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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

all operators agree 10 pay increased
wages Of 8 cents a ton on pick-mincd
screen coal, with proportionate nd.
vances for other methods Of mining
and outside labor, as n prerequisite 10
negotiations on the other question.
With the advance in pay assured, work
may be continued In the mines affected
pending solution Of the minor points,
provided the National executive board
Of the union approves action 10 this
effect by district officers.
The National board Is made the final
power 80 far an the union Is concerned,
but II Is expressly forbidden to modify
the wage demands.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
> Natives Fire on Foreigners.

Liverpool, March S0,--A fight be-
tween Liberians and hostile natives
was being waged March 8 at Cape Pal
mas, according to reports brought by
the steamer Salaga, which arrived
from Liberia today. The natives from
behind stockade at the mouth of the
Palmas river. We're firing upon an Eng
lish factory and the Liberian troops.
The latter replied with a machine gun.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Unfortunate, Indeed.

Her hair looked like stack OF sea
moss with strands of oakum and kel 4
and dried alfalfa twisted through It
Occasionally she pushed the bunch
back into place and II trembled like .
living thing.
''rhe trouble with the new fashions
in hair" she drawled. "is the unfor.
tunate fact that the shop girls seize
upon the latest arrangements. don't
you know. and grossly exaggerats
them"
She pushed back the stack as she
spoke and six puffs. three short curls
and a yard of fuzzy filler fell to the
floor with a noiseless thud.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Gun ExpIodes; Eight pie2

Manila, March ga report reach
ed here today that gun on the United
States cruiser Charleston exploded dur
ing target practice. killing or wound
ing eight men. The Charleston is re-
turning to Manila from Olongapo. No
details Of the reported accident have
been received here. The Charleston
is the flagship Of Rear Admiral John
Hubbard. commander in chief Of the
Asiatic feet. Her commanding officer
is Commander John H. Gibbons.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Holds Banner for Alfalfa Seed.

Vale-vale is the banner alfalfa
seed point In Malheur county, ship
ping nine Of the IL cars Of alfalfa seed
sent out from Malheur county IN 1909.
The country In the Vale vicinity is un-
excelled for the production Of the finest
quality Of alfalfa seed. An average
car holds about 80. 900 pounds Of alfal-
fa seed. which at Is cents per pound.
the price paid for most Of the seed,
makes carload worth about 81. 500,
or approximately $40,600 for the nine
cars.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
GOLDEN Aon ron cArA

|
Felinss Were venerated ~ the An
cients--Chanss in Middle Ages.
That truly was the golden age Of
cats. The slayer OF q cat in Egypt
was punished severely, but when the
felines died from natural causes they
were carefully embalmed and laid
away to become mummiss. Herodotus
writes Of great numbers Of pilgrims
on one occasion 700 ,0O0--goins annu-
ally to the city OF Bubastis to attend
the festivals Of the cats.
Even to-day In Cairo there remains
vestige Of this ancient veneration.
for money 10 appropriated to feed all
the hungry cats Of the city, while the
pilgrims to Mecca do not fail to pro-
vide for the cats they encounter on
their journey.
The Greeks and Romans were also
fond of cats. When the rats migrated
from Asia and invaded the granaries
Of Europe relief from the plague was
found in the cats which we're import
ed. Then. too, the Norsemen had their
cats. and so we'll did they think of
them that they incorporated them into
their mythology. Two cats draw the
chariot of the goddess Fridja.
Then came a change and in the mid
die ages, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can. the cat was looked upon as a
thing Of evil. The day Of witchcraft
prevailing, every sorcerer or sorceress
made It point to be accompanied by
a cat, preferably black one, which
resulted In many Of the little animals
being killed because they were so
feared.
In the Flemish town Of spres there
was q "wednesday Of Cats" in the
second week Of Lent. which was orig
mated In 982 by Baldwin Ill. count
OF Flanders. On this day each year
Il was customary to fling cats from
the top Of lofty tower. and many Of
the animals were killed. II Is said
that this custom continued until 1868.
The question as to the origin OF the
domesticated cat has frequently been
raised. There is but little doubt that
the first race OF cats were wild. but
they were undoubtedly well domesti-
caaeu before tne m'uuie ages ana yer
tainly before they were imported into
EUROPE. Az wnat periou' however none
can teil' 80 IL s genera'iy assumed
tnt the Egyptians' whose WORKS nave
been lost IN the ages, are respons'o'e
for giving the cat to the present time.
There are yet extant many races OF
wiid cats from the Nuo'an OF northern
Africa 10 the bobcat OF western amer
lea. but the INK between tnese animals
ana the domestieated variety 10 d'm'
cut 70 locate u " does NJ all es's''
Nor Is the cat considered az PET
alone IL mas a commercial vaiue, ior
the sk'ns n~'o peen io""" W "aN"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Atlantic Fleet to Cruise Mediterranean
Washington. March 2s.-The secre-
tary OF the navy announced this after
noon that the whole Atlantic battleship
feet would. in November, proceed to
European waters. The principal
cruise will be made in the Mediterran-
can. II is intended TO divide the feet
while in the Mediterranean in order
that various ports may be visited. 1t
is not limited anywhere that the feet or
any part of it will 60 further than the
Eastern Mediterranean. The official
statement is that the feet will. after
the cruise, go to Guantanamo.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Coburg to Have Lights,

