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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
State Tax Rate AZ 1-2 Cents

BY Assoclated Fress.
SACRAMENTO Sept s.--The state board OF
equalization met today and fixed the tax rate
for the fiscal year at 42ls cents upon each 500.
An ad valorem tax of cents upon each 500
OF value OF the taxable property of the state
for the support Of the University of California
was also levied.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04

GRAIN AND TIED 200 ibs.)-wheat No. l.
$40; do uOO-lb, sacl), si.7S; corn. SLIGO;
cracked corn, $le5: feed meal $l.1i bran
heavy. 1890; rolled barley. s1.45 oil cake
meal. $3.50; seed rye. s1.7b; shorts, sl.45
Egyptian corn. sl.65; white oats. Sl.sO.
HAY-(Per toni Choice wheat hay. s22q24;
No. wheat or wheat and oat. S1S020; other
tame oat, Sl1Q15: wild oat. s11314: stock hay,
sSQs: alfalfa. s110125o; straw SoGsoe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
opening of the Town Site OF Corcoran
Sent. D, 1907

One of the finest beet sugar factories
in the state now being built by Pacific
Sugar Corporation.
BIG PROFITS MADE IN OTHER
SUGAR BEET TOWNS.
Special excursion train leaves Los
Angeles September s. about z p. m.
Reduced fare.
INVESTIGATE NOW.
Security Land and Loan company,
owners of town site and lands ad-
joining s57 S. Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Butter, Eagc and Cheese
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Sept s.-Fancy. creamery
butter, Soc seconds, 25lsc; fany dairy. 26ac.
seconds, 24c. New cheese, HQ15c; eastern.
1shc; Young America. 151s@17hc. Ranch eggs,
sSc, store. 2092aci eastern, 1skG221hc.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Sugar and Coffee

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK Sept. s.-sugar-Raw steady
fair refining, 3.42c; centrifugal 96 test, s.92;
moiasses sugar. $685. refined steady; crushed.
$40; granulated, &C.
Coffee-Steady; Rio, 6ssc
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
RUINED FRUITS IN SWEDEN
OPEN FIELD FOR AMERIcANs

According to a Stockholm advice the har-
Y,st of all kinds of fruits has been ruined
completely and the projected genealogical
hbition has been abandoned There is a good
field in Sweden for American exporters OF
fruit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Treasury Statement
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Sept S-Today's statement
OF the treasury balances in the general fund,
exclusive of the $l5oOOO,OOO gold reserve, shows.
Available cash balance 1926. $3.50, 40S
Gold coin and bullion ...-..........$ 81. .267 465
Gold certificates ..,.................$ S3,0S3, ,260
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Statement Of PUBLIC Debt
az Associated Press.

z25sUCItttU
WASHINGTON. Sept s.-The monthly state-
ment Of the public debt shows that at the close
of business August 81 the debt. less cash IN
the treasury, aggregated sS31,692 3S2 decrease
for the month of $3,o0S,772
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
SANTA CLARA APPLE CROP
WILL SHOW A DECREASE

The apple crop in the Santa Clara valley
California, will not be over half an average
1t is reported the late rains having damaged
the blossoms to 9 large extent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
MINING QUOTATIONS

San Francisco mining exchange quotations
furnished by Ernest Kennedy & Co., 12S West
Sixth street Los Angeles, Sept. g.:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Holiday.
LOS ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

Official sales-s0 Associated Oil at S27. .25dD
81 s7Is; 20 do at s27 .25927,50 Is. ao); Union
Cil at s1S6.5O; 10 Home Telephone pfd. at $5';
1000 Globe Oil at 1lc.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04

Everything you want you win hnd in the
classified page-a modern encyclopedia One
cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Retail Prices

Following prices for leading articles Of con-
sumptio.. prevail OF the Los Angeles stores:
Butter 2-lb roll. fancy. 80
Butter, alb roll Santa Ana................. 10
COOKING butter ...........,.............. go
Eggs, fresh Ianch, per dozen. ................3 .37h
Potatoes, fancy. 100 bs..................... 262
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
New York Stocks

