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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07

occurrences. 1t would not. They
would have undoubtedly occurred
Just the same. and the degener-
ates would have been just as safe
from the arm of the law as they
are now, for the very good reason
that they have never been APP
pretended. Had they been
caught sterilization would have
had no effect upon them, be-
cause they would have long
ere this given up their earthly
career. The present laws are
fully sufficient to cope with such
cases. without mutilating what
might be innocent individuals.
IL is so easy 10 say that other
boys and men should be steriliz-
ed for tse practice of sodomy or
the crime against nature or other
perverted sexual habits. for being
convicted for felony or for rape,
all Of which the measure covers,
but when il comes home To us,
and it is our boy or girl that has
made the departure from virtue.
how different, and how we
would denounce such a law.
There is such n wonderful differ
ence between our own children
and the children of another. in
our own eyes. II is well that
the voters of Oregon have
sought the light rather than the
of the ages. Nature
sees 10 il that habitual criminal
ism. moral degeneracy and sex
ual peryersion is seldom trans
from one generation to
and thus the babies are
practically safe. 'Tis well that
the measure was defeated. and
may il never again rear its ugly
head in Oregon.
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The city u ST. Johns does or,lain as
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07
The Ticker Tells the Tale

Of the improvement and decline stocks but not STOCK For there can
improvement Furnishings for they already perfect
And how often here will any decline
smatnes quality and big values
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07

The city of 81. Johns does or,lain as
follows:
That the council has considered the
proposed assessment lor improving North
leonard street from the nOrtherly side
line of 81. Johns avenue to the nprtherly
side line of Bruce street, in the city of st.
Johns Oregon, aud all objections made
thereto and hereby asccftnins, determines
and declares the whole cost oi said I'M.
ptoycment IN manner provided bv Ordi.
nance No. 54i to be the sum oi f2i50.i0
and that the special aud peculiar benefits
accruing 10 each lot or part there
OF or parcel of land within the as.
sessment district, by reason OF said i'm.
provement and In just proportion Ia such
benefits, are Ia the respective amounts
set opposite the number or description
Of each lot or part thereof or parcel OF
land IN the following annexed assess
mcnt roll aud said assessment roll which
Is numbered 80, Is hereby adopted aud
approved as the assessment Tor said inn
proycment, and the feconler of the city
OF ST. Johns is directed Ia enter state.
mcnt of the assessment hereby made IN
the docket of city liens, and cause notice
thereof To be Published as provided by
charter. which assessment n ~ follows.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07

The park proposition is afford
ing the city dads plenty of food
for thought these days. Just
how 10 make selections that will
please the great majority of
people is a difficult conclusion 10
arrive at, But they have about
decided to let the voters make
their own selections. II is prob
able that "A straw vote will bee
taken TO secure the sentiment of
the citizens. Cards may bee sent
10 each voter with a list of
park sites theron, with
the request that each voter in
dicate what tract or tracts he
or she favors, and how many.
and return same 10 the office of
the city recorder. Such a plan
would get the true sentiment
that could be gotten i'm no other
way. unless an election be held
for the purpose. which would bee
more costly but no more sat
iSfactOrY.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07
According to a newspaper law

According TO a newspaper law
which recently went into effect,
the names of the editors, busi-
ness managers. owners. etc.,
must be published in the paper
every six months. All reading
matter and editorials of an ad-
vertising nature for which money
has been paid. or for which
money is expected. or for which
money has been promised, must
be marked advertisement. Where
charges for entertainments is
made, those notices must be paid
for as the law directs. Free
notices of such a nature are now
a thing of the past.
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SUMMONS

