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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27

inquiries made and the demand for litera-
ture, some twenty thousand Washington
Bulletins as well as local Washington
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial
Club booklets being distributed, would
indicate great influx of homeseekers
and investors into Washington next
spring.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27

evidenced by the reports received from the
Travelling immigration Agents in charge
of the Great Northern Railways Wash
ington Exhibition Car to General Immi-
grafton Agent Leedy in St. Paul. This
car has just made a successful trip through
the State of Indiana and is now entour
through Pennsylvania. The attendance in
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27

fiatterlng comments were heard regarding
Washington, and many who had already
made up their minds to try their fortunes
in the south were made converts to the
western country.
Washington also came in for her share
of interest at the United States Land and
Irrigation Congress which closed in Chi.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27
WASHINGTON EXHIBITION CAR
DOING GOOD WORK =
REPORTS OF GREAT NORTHERN
GREAT INFLUX SETTLERS WASHINGTON SPRING.

That people are still looking for new
homes in country where a good living is
sure in return for the labor put in is
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27

cago on December 4th. The Washington
portion of the Great Northern s booth was
most attractively gotten up, and from
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-01-27

all places has averaged between 1000 and
5000 people daily according to the size
of the town visited Everywhere, most
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
RESOLUTION

II Is resolved by the city of ST. Johns:
That II deems n vNpcdirnt aud necessary
TO improve baltimore ~ iipm the south
erly line oi Jersey street g. the north,
erly line ul Edison street in the city
of 81, Johns in the following manner, To-
wit hy vrtling said portion of street
To suhgthlr according Ia profile tiled iu
IN the uiiirr ui the city TvcuulrT oi the
city ui : lua BE- July aud, 1910. and hy
placing q iooi ,riuvnt walks with - loot
curb on both sides ol said street the en-
tire length of sad improvement. the de-
sign Oi this work being Ia place the en-,
tire street from curb Ia cub iu shape for
hard surface finish, and al work shall
be finished Ia conformity with such plan,
according To the plans and specifications
OF the city engineer on file in the office uf
the city recorder relative thereto, which
said plans aud specifications aud esli-
mates are satisfactory and are hereby
approved. said improvements 10 he
made IN accordance with the charter and
ordinances OF the city ut II. Johns, aud
under the supervision aud direction Vt
the city engineer
That the cost OF said improvement 10
be assessed as provided by the city char
ter upon the property especially aud par
ticularly benefited thereby, and which
is hereby declared To- be all OF lots, parts
OF lots, blocks and parcels OF land be-
tween the termini OF such improvements
abutting upon, adjacent OF proximate To
said Baltimore street in equal proportion
To each lot abutting thereon from the
marginal lines of said street back To the
center of the block OF blocks OF tracts
of land abutting thereon OF proximate
thereto.
That all the property included in said
improvement district aforesaid is hereby
declared TO be Local Improvement Dis
trict No. Is.
That the city engineers assessment of
the probable total cost OF said improve
ment OF said street is S2,9io.24.
That the cost of said improvement is TO
be assessed against the property in said
local assessment district as provided by
The city charter of the city OF ST. Johns.
Adopted the 3d day Of October, 1911.
+. A. RICE,
City Recorder.
Published in the ST, Johns Review on
Oct. o and 10, 1911.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
RESOLUTION