Eugene-The little city of Coburg is
soon to have electric street lights, the
council having decided to put them in.
A small electric light plant has been
in operation there for some time. but
only residences and business houses
have heretofore been lighted.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Water Pipe Coming.

Central Point-C. b. Bade, of the
Jacobson-Bade company, which has the
contract for installing Central Points
water system, has received advices
from the East that the pipe had been
loaded and started West. Mr.. Bade
expects the pipe TO begin to arrive in
from three to five weeks from the
time it was shipped. This should
bring some Of the pipe by April Is.
Work will commence Immediately upon
receipt of the pipe.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
HOLD WATERWAYS CONVENTION
willamette Valley Delegates to Meet
In Albany April "a.

Willamette Valley Delegates to Meet
In Albany April "a.
Albany - The improved waterway
convention which will be held at Al
bany on April Ia for the purpose of Sc
curing the cooperation Of Willamette
valley towns in organizing a syste-
matte campaign for the improvement
Of the Willamette river, promises to
bear early fruit. The United States
government will be asked by the con-
veniton of all commercial bodies in the
valley to make a SO, 900, 900 appropria-
tion for river improvements. Follow
ing the action Of the joint meeting of
the Albany Business Mems association
and the Albany commercial club, held
here recently, invitations to attend the
convention have been issued by the
commercial club 10 the following cities
and towns: Corvallis, Brownsville,
Candy, Dayton, Dallas, Estacada, Eu-
gene, Harrisburg, Hillsboro, Indepen-
dence, Jefferson, Junction City, Lafay-
cite, Lebanon, McMinnville, Mount
Angel, Newberg, North Yamhill, Ore
gon City, Salem, Scio, Sheridan,
Springfield, New Era, Stayton, Will
] lmette, Gervais, Brooks, Turner, Hub
bard, Halsey. Aurora and Silverton.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Walla Walls. March 29.-As the re-
suit Of battle with knives between
four Italians and six Japanese early
this morning two Italians were ser
iously wounded. Antonio Ponti, one
of the participants. may die from his
wounds. Two Japanese were arrested.
The fight arose over the possession of
. bicycle.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Washington, March 2S. = Pullman
fares from st. Paul to North Pacific
coast cities viii be materially reduced
by an order to be issued by the inter-
state commerce commission this week.
The commission has reached this decis-
ion in the case begun by the Shippers
league, headed by George LOTUS, of
Minneapolis. 1t is understood the
commission win also include in its de-
cision that the Pullman company must
sell upper berths for less than lower.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Addition TO Madras Sold.