I'm the Justices Court for ST.
Johns District, Multnomah coun-
~, State of Oregon.
c. Z. Bandy, Plaintiff. VS..
Isaac Bacus. Defendant.
To Isaac Bacus, Defendant:
I'm the name of the State of Ore
gon, you are hereby required to
appear and answer the complaint
i'm the above entitled action on
or before the Goth day of Deem
ber, 1918; and if YOU fail To so
answer for want thereof, Plain
tiff will take judgment against
you for the sum of two hundred
and twenty dollars and eighty
seven cents, besides the costs
and disbursements of this action,
and am order of sale of the prop
erty of defendant, which is un-
der attachment in the above en-
titled action, and which is in
said county and state, and is de-
scribed as follows. viz: 100
poles, y3 chickens, one calf, one
pile of lumber, four cows and
one buggy; proceeds of sale to
be applied ON payment of said
judgment and costs and disburse-
ments of this action.
This summons is published by
order of Hon. j. f.. Williams.
of the Peace of the above
named District duly made ON the |
3lst day of October. 1913.
j. h. WILLIAMS,
Justice of the Peace of ST. Johns |
District, Multnomah county, |
State of Oregon. =
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The Sterilization Act, one of
the most inlquitous measures
ever presented i'm the state, went
down TO a well merited defeat at
Tuesdays election. And il
would have suffered a far great
er and more overwhelming de-
feat had the voters i'm general
realized it's full import and per-
niciousness. The promoters of
the measure worked upon the
sympathies of the women voters
by the plea that itwould save the
babies. On the contrary il act
ually placed the babies in real
danger, In the years To come
they would have been subject to
this pernicious and most cruel
and cold bloOded law, had il
passed. 1t is so easy for the
young to stray from the paths of
virtue, and one misstep would.
under such a law, have made
them subject TO a punishment
far bitter than death itself. In
stead of saving the babies" il
would have been a constant men,
ace to them. Much capital in
favor of the measure has been
made of the terrible tragedy of
the Hill family, the little Port
land girl and others of like |
the claim being made |
that a sterilization law would |
have prevented these distressing
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07
ORDINANCE NJ. 57l

An Ordinance Declaring the
Cost of Improving North
Leonard Street from the
NoriherIy Side Line Of st.
Johns Avenue TO the North
erly Side Line OF Bruce
Street, and Assessing the
Property Benefited There
by, Declaring Such AS
sessment and Directing
the Entry OF The Same in
the Docket OF City Liens.
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How is Your Title?

Have your abstracts made, con-
tinued or examined at the Peninsu-
la Title, Abstract and Realty Co
Accurate work Reasonable fees.
IL. Henderson. manager, 3II North
Jersey street Adv.
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

In order to insure . change Of ad
Vertisement the copy for such change
should reach this ONCE not later than
Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Please
remember thls ana save the printsr
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Passed by the council this 5th day of
NoV., 1918,
Approved by the mayor this 5th day
of Nov, 1913
CHAS. BREDESON,
Mavor.
Attest; 4. A. RICE,
Recorder.
Published in the 81. Johns Review on
Nov. 81, 1913,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
TREASURER SMITHS PLAN.

We are in receipt of pamphlet
issued by State Treasurer LeDoux
E. Smith, in which that official pro-
pounds a plan to settle the vexed
question of meeting the State debt
which natures January 1, 1913.
Briefly stated Mr.. Smith proposes
to "call an extra session of the Leg
islature, request it to authorize the
State Board of Liquidation to issue
short time paper bearing greater
rate of interest than A per cent, "
which he thinks can be disposed OF
to depositors in the savings banks OF
the State, whom he believes, would
respond to demand made to their
patriotism by purchasing this short
time paper.
Then, at the session Of 1914, the
legislature would submit an amend
ment to the Constitution authorizing
the issuance of A IL per cent bonds.
The only trouble with this plan is
that that the legislature is without
authority to authorize the issue d
the short-time paper suggested by
Mr.. Smith. Art. AZ of the Constitu
ton provides: THE General Assem-
bly, shall have no power to contract
or to authorize the contracting, O
any debt or liability on behalf O.
the State, or to issue bonds or othel
evidence of indebtness thereof, ex
cept for the purpose of repelling in
vasion or suppressing insurrection"
We cannot presume that Mr.
Smith is unfamiliar with this article
) Possibly he fears invasion on tn
part of the present bondholders, o
|. regards them as being in state o
instruction.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

