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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Parent-TeaCher Notes

At a recent meeting of the
Central-East Parent-Teachers'
Association. Mrs. Brand and
Miss Maud MACPHERSON of Gen.
tral School were elected dele
gates to represent the Associa-
tion at the National Convention
to be held in Portland next
month.
The next regular meeting of
the Association will be held in
Central School. May Goth. the
third Thursday in the month.
The meeting is postponed from
the second Thursday on account
of the National Convention
which will be i'm session during
the second week in May. Elec-
tion of officers and other impor-
tant business is TO be transacted
at this meeting.
The Association added twelve
dollars to their treasury through
the exhibition of the Finley pie
lures of Oregon birds and ami
mails. The pictures were shown
at the Multnomah Theatre, the
children being admitted at re-
duced prices. Through the kind
ness of Mr.. McCredy. manager
of the theatre. the Association
was allowed to share in the
proceeds.
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Building Permits

No. 1910 G. w. Sellick 10
erect a residence on Jersey street
between Trumbull and Catlin
cost $500.
No.20 To J.R. Kerr e Son to
erect a residence on Central ave.
nue. between Charleston and
John streets, for Mrs. j. G.
Scott; cost $500.
No 2l.-To Mrs. Howell Shaw
to erect a dwelling on Burr
street between Burr and Gresh-
am; cost $75.
No. 23--To Mrs. A.E. Johnson
to erect a residence on Ivanhoe
street between Burr and Alma
cost $1,000.
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than some of the others shown.
We read of the baptism Of Jesus
by John the Baptist. also some
of the parallels told by Jesus to
show some truth as the Good
Samaritan. Prodigal Son and the
parable Of the Sower.
We find our study of the Bible
very interesting as we'll as pro-
fitable and shall continue our
study with the belief that what
we learn in this great book will
help us all of our lives-Flor-
ence Anderson, East st. Johns.
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Plumbing, Timing
AND
Furnace Installing
Call up Columbia 81
Notice of Appointment of
Executrix

Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned. Mabel Clair
Lee, has been duly appointed ex-
ecutrix of the Last Will and
Testament and of the estate of
Mary E. Crawl ford. deceased. by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Multnomah County
and that she has duly qualified
as such. Now therefore all per-
sons having any claims against
the said estate or against the
said decedent are hereby noti-
fled and required to present the
same together with the proper
vouchers and duly verified as by
law required to the undersigned
executrix at her residence at
Woodstock. in said Multnomah
County. Oregon. within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice. or be
forever barred.
Dated April 9Th. A. ID. 1915.
MABEL CLAIR LEE. Executrix
of the Last Will and Testament
of Mary f. Crawford. deceased.
b. A. Kliks. McMinnville.
Oregon. Attorney for executrix.
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DO YOU EAT Z?

Good vegetables or do you take
anything that comes along?
There is no need of putting up
with poor, tasteless vegetables
when you can get the crisp. sue
culent variety-a always fresh at
my store. Good vegetables are
not only more palatable. but also
more nutritious than the doubt
full kind and they cost no more
than the inferior kind. Alex. S.
Scales. sol Fessenden street.
Phone Col. 210.
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DO YOU GET

Good groceries? Are you satis-
fed with the quality of the
goods and the brands and the
service? Now, when the first
of the month is coming. is the
time to make change if you
are not perfectly satisfied.
Where you can buy every
thing of the highest grade and
guaranteed qualities. from a bar
rel of -four to a box of tooth.
picks. there's a good place 10
trade. Give us a trial for one
month. Alex. s. Scales. Phone
Col. 2l0.
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# in need of glasses DIR. Gil
strap will fit you and guarantee
satisfaction.
Patent Medicines and Toilet
Articles; we have them all at cut
rate prices. The st. Johns Phar-
macy,
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ON
Immigration \ q BILL L
Literacy Test, to Which the
President Objects, Is
Not in Dispute