II is resolved by the city OF ST. Johns
Oregon.
/ That whereas. for the purpose OF pro,
| tecting the City OF 81. Johns and the
\ inhabitants thereof from eNtortionatr
| charges for rock 10 be usrd Ia the impro,
yemrnt ot streets said city has heretofore
purchased, and now owns, a rock quarry
aud crushing plant, situate Ia WILDWOOD
/ Court, opposite said city. That said city
/ did for time operate said quarry aud
rock crusher as municipal enterprise
that ia 81 operating said quarry aud crush
CT, large sums Of money were expended
the same being greatly in excess OF all
revenue derived thereiTom,
Wherefore. as means 10 accomplish
the euds ioT which said quarry aud
erusher were purchased, the Council of
the the City OF st. Johns did enter
into contract to aud with the
"Whilwood Quarry aud Contract
Company, corporation, by the terms
Ut which contract. the said Wildwood
| Quarry * Contract Company does bind
itself 10 furnish all crushed rock which
may he required for street improvement
purposes in the said City OF ST. Johns,
aud at a price iair aud reasonable Ia
To any aud all street contractors, aud
10 all property owners paying ior
such street improvements, which price
being greatly reduced from any price
which the said city could make and vet
operate said quarry and crusher in a
manner to pay operating expenses. under
municipal supervision. That the price
made ON street rock hy the said
Wildwood Quarry x Contract Company
having by the City OF 81, Johns been
made the basis OF calculation of the cost
OF all rock work on streets,
Therefore be it further resolved, that
for the reasons and purposes hereinbefore
set out, any and all contractors now
holding contracts with the City OF ST.
Johns for the improvement OF any street
or streets, as wen as all contractors who
may hereafter secure such contracts,
are hereby directed ndrequired to secure
the rock required for such contracts, at
the City rock quarry, unless said
contractors would be thereby unreason-
ably delayed, owing to said quarry being
operated To its capacity on existing
contracts with the city of ST. Johns.
Adopted by the council this sd day of
October, 1871.
F.A. RICE,
Recorder.
Published in the St. Johns Review on |
Oct. I5 and 20, 1871.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
A WORTHY CAUSE

Another ease of dcslitution under
most painful circumstance comes
In our notice lu the death oi Lee
Fortune Some ui us perhaps
know that Lee was an industrious,
hard working man, and while car
ing ior an invalid parent about a
year and half, who died about
three week, ago, hc was 40 the
same time doIug night work, and
paying ior little home on which
WAS about SIaS. 90 mortgage, mclud-
ing street assessments. His work
and anNlety were evidently too
much for his strength, as about
three days before his death he be
came insane. Ills friends attempt
cd To restore him with a few days
rest at a sauitarium, but while there
he became so violent he was com
PEELED 10 be taken 10 Salem where
within two or three days he died,
leaving a wife and two children,
one and two years old respectively
I'm behalf OF the widow and child
rcn, and IN respect To the memory
OF an industrious man and faithful
son, his friends are trying To com.
plete the payment on the little home
and turn It over To the mother aud
children Jointly to insure its being
held ior that purpose MI Hun
bert who has already helped the
family in many ways, when APP
preached on the subject agreed
to discount the note SIoo, and an
other of our citizens has subscribed
500, and duplicate subscription
lists have been left at the two banks
in 81, Johns, where any one appre
Cialing an opportunity can call and
subscribe such amounts as they are
willing to give toward the payment
of the balance, which is now only
about S22S. The Review recon-
mends this as a most worthy cause
The title TO the property has been
examined and found free of encum-
brance except the balance stated. 1t
is an opportunity to DO a good deed T.
aud at the right time.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
SUMMONS

In the Circuit Court OF the state OF oregon Tor
MultnOmah county
Jessie J. Pratt, plaintiff, vs. Guy A. Pratt. de
iendant
To Guy A. Pratt In the name OF the state Of
oregon YOU are hereby required 10 appear aud
answer the complaint hled against you In the
above entitled court and cause before the 10th
day OF November, 1914, six weeks from the day
OF the hrst publicatiOn OF this summons
tyou fail 10 appear and answer the plaintin
viii take Judgment against YOU for want thereof
aud ior the relief as prayed iOT in her complaint
on hle heTeinto which reference Is hereby made
aud more particularly as follows:
For Judgment against you and a decree dis
solving the bonds Of matTimony now existing
between you and the plaintih, Jessie J. Pratt.
and for the custody OF your child. Dick Allen
Pratt, and for such further relief as the court
may deem meet in the premises.
This summons Is served BY publication by yiT-
tue OF an order made BY the Hon. Mm Gatens
Judge OF the above entitled court aud dated o.
tober srdl 1914, to be published in the 81 Johns
keyieSi neWspaper OF general circulation ia
JAS. ). SrRICKLER
Attorney for Plaintin.
Corn z Albina aud KllingwOrth Aves
Portland oregon.
Date of irst publication. oct O. I9II.
Date Of last publieation, Nov. 10 IsII.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
Notice TO Creditors.