The Gazette had occasion recently
to express this same view, believing
that by cheapening production the
sugar industry of the State can and
will survive the changes wrought by
the Underwood Law. II is indeed
gratifying, however, to have the val
liable testimony of our New Orleans
contemporary support us in this
opinion.
The Gazette is opposed to wal
with Mexico, or to intervention in
that country at present. We heartily
approve what the Administration
has done and is now doing in fur
therance Of its Mexican policy. Is il
too much to hope that this view Of
ours may, in time, also be shared by
the Picayune and when the time rolls
around for the publication OF its next
September trade edition, that valu.
able and credible issue may contain
the Picayune's apology for the un'
warranted abuse of President Wilson
and his Administration with which
its columns have recently teemedY
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
OUR TIMBER LANDS.

The government statistics given
out by the census bureau show that
in the production of lumber for the
year 1912, Louisiana stands second
in the list of States, being exceeded
only by the State of Washington,
and that only by a few million feet
A most casual glance at these figures
reveals the rapid way in which the
timber supply Of the country is being
exhausted. Already the time is not
far distant when there will be a de-
mand 80 urgent for timber of any
kind that forests now inaccessible
for want of adequate transportation
will be opened by the building Of
rail roads. Here in Tensas the own
ership of all timber lands is fast pass
ing from the hands of the local peo-
pie into those of strangers who are
paying few dollars an acre for tim
Der lands which in a short time in
the future will multiply four or five
times in value. 1t is only a question
of time, and short time at that,
when saw-mill men will have to &c
out into those parts of this parish
now inaccessible to transportation
after the timber which the country
will need and will have to get al
any price. The man who sells his
timber land now at the prices cur
rently offered is, in our opinion,
giving il away.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
THE PARISH ASSESSMENT.

The Parish Assessor, Mr.. Albert Bon
durant, has received the revised assess
ment of the parish from the State Board
of Equalization.
The roll for the year 1918 amounts to
81, 300, $40, as compared with 81, 3O4, 97C
for last year. There is decrease this
year of $29, 24O in the assessment of the
lands in the Sixth and Seventh Wards,
which were oyerflowed this year, but this
decrease is made up by the assessment o.
4. 40 miles of the track Of the railroad al
$S7 400, that amount of track being liable
to taxation at this time.
Next year the tax exemption OF the
railroad property in the parish will Who'll.
ly expire and the roll will be increased
by 1851, 3l4 which will add quite tidy
sum to the revenues of the parish and
Levee Board.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

When cotton first came to Europe
to make its principal center in Lam
cashire it was the subject of the
quaint and wonderful tale Of the
Vegetable Lamb - The fluffy
white fibers of the bursting cotton
pod so resembled sleeps wool that
travellers reported that in Tartary
there grew shrub the fruit and boil
of which contained "withinne a
lyttle Beaste in Flesche, in Bone
and Bloode, as though it were a
lyttle IAmbe with outer wool. +"
After the lamb had been eaten the
wool was made into cloth, contin-
ued this story. which is the earliest
European account Of the manufac-
ture Of cotton. Daily States.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
THE COTTON SITUATION.