Madras-The recently plated Boyce
addition TO Madras was sold to w. II.
Taylor, of Spokane, and Max Luedde-
man. Of Portland. for $1,000. There
is about II acres In the tract. The
Oregon Trunk line railway passes
through the land. The plat lies well
for warehouse and railway siding pur-
poses.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Get More Pittsburg orafters

Pittsburg, March 2s. = Former
Councilman Charles Stewart was in
the sweat box for four hours this after
noon. He is believed to have told
many things that will cause new sem
sations Monday when the officials "get
their lines out"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Increase Capital Stock.

Central Point - The Central Point
State bank has increased its capital
from $l2, 500 to $780, 900. The growth
of the business has been so great that
the present capital was inadequate to
handle the volume of business.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Good Roads Meeting For Hood.

Hood River-The Grange bodies of
Hood River are plannig good roads
campaign In the valley. The officers
of Pine Grove grange have invited
Judge Webster. Of Portland. and Judge
Derby, Of Hood River county, to ad-
dress the citizens on the subject.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Hia style of Roat.

"And your husband Is yachtsman!"
"Yes. indeed. and awfuiiy enthusias-
tic about 1t. He has = nice boat Of
his own"
"Is it q centerboard boatr'
~N-no. From what I hear Il must
DO . sideboard boat."-clevsland Lead
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
MANY Trees for Hood Rixar

Hood River-Several hundred thou
sand trees have already been shipped
into the Hood River valley this season
ON account of the inability Of the three
local nurseries to supply the heavy de-
mands.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

Farmsr-Hi. there! Cant you ses
that sign. mo Fishing on These
Grounds?"
Colored Fisherman--Co'ss I kin see
signs. rs GUILD. boss. but ! amt 70
ignorant a. ter nsh on no groundA
I'm fishin' In de- crick.-Driftwood.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Brick Plant at lakeviev.

Lakeview-A. 7. Geek, who has been
engaged In the manufacture Of brick
about three miles south Of town for
some time. has purchased five acres Of
land from Roy Woodworth. on Indian
creek. He will abandon the old works
and set up new plant on the new site.
The clay which will be used is said 20
be better suited for brick making, and
Mr.. Zeek expects 10 turn out much
better brick than he has been able to
before.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Begin Big Logging Operations

klamath Falls-The Long Lake Lum,
ber company has contracted with w.
II. Mason for logging about 1000, OOO
feet Of logs on the upper lake. The
contract price is s22, 500. and it Is to
be completed by fall. There are TO-
900. 900 or l6.000.o 900 feet of logs
where the camps are 10 be established.
and II is quite probable that Mr.. Mason
will be given the contract for the re-
mainder Of the work next year. This
Is really the first big contract that has
been let. and is the forerunner of big
operations.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

After q man has known . few zeal.
Gus women. he doesn't marvel much
at the clevernsss OF Sherlock Holmes
or Old Sleuth-
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01

We do not admire = dog shsarsd to
represent q lion. Spch . dog always
reminds Us Of . boy ten years. old
wearing curl
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
Ten Acres Bring sic, 900.

Hood Rivcr-An indication that the
81, 900 mark for Hood River orchard
land 10 not far away was shown recent
ly when ten acres were sold for S19,.
600. The highest price for Hood Riv-
er orchard property was paid by Felix
Won Hake vonegut, n resident Of In
dianapolis, Ind, who will come here
TO reside. The orchard, which 10 eight
years old, is situated on the East side
Of the valley and consists Of . solid
block Of Newton and Spitzenberg
trees. The tract sold to Mr.. vonne-
gut has the distinction Of being the
first piece Of orchard at Hood River to
sell for 81, 900 an acre, which was In
1906. Later II was sold to Mr.. Hills
for the highest price at that time, ST.
700 an acre. Again changing hands
II still maintains the high mark for
orchard realty here at 300 per acre.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
odendron Fair. tor Florence.