In the County Court in the state OF Oregon for
the county OF MultnOmAh
In the matter OF the estate OF James Hiatt de-
ceased
Notice is hereby given by the unders ign ned Peter
Autzen, administrator OF the estate OF James
Hiatt, deceased, 10 the creditors OF and all per
sons having claims against said deceased or
against his estate, TO present them with the nee
essary vouchers within six months after the date
OF this notice TO said administrator at the once
ot Portland Manufacturing Company, -. Johns.
Multnomah county, oregon, the same being the
place Tor the transaction Of the business Of sAid
estate IN the county OF Multnomah state OF Ore
gon. And notice Is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed administrator OF said
estate.
Dated October eth, IsII-4t.
PErER AUrZEN.
Administrator OF the estate OF lanes
Hiatt, deceased.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
RESOLUTION

II Is resolved by the City OF ST. Johns
That Il deems Il necessary and eXpcdi'
ent to improve Newton street from the
uoHherly line ot Portland boulevard "a
the southeTly line of Rank street, Ia the
city of 81. Johns ia the following man
ner Ia wit. BY grading said portion OF
street Ia grade 10 be established accord
ing Ia pronlr hlcd la the office ui the
city recorder oi the city OF ST. Johns
sept 20, lgIi, aud placing six foot
cement walk with twelve foot curb on
both sides ot said street the entire
length of said improvement, together
with all cement cross walks and corfu
gated iron CUTTERS, as shown ON said pro-
file.
Work To be done according TO the
plans and specifications OF the city en-
gineeT on file in the office OF the city
recorder relative thereto, which said
plans and specifications and estimates
are satisfactory and are hereby approved
Said improvements 10 be made in ac-
coTdanCe with the charter and ordinances
OF the city OF 81, Johns. and under the
supervision and direction OF the city en-
gineer
I That the cost ot said improvement To
be assessed as provided by the city char,
ter upon the property especially and
particularly benefited thereby, aud
which is hereby declared TO be all of lots
parts OF lots, blocks aud parcels OF land
between the termini Of such improve
menls abutting upon, adjacent or prox-
innate To said Newton street from the
marginal lines of said street back to the
center of the block or blocks or tracts of
land abutting thereon or proximate
thereto.
That all the property included in said
improvement district aforesaid is hereby
declared to be local improvement dis
trict No, "a.
That the city engineers assessment OF
the probable cost of said improvement
of said street is iS,5I7 5S.
That the cost of said Newton Street
improvement is to &c assessed against the
property in said local assessment dis
triet as provided by the city charter of
the city of ST. Johns.
Adopted the 5d day of October, 1911.
FRANK A. RICE,
Recorder.
Published in the St. Johns Review
Oct. o and Il, 1911.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
GOOD ADVICE FOR
ST. JOHNS PEOPLE

People in 81. Johns who have
constipation, sour stomach or gas
on the stomach. should use simple
bucklhorn bark. glyoerine, etc, as
compounded in Adler.i.ka, the new
German appendicitis remedy, A
SINGLE DOSE brings relief al
most INSTANTLY because this
simple miXlure anliseplicizes the
digestive organs aud drains impur-
ilics. Jackson * Thompson, drug
glSlS.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
Revival Services

The meeting opens nicely in the
Christian Church, this city We con.
tlnue a series OF weeks aud invite
YOU aud your friends, We have
exceptionally good singing for 80
soon in the meeting. Mr. Ben {.
Crow ot Spokane. Wash, has
charge oi the chorus aud is soloist
for the meetings. \ good interest
is manifest and the preaching is
tolrrable good. for | DO that my
self! Please come when YOU can:
we will be glad Ia welcome you, -
]. II, McMhirtcr.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
SPECIAL NOTICE

To anyone wishing to buy lots
on easy terms | have a few choice
lots in 1910 addition and to close
them out will give some special
prices. Some with small houses on
them.
Have also some fine quarter
blocks close to Post office at a bar
gain. A fine block close to the fer,
ry for $4,000, one-third cash. For
information call ON J. +. Gilmore,
II3 Jersey street where car stops.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
Warning to Parents

All parents are hereby warned to
keep their children of the streets
after eight o clock p, m, till March
Ist The curfew ordinance will be
enforced by order OF the council.
All children under the age of 10
years found upon the streets after
the above hour will be arrested, un-
less accompanied by guardian or
parent The minimum fine is IS
and the maximum S2S, This goes
into effect at once One aud all
will be treated alike, A word to
the wise is sufficient, R McKin-
ney, Chief of Police,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

When the chest feels on FIRE aud
the throat burns, you have indi-
geStion, aud You need HERBINE
to get rid of the disagreeable feel
ing 1t drives out badly digested
food, strengthens the stomach and
purihes the bowels. Price so cents,
Sold by ST. Johns Pharmacy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
For Sale or Trade