The monthly report on the con-
dition of the growing cotton crop
issued on Tuesday, September End,
by the Department of Agriculture
was very bullish. The condition was
reported as 68.2 per cent of the
normal, the second lowest in ten
years.
These figures compare with 1915
last month; 74.8 for same month
last year and an average for the
past ten years of 74.4.
The census bureau also issued a
very bullish report on consumption,
putting the amount of cotton con-
sumed for the season just ended at
IA .9O3 600 bales, or 388, 900 bales
more than last year. The amount
consumed broke all records, and
taken in connection with the report
of Secretary Hester of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, which esti-
mated the crop of the year, ending
September /, at IA, 167 ,115, indi-
Gates that the consumption of Amer
lean cotton has well passed produc-
ton and that if the present crop
should not exceed the last there
will be a big deficit and consequent
ly very high prices.
As the result of these bullish re.
ports futures advanced about &C
points, or $500 per bale in New
Orleans, making the total advances
since the low level in August o.
about 200 points, or $1,000 pei
| hale
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
PROGRESS OF THE PANAMA CANAL.

Panama, Aug. 26.-Colonel Goethals
and bis assistants have now entered upon
the task of drawing the ends of the canal
work together, and the next seven weeks
will probably be the busiest ever exper-
fenced in connection with the undertake
ing. Beginning at the Atlantic entrance
vessel can now proceed as far as the
earth barrier in front of Gatun Locks.
This barrier will be removed shortly az
ter September l. Gatun dam is over 30
per cent completed, and all the masonry
work at the locks assigned to the At
lantic division was completed August 8.
Work on the operating machinery in one
side of the locks is being pushed, and it
is probable that by October z small
vessel can be locked through. Gatun Lake,
through which ships will sail under their
own steam to the entrance to Culebra Cut,
is rising slowly but surely, stage of
81. 25 feet having been attained on August
l6, which would give depth in the Gu
Zebra Cut section at the present time, ii
the water was turned in, of about twelve
feet, or enough to float vessels of light
draft. Gamboa dixie, which forms the
barrier between the lake and the cut,
will be destroyed on October 10 or IL,
probably the latter date, but water will
be admitted to the cut before tn, n. As
now planned, pipes will carry the water
under the dixie and into the cut, allowing
it to fill gradually, and October ) Ina;
been set for this process to begin. Culeb.
ra Cut is down TO grade in every part
with the exception of section between
Empire and Cucarachia slide. On ace, mt
of the activity of the latter slide, il viii
not be possible for boat to pass through
the cut channel in October, but as soor
as a sufficient depth of water is reached
dredges will be set at work against this
slide, and from then on its removal viii
be rapid. The work of tearing up the
tracks and removing all equipment in the
cut, preparatory to its flooding, will be-
gin about September Is, and from that
time on the mighty steam shovel, which
hes performed yeoman service in the
work Of the canal, will gradually disap'
pear from the scene of activity. Culebra
Cut ends at Pedro Miguel Lock, and here
as well as at MiraAores Locks, one mile
south, the heavy masonry work is com
pleted and the massive gates installed
Between Pedro Miguel and Mirahore:
locks, where there is now dry land, viii
be Mirahores Lake, small artificial body
of water, which will be filled by tributary
streams, when the gates at the Mirafore:
spillway are closed shortly after Septem
Der /. From Mirahores to the sea, dis
lance of over six miles, there will be al
open water channel after tomorrow night,
when the last remaining barrier will b
torn away.
The foregoing review Of the work from
ocean to ocean will give observers of tin
progress of the canal work fairly cleal
conception OF how near the enterprise i
to completion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

Among the very recent land sale:
in the Natchez District are the fol-
lowing:
s. W. Martien, Waterproof, Ten.
sas parish, Louisiana. about 2,60C
acres reported sold to Memphis par
ties.
]. P. Harrison, Delta Bridge,
Tensas parish, Louisiana, about
1000 acres reported sold to Saint
Louis syndicate.
Four thousand acres, Bedford,
Madison parish, Louisiana, sold to
DIR. VIM. Cuthbertson, a surgeon
q Chicago. --Natchez- Democrat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
Yours very truly,
7. HI. HARRIS
THE WEEVlI N MISSISSIPPI.