By private wire to e. H. Hutton & Co., mem-
bers New York Stock exchange.
firct Iinh Lou Close |
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
FINANCIAL

LOS. ANGELES, Sept. S.-Bank clearings
were 41s45. 5l5.41, against s2126, ,5O4 .55 for thu
corresponding day last year, decrease Of
$3.50, $50 ii. Following is comparative state
ment:
Sept. 2s...... ........... .,........t ...,......
Sept s..s1,s ,s45, ,51541 s212e5o .55 SLOT, ,55o.4t
Holiday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Miscellaneous Stocks
Oil Stocks
DAILY MINING CALL

Official sales-5000 Johnnie Con- at 12l4c; 20pO
do at 12MQ13hc (B. 30 1000 Clark Copper at
SAC; 32, 900 Con. Mines at 1is@1%c
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-04
Building Permits Granted

Following are the permits issued from the
off,ce OF the chief inspector of buildings yes
terday and classified according to wards:
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

some enthusiastic soul in a burst of
energy would attempt to set the
wheels going, but so far no whole
hearted and united effort has been
made to make the club IA success,
and as a consequence the thing has
been running at very low ebb.
Why this is so it is hard to under
stand. Whether Our business men
are too busy raking in the shekels
to care for the city's welfare, or
whether the citizens in general be-
lieve a commercial club of little
value to a city, we wot not. At
any rate Secretary Perkins informs
us that there will be something do
ing next Wednesday night. So if
you want the city to have good
commercial body, be there and help
make it so.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
Publication Will Begin in Our Next Issue

Desiring possible the wishes of rapidly
of subscribers and having had number speak us in re-
gard running serial and desire that should do
experiment purchased the above for readers
print nstament OF week possibly hnd
The author OF this is popular and 1t is
confidently expected he will fail interest his readers in this
instance experiment and only tell how peases
readers by expressions would consider favor you
like either personally drop card
stating your OF the majority will win in
this case majority who their views
against discontinue but there enough who
will be glad keep up the publication of them
enlarge the paper hope do
There which have hsated to introduce be
many taking the daily papers and who would not
have any good members
who do not take the aes enough who
would appreciate each week giving brief the of the
world we will daes present them
would like hear from all who would
cate this column enough express themselves will do this
work Please you these features eai
est convenience You WISH know what
desire
We wish to state think of the Review is
your paper you the best possible and
il there is any question Importance considerable
Der wish bring their
please put your thoughts writing signature of
glad print communication We will ask all who
write to make their point they be able
and they printed regardless whether with the sent
nnt or not long they language
you do not wish your signature public your wish
respected but have the signature of the
writer so that we may dealing evidence
,f good faith.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
Swift & Co. Hard at Work.

Swift x Co. are having large
amounts OF lumber and piling
hauled to their new packing house
site on the banks of the Oregon
slough about mile east OF ST.
Johns, The material is to be used
ior docks and stock yards near the
new town that is destined to spring
up over there, in the estimation ot
property owners here,
a powerful dredge is kept at
work night aud day in deepening
the channel of the Oregon slough,
SO that deep water vessels may
load and unload at the docks. The
gravel taken from the bottom of
the slough is deposited in the low
lands back OF the landing, where
so acres in all are TO be reclaimed.
Brick for the foundations of the
various buildings are to arrive from
Puget Sound by schooner loads, as
the company evidently obtained
the material on better terms over
there, The work OF laying the
foundations is TO go ahead at once,
Within rs months Swift x Co,
will be Slaughtering stock at the
new yards in large numbers" one
of the men engaged in snperintend.
ing a portion OF the work said this
morning "and in few years the
packing houses will have assumed
a vast size, drawing livestock from
all parts of the country west OF the
Rocky Mountain. II will be but
a short time until ST. Johns will
occupy all the territory between
here and the big plant, as the city
is already reaching out in that
direction.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

II is gratifying to the people of
Portland and vicinity to note the
confidence in the ultimate outcome
OF the financial situation manifested
on the part of almost all the depos-
i,ors in our banks. II is learned
that the creditors OF the Oregon
Savings bank will not be heavy
losers, that the depositors OF the
Title Guarantee x Trust company
will be paid dollar for dollar, that
the Merchants National will re.
sumo business soon as the necessary
funds can he received from the
east and that 1t is as sound as a
dollar.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1907.