For ST Johns property, 30 acres OF
good land 80 miles from Castle
Rock Wash, acres cleared, Is
acres slashed, new groom house
best OF water mile to graded
school, berries OF all kinds, ON X
L. ID. Price $4,000, See G.. W.
Ford, S57, North Leonard street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

Subscribe for the Review and be
hAppy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

The best plaster. A piece OF
flannel dampened with Chamber
lain's l.iuimcnt aud bound over the
parts is superior 10 a plaster and
costs one tenth as much. For sale
hy al dealers.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

Baraca Baraca! Barscalll An
young men who are not interested
in any other class are cordially wei
come TO come and join the Baraoa
class at the Baptist Sunday school
al 10 a. IN. We want YOU.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13
The ST. JOHNS REVIEW
~ A. W. MARkLE
Published Every Friday
AZ III West Burlington Street,

At III WeBt burlington htreot'
TUX RFvtEw Is entered al post office
iu Saint Johns, Oregon, as mail matter
OF the second class under the Act Of Con
gfrss OF March 3, 1879.
omeiai Newspaper Of the oity Of ~ Johns
Subscription price 500 per year,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

$500 buys lot SoxIoo on North
Jersey street from the owner Ad-
dress Nj. Wilhelm, Cornelius Ore
gon, X, +. ID. I. AZ At
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1911-10-13

Room tor Rent Suitable ior cou-
pie OF gentlemen, first floor Turn
ishcd including stove. SOP North
lvauhor. lStic
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
(continued on Page 81
MEMPHIS STRIKE
RIOTS ARE FATAL
one Man Killed and Two seelousIy
Wounded by Shooting in Illinois
Central Yards Today.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. s.-Investiga-
tion into a shooting near the Non
connah yards Of the Illinois Central
railroad early today by which one man
lost his life and two were seriously
wounded began here today.
The victims Of the shooting were
Victor G. Benner, q railroad guard who
was instantly killed as he rode on an
engine and Captain G. w. Gillway a
deputy federal marshal and
Charles McCalman, another guard.
The latter two were badly hurt, but
1t is believed they will recover.
I A squad OF guards were called to the
railroad yards to suppress reported
rfoting. At the outskirts OF the yard
the oficers were fred upon.
They opened fre but their assailants
escaped.
A strike OF road shopmen is still un-
der way here. A coroner's jury today
was impaneled to Investigate the kill.
ing of Benner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
SECT LEADER is
HELD FOR MURDER
Rev. Frank Sanford, Head Of "HoIy
Ghost and Us" Society, Indicted
on Six Counts.

Portland. Ne, Dec. 8.-An indict-
-At, containing six counts, for the
death Of six of his followers on the
cruise OF the yacht Coronet, was re-
ported today by the grand Jury Of the
United States district court against
Rev. Frank w. Sanford, leader Of the
Holy Ghost and Us society. The trial
81 the shilohite leader was begun i'm
mediately.
The indictments charge Sanford
with having caused the death of Geo.
Hughey, Charles Hughey, Ralph Mer-
rili. Stuart Wolf, John Bolster and
John Adamson.
It was charged in the Indictment
that Sanford "did unlawfully, know
insly and wilfully cause and allow the
Coronet to proceed and continue on .
voyage without suitable and sufficient
food to supply the necessities and sus-
tain the life Of George Hughey and the
officers, crew and passengers"
Sanford pleaded not guilty. He dis
missed his attorneys early in the
week explaining that he could defend
himself.
u '.God," he said, rs the only counsel
I need"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
CASE OF MAN WHO
LOST MINE is UP
Supreme Court VIII Pass on Question
Of Whether PaItry Federal Job 1
@ 10 Barrier. ....s