Eugene - Preparations are being
made by the people Of Florence for the
annual rhododendron festival, which
will be held this year on May 20. The
festival has been held for the past
three summers, and has proven a great
success each time. attracting hundreds
Of visitors from all over the Coast.
The water pageant Ia the crowning
feature Of the celebration. The
rhododendrons grow TO perfection along
the Siuslaw. and they are at their pref
tiest about the middle Of May. This
years festival will surpass all others.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

NO one could have told which man was
the great king. Peter would not allow
any one to call him czar, for he would
only answer when called Carpenter
Peter"
Later the monarch went to England
to learn other trades until at last he
was master of IA different occupations.
His hands, which must have been
rough from wood carving and metal
working, were trained even in den-
tistry. No wonder with all this hard
work Peter seemed out of place when
he visited the castles and palaces of
other kings who did nothing but show
their fine manners day after day. The
Russians excused their czar for his
seeming roughness at court, but they
always wished that he might learn
to control his temper II he could have
succeeded in doing that one thing his
name would be honored more than it Is
even to this day.
Where the great city of st. Peters
burg with It's grand palaces and wide
streets now stands there was once
nothing but watery marsh. Peter saw
that at that place the Russians ought
to build a fort to protect their country
from enemies. Such an idea seemed
foolish to many people, for few saw
how such a watery waste could be
made solid ground. strong, iron
will conquered the many difficulties
for Peter the Great made up his mind
that he would succeed In the work
He employed many men to labor In
draining the land and then in building
the forts.
The czar himself endured the same
hardships as his workmen. With his
own strong hands he built log house
on a part of the marsh. There he lived
for nine years, arising every morning
at o'clock and working all day with
the other men. Finally the great work
was finished and little by little the city
OF ST. Petersburg grew up at that place.
People of Russia love the memory OF
the hard worker after whom the city
was named and to this day they treas
ure the log cabin in which Peter the
Great lived when he worked at found
ing the nations capital.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Farmer Game

For this game all pretend to be farm
ers. The players are divided into two
equal sides. One of the sides goes off
at distance to determine upon what
fruit or vegetable to bring to town and
how to show the manner In which it
was raised Then the acting side
marches in line to the guessing side
which says, who are you?" The act
ing side announces. Farmers What
do you Sell?' Products from our
farm" How did you raise themy
'1rlIis way and the acting side goes
through some motion agreed upon
which shows how the potatoes were
dug or put into bags. If corn is
chosen the planting may be shown, or
the cutting, the shocking or the husk-
ing. When fruits are chosen the play
ers may pretend to be planting, prun-
ing, picking or packing.
AS soon as the guessing side guesses
the product the acting side runs. for
the players on the other side try to
capture as many actors as possible If
the product is not guessed, but is given
up, the acting side chooses another
product and has another turn at acting
The object of the game is not only to
guess the product, but to capture farm
ers. The first side capturing half of
the farmers of the other side wins the
game. If the game starts out with
eight players on each side the side
which grows to have IL players first
wins the game.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
PETER THE GREAT

If you could have seen the tall, strong
man carrying his queer cane, which was
nothing but a staff of iron, too heavy
thought that Peter the Great was
kind Of giant. He was really not a
giant, nor did he get his name from be-
ing SO large, but the people of Russia
called him great" for his wonderful
deeds. When little Peter was a few
days old he was given royal apart
ments of his own In his fathers palace.
No baby ever had greater riches about
him. The walls of his room were hung
with beautiful red cloth stamped with
silver. His tiny furniture was OF GRIM
son velvet embroidered with blue and
yellow silks. When the servants, who
were themselves dressed in very fine
clothes, made little Peters bed they put
silken sheets and silken pillow cases on
it. They spread 1t with covers OF sill
yer or gold cloth.
The small carriage in which the baby
prince went driving through the pretty
parks was drawn by little ponies and
tended by dWarfs All this sounds like
a fairy story, for two little dwarfs in
velvet uniforms rode on ponies on each
side of the princes carriage and one
tiny man rode behind. How the chill
dren of the town where little Peter
lived must have watched this process
sion when the prince was taken out for
his afternoon drive. Peter was only
years old when he was sent to school
to learn to read. He was so young that
he always disliked his books afterward.
He never became a great scholar, for
he wished TO learn the things which in
those days were not in books. Before
Peter was 1S years old he was made
ruler of one of the most powerful ma
tions OF the world, for he was czar of
Russia.
He might have had great riches and
lived I'm the most beautiful palaces I'm
the world His dress could have been
the finest and his Jewels the costliest
All of his day might have been spent I'm
idleness and pleasure. This life might
have suited many young men, but Pc
ter did not wish TO waste his time The
young czar hated luxury and cared
little for comforts His only pleasure
was TO work. work. work AT that
time little was known about boat build
ing, so II was Peters first aim after
gaining the crown Of his country 10
build a feet Of ships for Russia. To
do this the czar went to Holland, where
the best ships were then made. He took
with him many men, so that they, too,
could learn the trade Every day for
several months Russia ruler and the
workmen toiled together in the shops.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
A Composition