OF course our merchants wish to
economize as much as possible dur
ing the stringency in the circula
ton of the needful, but we firmly
believe they make a mistake when
they take their advertisements out
of the paper Particularly is this
true of the home paper. Several
of our good friends have done this.
We do not think we deserve it. We
have made il matter of principle
to stand for St. Johns, first, last
and all the time. We do not hesi-
tate to turn down foreign advertis-
ing when we think it conflicts with
the business of any of our business
men. We have never bought a
cents worth of stuff in Portland we
could get in ST. Johns not even our
cigars, but would lay in supply
when going over there to last until
we returned. Our advertising pa.
tronage was small enough for a
city of this size before, but II our
home patrons mean to stop adver-
tisiug now, when IL seems to MS
they should advertise the most in
order to get the trade, we shall
have TO do as n matter OF self-prcs-
ervation, that which we have striv-
Ell the hardest against--go over to
the city for our ads and our pro-
visions. We do not want to do
this, because we do not think il
the right thing to do, but a paper
cannot run any great length Of
time without advertising patronage
any more than any other kind of
business without patrons. We
have given our city more advcrlis
ing space free than we have been
paid for by our patrons since we
came here aud we believe this
should be appreciated to some eN-
tent at least. We have noticed
another thing that those who have
advertised the heaviest in our col
umns have been the busiest anu
have had the heaviest trade aud we
believe every one OF them will say
so II asked, while some OF those
who did not advertise at all OF very
little have had a light trade, OF
have quit business here and gone
elsewhere. This leads us TO be-
lieve that Il pays To advertise, aud
now, when there is the least doing,
should be the time above all others
when our business men should tell
what they have To sell. our sub
scription list has increased nearly
20 per cent since the first of July
and new subscribers are being
added at the rate OF from three OF
-four to dozen in day aud by the
time Mr Caldwell has completed
his canvass OF the city there will
be very few indeed who will not
read the paper in ST. Johns, This
should mean great deal 10 our
patrons who advertise with us.
We have all our life held that the !
money spent in judicious adyerlis-
ing was the best money they put
out, and we will have To be
showed To be convinced differ
entity,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
FUNDS WELL HANDLED.

That St. Johns is all right was
dc nonstrated at the meeting of the
school board this week, when the
contractors who erected the new
school building were paid in
full for the work, and it was found
there was sufficient funds left in
the treasury to pay our educational
workers spot cash at the end of
each month.
This is as ii should be, and is
one of the brightest features of St.
John social life. No city that has
pride in her educational institutions,
provides sufficient funds to pay on
the dot all obligations for the pro-
motion and support of these facili-
ties will go far wrong. There is
no one thing that will have greater
attraction for those seeking a new
home location than that 1t can be
said of a place that IL has superior
educational advantages. II means
to them that the locality enjoys a
social standard of high order aud
that il is a progressive community.
Such a reputation works efficiently
for the upbuilding of the moral Gle.
mcnt of our city because those of a
high moral standard will be more
attracted by these conditions than
will the ignorant aud vicious; for IL
is a notable fact that ignorance and
vice are congcnial companions,
while il is the exception rather than
the rule that the better educated
are dcpraved.
We feel, then, like congratulate
ing most heartily the school board,
aud particularly that portion of II
who insisted on tax levy heavy
enough To meet all the requirements,
aud earnestly commend their action
for the emulation OF their success
ors in Office. II is so much better
to be able to pay the cold cash for
all demands than To pay IN war
rants, compelling contractors and
lllNAl lAAANlN w ahAA1 wv fhiHNh W
our childrcn's education about half
the time or suffer loss through the
discoun, Of the warrants to those
who have the cash. The latter
method is not only unjust, but Il
works against the prosperity of the
city by causing bidders TO add an
amount when they can to cover
this deficit, aud retards the progress
aud efficiency OF our schools by
causing the better educators TO so
elsewhere where cash payment of
salaries are made at the end OF each
month.
We wish also TO congratulate the
patrons of the city schools In hav-
ing erected, equipped and fully
paid for, this year, one of the finest
and most convenient, up-,o-date
high school buildings in the state.
II is an achievement in which each
one who paid his taxes may take
personal pride,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