Washington, Dec. 8.-Whether j.
Potter Whittren lost his claim to q
rich gold mine In Alaska because he
held q paltry federal job now is before
the supreme court Of the United
States. si.-E
Whittren first discovered gold In
Alaska in 1902. He marked OF his
claim but included half an acre too
much within its bounds. It is claimed
that he lost title to the mine because
in reducing the boundaries to the re.
quired amount he excluded the hole
from which the gold had been mined.
BY the next year when he discovered
gold within the proper bounds, Whit
tren had become q deputy mineral
surveyor OF the United States.
IS Otto Halla and others now claim
title to the mine In question on the
ground that Whittren lost his claim
In 1902 and was disqualified from
gaining another after he became depu-
" mineral surveyor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
(Continued on Page 81 Z.
STRENGTH RECORD
TO DENVER STUDENT
Freshman at Yale Does Not Exceed
Mark Set by Earl o. kistier as
Strongest Man.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 8.The
tests Just completed by DR.. Born at
the Yale gymnasium Of the freshman
classes show that the strength test of
Earl o. Kistler OF Denver, stands in
tact. H. A. Pumpelly Of Owego, N.
Y, is the strongest man in the college
freshman class, with total Of 1,657.9 8
points. The record held by Kistler ts
2,270. .
AT the time DR.. Born gave out Kist-
ler's figures he said that the record
stood for tests made during five years,
which was the period in which the
present system had been used.
Kistler, who was coach Of the fresh
man football team this fall, is conval-
scent from typhoid fever at the in
f1rmary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
FRANK HAWK TAKES
POISON AT DUDLEY
Former Proprietor OF Hedrick Hotel
Suicides After Falling to Effect
Reconciliation With Wife.

Dudley, Dec. s.-(special) Frank
Hawk, for several years proprietor OF
the Commercial hotel at Hedrick, COM
mitted suicide here last night by TAX
ing laudman. He took the poison few
hours after he had gone to the train to
meet his wife and children, from whom
he had been estranged, and it is sup
posed that he was driven to melan-
choly by failure to effect a reconcilia-
ton.
Z Mr.. Hawk had been in Dudley for
the last few months, living at the
home OF his mother. Yesterday his wife
and two children came down from He'd
rick to visit Mrs. Hawks mother, Mrs.
Charles Kensler. Hawk met them at
the train. Later he went home and re-
tired Some time during the night he
took the laudunum and died at 4
o'clock this morning. The funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
SOLICITORS
ARE BUSY ON
HOTEL FUND
Boosters of Commercial As
sociation are Working to
Raise Money to Secure
Another Hotel for City.

The sum Of $4,000 in preferred
stock subscriptions was secured up
until noon today by the Ottumwa Com
mercial association boosters of the
new hotel proposition, and the solicit
tors are working zealously this after
noon to double this figure. The cam
ferred stock not already arranged for
will have been sold. The committees
are putting the matter up to prospec-
tive subscribers as straight business
proposition, emphasizing the fact that
w. r. Daum has arranged for $4,000
Of the $225, 1000 needed. zs .s
% The soliciting committees that are
working for the hotel fund are made
up as follows:
Committee No. SAMUEL Mahon, T.
D. Foster, w. r. Daum, M. B. Hutchi-
son; X w. Simmons, J. r. Sax, J. w.
Neasham. w. J. Donelan, w. III.
Cooper, Robert Funk.
Committee No. I'D. @. Jordan, J.
w. Garner, Frank McIntire, N. F. Reed,
g. H. Emery, w. e. Cook, w. T.
Harper, Henry Bank, s. p. Hartman,
DR.. @. M. Work, G. M. Myers, c. E..
Mcdaniel
Committee No. 3-Charles Wellman,
O. D. Tisdale, 8. d.. Baker, James F..
Powell, John Wormhoudt, G.. J. Ekfelt,
T.. T. Crisman, Philip Phillips, Jerry
Shea, w. L. Sargent, M. D. Grouchy,
Frank P. Holman, Alex Smith,
George c. Miller, Henry Bell, E. w.
Philippe, G. B. Baker.
Committee No. A. T. H. Pickler,
James Cullen, Lloyd Gordon, w. H.
Mynard, Herman Bremhorst, F. W..
Wilson, H. l.. Edmunds, Dewey Smith,
Orval Johnson, Joe Celania, J. H.
Hutchison, Fred Carter, DR.. w. S.
Goldsmith. sl q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-09
SEVERE WIND STORM
SWEEPS LOS ANGELES

Z Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. s.--One man
was killed, the lives Of many others
were menaced and much damage was
done to property in a windstorm which
began here about midnight and con-
tinued today. @. B. Jackson, q lineman.
was blown from the top OF q sixty-foot
pole while repairing demage done by
the wind, and was killed. The wind
had blown flag pole across the cleo
trio light wires, breaking them and
causing section Of the city to be in
darkness for three hours.