There was once a little girl who
wished to write composition. At least
she didn't wish to- but she couldn't help
it, because her teacher said a compost
ton was to be written. The little girl
got out all her pencils and sharpened
them carefully and ruled neat margins
down the side of her paper and then
gave a great deep sigh and looked out
of the window.
81 don't know what to write about"
she said, just as you and every other
child have said a hundred times. And
her mother said, Write about what
you see."
"I see the willow tree" said the lit
tie girl, "but can't write much about
that. Well, perhaps l can start with
it"
So she looked hard at the willow
tree and wrote q line about how she
loved it because she had always
climbed it ever since the beginning
of time. And she wrote another line
or two about how bright the leaves
looked where the sun touched them and
how gray they looked in the shadow
and then she told how the wind made
them sway like long fringe. And she
told about how dark the trunk was
back of the leaves and how 1t bumped
out curiously in places, where straight
willow stalks shot uR and about the
grasses that grewfpround the foot. And
she was just finishing a description
of how II looked In the rain, when her
mother, who had gone out, came back
and asked how the composition was
getting on.
why, 1t is all DONE" said the little
girl. "And / don't think I'll ever be
afraid of compositions any more. Next
time I'll write about the apple tree,
and then I'll begin on Mr. Thompson's
wood, and that will last me until I'm
grown up"
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
IDEAS ON HOW TO GIVE A MOTHER GOOSE PANTOMIME

\ OTHER GOOSE pantomines are
lots Of fun for children's par
ties and may be arranged without
much trouble with the assistance OF a
paste pot, pair OF shears and a guam
uty of crepe paper and cardboard. 1t
Is also necessary to have on hand a
Mother Goose book which is illustrated
so that one may make UP the costumes
properly.
The only equipment for showing the
pantomimes is a screen. over which a
sheet may be stretched. The pictures
must be shown In a dark room. A
bright light is placed on the other side
of the screen-that is, on the side where
the actors are to be. Anything that
comes between the light and the screen
will cast a shadow which will be seen
by the group on the other side of the
screen.
In order that the shadow may be a
sharp one, which will give a definite
idea OF the character represented, 1T is
necessary to exaggerate the character
istic features of the person or group
portrayed and also to make the poses
exaggerated. "a great deal of fun
may be had by guessing the characters
which are being represented and also
who the girls and boys are who are
portraying them. Prizes may be given
rect guesses 1t Is often easy to guess
what characters are represented, but
not what persons are giving them
Animals and objects of all sorts may
be cut from the cardboard or the crepe
paper, and hats and costumes of any
desired kind may be easily made of
paper. The color, of course, does not
matter, and as the objects are only to
be seen through a screen there is no
need of careful workmanship in put
ting the objects together 1t is even
more simple to use toys and other OBJ
jects which may be found in almost
any home to carry out the pictures in
most instances, while the paper is used
only for the costumes and for unusual
articles which are not be had other
wise.
The actors march across the scene
from one side to another and then back
again, so as to give everybody chance
to guess what the character Is. Some
times they pause in the middle of the
screen and go through weird antics or
poses characteristic of their parts 1t
is more fun to decide upon these things
after the actors are assembled on the
evening Of the performance than to
have cut and dried program with
everything arranged beforehand.
Simple Simon may be represented
with his pie or his fishing pail Mary
and her little lamb are, of course, easy