Our exchange table holds copy
OF the Abba Republican, publish,d d
IN our old home town which gives
iull space for the farmers institute
proceedings with portraits OF the
successful candidates in the con
tests held and what interested us
almost as much, a cut and descrip-
iion OF the new Mergeuthaler ma
chine recently installed in their
printery. II is something a little
ont OF the regular line for country
weeklies TO install Mergenthalers
and indicates that they must be
going some" in their establish
ment,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

According to the United States
Tobacco Journal the production of
manufactured tobacco of the coun.
try for 1907 reached October /, the
enormous sum OF SLo74 So79IS
with three months to run this year.
All this property to be sent up in
smoke, OF chewed up and expecto.
rated on our streets to the disgust
of decent people A total loss to
the wealth of our country, without
any benefit. Ii eonilagration of
such magnitude should occur in
any one OF our big cities, il would
be considered by every one a
national calamity.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

An earne. !. effort will be made
next Wednesday evening to breathe
t. Ueath of life into the CONNER
cial Club. Several times the past
summer il was thought the club
was on its last legs" but somehow
a spark OF animation always re.
mained. The life OF the organiza.
tion has ever been fitful. AT times
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

For RENT-Five room bungalow, up
todate, modern convenience. Price rea-
sonable. Inquire of owner, COS north
Jersey street. Up
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

For SALE-Household furniture, full
beds, half beds, chairs, dressers, stove,
cooking utensils, etc. Sos Richmond
street. q pd
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

For SALR-Several water spaniel pup
pies. Inquire of c. w. Potter, at Potter
x Coold's hardware store.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

HAVE some Of the best bargains in
small homes, and vacant lots in St.
Johns. J. M. Meiklejohn, Ago Gilbert
street, near Cedar Park Station. Up
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

FURNISHED HOUSE, TO REST-If you
want furnished house in a good local
ity, cheap rent, ask J. r. Williams. He
has one.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

LosT-Between railroad cut and Cooks
grocery gold belt buckle. Finder leave
at this Office and get reward. a.p
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

IR You want to buy, rent, sell or ex-
change property see Wolcott (The Rent
Man,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

GIRL WANTED-To do general house
work at Cottage hotel. Wages IS per
week. Mrs. A. v. Dariman. Itc
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15

WANrED-Renter for one housekeep-
ing room. Also roomers and boarders.
Very finest accommodations. Apply
528 Tvanhoe street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-15
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON

Author " "7hs Gentleman from Indiana The Two Vansvsa~ -
The Conquest If Canaan" etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Shy One Fare.

Inspector Johnson, of the Columbus
Railway company, tells the following
story of one of his new conductors:
The inspector had boarded a a on
one of the East Side lines and glanc-
ing at the register, noticed that there
were nine passengers on and only
eight fares. He touched the conductor
on the shoulder, a green man from
the country, and said:
"You are shy n fare. There are
nine people on the a and only eight
fares collected"
"By gosh," said the conductor,
chats right" and hastily grabbing the
bell cord, he stopped the a and yell
ing at the passengers ordered n Of
them to "git of. "-Columbus Despatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE.
Practically ~Unobtainable During Period
of Missourl's History.