Washington, January s.-Senate and
House conferees on the immigration bill,
containing the literacy test for aliens,
reached an agreement tonight on points
in disagreement. The literacy test. to
which President Wilson had made known
his objection, was not in dispute.
Whether the President would accept
the bill with that feature remained a
matter of doubt in the minds of admin
istration leaders tonight. but it was
agreed that he probably would have it
before him to pass upon in a few days.
Members of the conference committee.
who reached an agreement in one pro-
longed session, refused tonight to make
public the terms of their agreement The
principal points of difference were the
amendment to prohibit Immigration of
persons of the African race OF of negro
blood, and exempting from the literacy
test citizens of Belgium who might come
to this country to become citizens and
engage in agricultural pursuits.
The House in seperate votes rejected
both of these amendments, which were
adopted by the Senate. 1t was reported
tonight that the conference committee
had agreed to eliminate both amend
ments
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JUDGE FERGUSON
|SAT CAPITAL BUT
REMAINS SILENT
Believed That Birmingham
Jurist Is There for Con-
ference With the
Governor

montgomery, January S.-(Special.)
Judge Charles w Ferguson Of the. city
court of Birmingham, who recently
created sensation throughout Ala
pama by requesting tho governor TO
fecuse him from sitting in the case
OF the city of Birmin CHAM against the
birmingham WaterworSs colnpan.
reached Montgomery tonight. While
Judge Ferguson authorized no state
nent. II is currently believed that he
come at the instance of the governor
The governor since receiving the re-
guest of Judge Ferguson has given the
matter deep consideration 1t is gen
orally thought that as result of that
consideration he sent for Judge Fer
guson. As is remembered in his com.
munication to the governor, Judge Fer
guson stated that in view of the pub
hes temper regarding the water sit
ration in Birmingham he considered Il
wise for the governor to recuse him
and ask judge from some other por-
ton of the state to preside.
The case Is of great interest in Mont
5omery isasmueh as it Is considered
not only novel but in the nature of a
sensation in that it led to the expires.
sion of sharp differences between Wal
ker Percy, counsel for the waterworks
company, and Romaine Boyd, city attor-
Eey of Birmingham.
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secret organizations.
During the last session of the legis-
lature he voted against the local option
bills when they We're proposed. He may
stand with the prohibitionists this year
although 1T is known that he would
much prefer that the question of prohi =
bition be made secondary in impor-
lance to others, others which cannot
permit of partisan display of politics,
but in the solution of which the united
effort of all members will be necessary.
He will not vote for female suffrage.
In the first place, he does not believe
that that fad is other than fad. In
the second place, were he to enroll
himself under the banner of the Rev.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. An
toinetta Funk, the people of st. Clair
would not permit him to return to them.
II am going to Montgomery" said he
in conclusion, ito do what l can for the
state as a whole and for the people of
st. Clair. ] have no private ak to grind.
The state is confronted by a large num-
Der of very serious problems. / trust
that the legislature will settle down and
solve these problems in business like
manner in order that great benefit
might be reaped l am thoroughly con-
WINGED that Mr.. Henderson will make
the state wise and conservative gov
ernor, and that as result, an oppor-
tunity for the return of prosperity in
Alabama will be presented
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BEAUMONT URGED
FOR NEW SECRETARY
Called Meeting of the Merchants
Protective Association Was Held
Last Night

At called meeting of the Merchants
Protective a association. held last night,
preliminary plans were made for the an
nual meeting of the association. which
will be held January 49, The affairs OF
the association were gone over thorough
ly and some important committees were
named, among them being the follow
Ing:
Membership: c. b. Bragg. W. q. Hoop
er and Charles Buck.
Finance: Adam Pow, J. H. Frost and
F.. H.. Berry. ~
Nominations: John W. ONefll. William
Spencer and John Doyle.
The committee to select a new secre.
tary consisting Of Adam Pow. John w
O'Neill and william Spencer presented
report recommending the election Of
II. F. Beaumont. The report was rati-
fed by last nights meeting with ths
recommendation that 1t be adopted by the
annual meeting
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STATE INSURANCE
DEPARTMENT URGED
Chief Examiner c. Z. Mccall Submits
Report to Governor on Insur-
ance Department

Montgomery, January S-(Special.)
Creation by the approaching legislature Of
a state insurance department separated
from the secretary of state with the in
surance commissioner as supervising
official, is recommended by Chief Exam
liner C. Il. Mccall. in report submitted
to the governor today on the insurance
department.
81 believe that the increased revenue
which would be derived from a more
thorough supervision than is possible
under the present statues controlling the
department would be more than suffi-
Gent to cover any additional expense that
might be incurred by the new depart
ment' he said. The receipts of the de-
partment from June l. 1913, to December
81, 1914 the period covered by the report
were $500, 1909, and the disbursements We're
S19,59S, leaving net balance of $2sl, $40.
The receipts showed large increase over
the corresponding period of the previous
year. The books of the department were
correct"
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HELM TAKES SEAT
ON CRIMINAL BENCH
- - So - -
Four Cases Disposed of Yes
terday With Two Convic-
tiOns and TwoAcquittals