From a special dispatch to the New Or
leans Daily States from Jackson, Miss,
we learn that there has been a marked
deterioration in the cotton crop of
Mississippi in the past week, caused by
the ravages of the boil weevil, which, ac-
cording to the report, has destroyed mil
lions of blooms and squares during the
past few days, and are expected to de-
stroy many more before they become in
nocuous. Only in the northern sections
of the delta are the planters confident
that the staple is not going to be injured
TO any serious extent by the insects. This
is the same condition, practically, as ex-
lists in this section of Louisiana.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
A BURNING QUESTION.

There is no more crying evil In
Louisiana today than is the condi-
ton of the unfortunates whom God
has deprived of their reason and
who are confined in the common
jails throughout the State. A mere
statement Of the case is sufficient to
bring shame to the people OF the
State and to cause them to demand
that this abominable condition
should be remedied.
The two asylums for the insane
are full and are always full. The
result is that these poor wretches
who are unable to pay for their
maintenance and whose condition
is such that confinement is necessary
in their own interest and in that OF
society are necessarily confined in
the parish jails. Every Jail in Louis
lana has more or lest insane men
and women confined in it. Recent
ly in the East Baton Rouge Jail
there were thirteen of these unfort-
unates. Here in Tensas the average
number is two to four. In'this par
ish four have died within the last
two years, altho our Jail is a modern
structure, sanitary and the best med
ical and other attention possible,
under the circumstances, is given
them. Nor, are these poor people
merely temporarily confined in these
jails. One man, Ed Hardin, by
name, was confined in the Tensas
Jail for Is months and died there
altho every effort was made to Sc,
cure his admission to the State Asy.
lum. Others have been so confined
for many months because there was
no room for them in the State insti'
tutions.
Now, what is to be done about iii
Something surely. We cannot be
lieve that If the good people Of thii
State are advised of the extent o
this great evil that they woulC
rest easy until it is corrected. 1t il
only a question of enlarging the ca
pacity Of the two Asylums and tina
is only a question Of money. l
the current revenues OF the Stat
are insufficient to furnish the none.
to build additional accommodation
for the insane, and we believe the.
are insufficient, let US borrow tn
money by bond issue, if necessary
and provide the necessary funds
: The Constitutional Convention sool
to assemble should take up this mat
ter and when it provides for refund
ing the present State debt at th
same time authorize the contractin
Of a further debt for the specifi
purpose OF erecting buildings to cal
for all the insane persons now i
the State and for the probable ir
crease for the next ten years. IT
population of the State is increasir
each year and we think it is pro-
able that insanity is also on the il
crease, and these facts should I
course be taken into account in pr
viding for the future.
Will not the press Of the Sta
take up this burning question an
agitate it until this shame is remove
from the fair name OF Louisiana
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

A new cotton platform has just
been completed at the compress at
the south end of the building where
teams formerly drove in. Hereafter
teams will not enter the compress
but will unload at the platform, thus
increasing the capacity of the press
because the space heretofore neces-
sarily left for passage-way for
teams can now be utilized for stor-
age purposes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05
THE PICAYUNE AND THE ADJ
MINISTRATION.

The New Orleans Picayune has
for some time fairly bristled with
denunciation of the Democratic Ad-
ministration now in power at Wash
ington which it has called all sorts
Of names because of the free provis-
ion of the tariff bill now pending
and because it has not gone to war
with Mexico.
We were, therefore, not little
surprised to find in its big Septem-
Der first trade edition, under the
caption of Corn Will Crown Louis
lana Glory" the following state
ment:
''The potential glory Of Louisiana spells
CORN. Louisiana will continue TO grow
-, xyol,,rao arar
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

Hon. John Murdoch and Mr.. B.
Y. Newell passed through town on
Thursday, returning from visit to
Claiborne county, Miss. Mr.. Muir
doch will attend the extra session
of the legislature at Baton Rouge,
leaving for that city in the early
part of next week.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-05

State Senator Geo. HI. Clinton will
leave on Sunday for Baton Rouge to
attend the extra session of the legis-
lature which convenes next Monday,
September 8.