St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-06-21

FRIDAY, JUNE ~, 1907.
According TO an old almanac
published in 1887 there is to be
mo summer in the year 1907"
In failing to catalogue and index
Orchards crimes, Mcfarland,
Pinkerton' hired man, made mis-
take.
1t will pay every taxpayer to
carefully read the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph franchise printed in
this issue.
Marshfeld and North Bend are
flirting with good thing in show.
ing indifference TO the proposed
railroad from Roseburg. These
Coos Bay towns should not forget
that Bandon is not so far away.
This explaining of the japanese
street brawls by the metropolitan
press of the country is getting TO be
trife monotonous. II the slant
eyed brown men really want n scrap
they are pursuing the wrong course
TO get II.
While The Review does not give
continental whoop whether the
saloons keep open Sunday or not,
II would like 10 inquire the reason
OF District Attorney Manning 5
suddenncss IN playing TO the gal.
lcrics. lie has been holding his
Office for some time without discov.
ering anything in regard to Sunday
closing until recently. People gen.
orally take very little stock IN
Manning $ display OF artillery.
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What will bc the result when the
railroad building is finished a year
hence aud the thousands Of IN
skilled workmcn are forced To seek
other occupations Will the high
wages oi the past two years cause
them 10 refuse to work for lower
rate OF will they adapt themselves
To the new order OF things. No
doubt other channels for their
labor will bc opened. Unless there
are the situation is worth consider
alton.
One Of the most unaccountablc
things occurred las, Monday even
ing In 81. Johns. A school meet.
ing was held, aud il had been thor
oughly advertised by the posting of
printed notices. mention IN The
Review aud the distribution oi
dodgers. Probably every school
patron and taN payer in the city
knew of the holding OF this parlic-
ular meeting Anyhow, fifty peo-
pie managed lo spare the time Ia
attend, 10 hear the annual reports
read. In the business section sew
eral colored men and women played
ragtime music and sang coon songs
They had an audience OF $50 attcn-
tive people. Can anybody explain ?
That man Parrish, he who is
assessor AT Seattle, has been doing
something that is likely To be cop
ied 10y other officials who have Jobs
IN the same line. Mr. Parrlsh's
latest stunt is To tax franchises
Last year Seaiile's electric com
pany's franchise. valued at a million
and half dollars, was not assessed
at all. This year the city assessor
taxed II up at its real value, Why
shouldn't hep Ii is a valuable
asset, and without which the light
ing company would be powerless to
do business. The Seattle assessor
has done several things out of the
ordinary and his latest move in
assessing the franchises is receiving
large sized JOLT from those liable
10 be Affected.
The street line of Richmond
street must he as crooked and wob
bly, as a pug dogs tail, Every
time a controversy comes up in the
council in regard to the various
streets OF water front in the vicinity
OF Richmond street its lines begin
To wander, Then one of those tan
booted men who squinls along a lit
tie brass thing is sent out from town
10y the city engineer. The squinter
locates the lines of the street at 50
much per squint Within the past
two years the city has had this line
located twice al an expense of near
500. One man with a tripod 10
Gated the street nine feet To one side
OF certain stake Later he To-
Gated II at point nine feet on the
opposite side ot the stake, OF eigh.
teen feet away from where he first
located the line. Now the council
is going to hire an expert to locate
the line OF Richmond street. Some
people think the city is being bun.
coed in regard TO this alleged engi-
neering, but as long as the man in
the tan boots does no, complain the
people are powerless to stop it,
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