However scarce money may be at
times at the present" said an old Mis-
sourian, the oldest inhabitants will
recall when it was almost unobtain-
able and other commodities had to be
used as media of exchange. The
VOLTS scalp was worth a dollar be-
cause 1t was a state bounty upon the
death of a wolf, and venison hams
and deer Sims also had a purchasing
value. Skins of the fur bearers were
likewise abundant and valuable. When
the first sheriff of Audrain county, in
1887, went to Jefferson City to deliver
the county revenue, he met an old
friend on the way who, needing
money, wanted to borrow the actual
coin part of the county's evenue The
good-hearted sheriff lent it to him and
went on to the capital and delivered
only the scalps. By the time of the
next settlement the loan was repaid
and the sheriff made his next settle
ment complete. No note or other OBJ
legation than the mere word was
given."-Columbia Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
UTILIZE E ACRE.
Unused Spaces on the Farm Should
Be Put to Some Profitable Use.

On many of our farms are to be
found considerable tracts of land that
have never been utilized, though COM
posed of good soil. Frequently the
land is so low that the water has kept
1t out of use. In other cases the land
is of such a rolling nature that it has
been allowed to remain in stumps and
underbrush, while in still other eases
trees of no particular value have been
allowed to grow on it. Such land
could have been brought into a condi-
ton of produce paying crops, but the
farmer has had all the land he cared
to use and could buy more land at a
small price.
But the rapid rise in price Of land
during the past few years has made it
advisable for the farmer to look about
him and see what he may do to make
every acre on his farm productive.
The easiest land to bring into the
service of the farmer is the land that
ID simply wet. Draining is a simple
operation where the land is enough
sloping to give a good water fall, and
this is the case with most Of this wet
land, although there are many excep-
tions.
It will cost money to put in tile, but
If the tile is properly laid and on a
good foundation it will be an invest
ment that will be paying a large in
terest years hence as well as at the
present time. Well laid tile is one Of
the most satisfactory ways of in.
vesting money, says Farmers Re
view, for the tile, being under
ground, will remain in it's position and
is out of the way of injury, If it be
below the frost. Money invested ir
buildings may disappear in smoke. Il
1t is invested even in the bank 1t may
disappear in a collapse of the bank
but mother earth protects the money
that is invested in tile. The draining
land very frequently doubles in pro
ductive capacity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
RARY,s ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
Iieve Him-But Cuticura Remedies
a Speedy, Permanent Cure.

eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each Of
which gave us something different
every time, but nothing brought relief.
At last, one of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards i'm
provement could be noted. Since then
we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti-
cura Ointment, costing in all SIPS. G.
F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New
York, March 80, 1906"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
Martins, Revenge.

A correspondent tells the story OF
two house martins nests built against
an aAtic window of a farm, to which
the birds came for several successive
years. Last spring, however, before
they arrived, a sparrow took up her
abode in one of the nests.
Shortly after the martins returned
as usual, and n day the farm people
noticed that the hole of the nest
which the sparrow occupied had been
blocked up. Next morning a boy
climbed up to ascertain the meaning
of this, and not finding any outlet
broke away part of the nest, to find
the poor little sparrow dead on her
eggs.
The house martins had walled her
up for daring to take possession OF
their house.-Country Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
A WALKING Map.

"The maps we have been giving as
premiums to subscriptions caused a
little temporary excitement in u Of
flee the other day." says the editor of
the Adams Enterprise. Ben Spudge
called and casually remarked in the
presence of seven intending sub
scribers that the said maps weren't
worth the paper they were printed on.
AS this observation caused the seven
intending ones to keep their cash in
their pockets we proceeded to make a
map of Ben's countenance, and we
succeeded so well that he is now the
best walking advertisement our map
industry ever had. Call again, Ben
old boy!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
HERE'S A NEW DEFINITION.
And Many There Are Will Say Senator
Plat Was Right.

A rather cynical joke has been re-
Gently credited to Senator Platt.
The senator, on his last visit to the
Manhattan Beach hotel, allowed a
pretty little girl, a western million
aires daughter, to be presented to
him.
The little girl, in the curse Of n
of her many chats with the aged
statesman, said:
Tell me, won't you, senator, what
political economy ISL"
Political economy, my dear child"
Senator Plat is said to have replied,
lis the art of never buying more
votes than you actually need"