving Of it is one of the most
important duties which the fall brings.
1t sometimes happens that grandpa or
grandma will take lots Of pleasure
and much pains to save a supply Of all
garden seeds, which they should be by
all means allowed to do.