Judge II. p Helm, recently appoint.
ed to succeed Judge Samuel e. Greene
took his seat on the bench yesterday
in the second division of the criminal
court and disposed of four cases. There
were two convictions and two acquittals
Perry Jones, a negro, was found guilty
of assault with intent to murder; James
b. Cox. negro, was found guilty on
one charge of burglary and grand lar
ceny and acquitted on another: Clar.
ence Wright was found not guilty.
Judge Heflin had a fine day and p al
the conclusion of his labors issued the
following statement: gf.s
II am succeeding one of, the best men
and one of the best judges that ever
graced the bench in Alabama and tell
the people that by the hefp of God l will
strive to make an acceptable successor
to Judge Samuel r. Greene
Judge Hcflin will sentence the prisoners
convicted yesterday today
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ALABAMA HORSES
!. |E:N.R0UTE TORRANCE
'st7i ~ - ss5s3aes-as
Train of % Cars Carrying
1000 Head Leaves for
Baltimore

Alabama horses will before long be
bearing soldiers of France and Eng
land on the battlefields of Europe.
A special train of 2S cars carrying
1000 head of horses left Birmingham
yesterday over the Southern railway
Tor Baltimore from which port they will
be sent to Bordeaux and from there dis
tributed to the army.
For sometime past horses intended
for the allies have been concentrated
at the fairgrounds awaiting orders
which would start them on the way TO
France. Several weeks ago the stock
was inspected by representatives of the
French government who came here for
that purpose.
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MEXICAN BATTLE
is INDECISIVE

San Antonio, January S.--Todays
LATHE at Saltillo. Mex. between "a Car
ianza army Of 10000 men and 5000
Villa troops was indecisive. according
to advices received here tonight which
reported both sides continuing an ar
tillery bombardment. 1t is stated that
considerable property In the city oil
Saltillo has been destroyed.
The Villa forces. in possession Of the
city, are commanded by a brother Of
the late President Madero. Gen. An.
tonic villareal is in command of tn,
Carranza troops
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u. S. NOT SELLING
DISCARDED RIFLES

Washington, January S.-Widespread ru-
mors that the war department has been
selling its discarded Krag-Jorgensen army
rifles to European beligerents were form
ally denied tonight by Secretary Garri-
son. In a statement announcing that the
government had no present intention of
changing its order prohibiting the sale
of these guns. the Secretary gave re-
turns from an inventory of the weapons
ordered two days ago as a result of per-
sstent reports of their sale. The inven-
tory showed, the statement said, that all
the rifles were in the arsenals in which
they had been deposited.
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Little Rock, Ark, January S.-Jesse
t. Coggins. 16 years old. wanted in
connection with the killing of his step
n other, Mrs. Olive p. Coggins, at her
home in st. Louis Tuesday, was ar
rested here today. Coggins is said by
the police to have made a statement
naming another youth as the slayer of
the woman but admitting that he was
at the, Coggins home when she was
strangled to death.
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NOMINATING CONTINGENCIES
Nothing Definite Done Toward Choos-
ing Civic Chamber Officials

An organization. meeting of the nomi-
mating committee Of the Chamber of
Commerce was held yesterday morning
in the Chamber of Commerce. 1t was
stated nothing was, done which was OF
any, interest for publications.,
Chairman Baugh stated that another
meeting Of the committee would be held
within, the next few days. at which time
active work would begin on the selection
of candidates for the offices Of the cham
Der for the coming year. At the meet
ing yesterday the committee was given
some data 1t desired by Secretary w.
c. Radcliffe
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Battle Feared

Washington, January s.-Consul Canada
at Vera Cruz cabled the state department
today that Americans at Tuxpam. fearing
battle there between the Mexican fac
lions, were sending their women to Tam
pico He added that hardships among
the lower classes in the coast cities were
increasing. -
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Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, January Sc p. m.)-TIigh
pressures continue over most of the coun-
try east of the Rocky mountains, but
an area of low barometer has moved
in from the Pacific over the plateau and
Pacific divisions.
Fair skies are quite general on the map
tonight but some sections show increas-
ing cloudiness, and rains have developed
in Texas. Fair weather has extended
over the eastern states since Thursday
night. Rains continue over the western
slope.
Temperatures have been very moder-
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ate over most of the country for this sea-
son of the year. While freezing condi-
lions were quite general over the north
ern half of the country from ocean to
ocean, only in the western lakes were
readings below 20 degrees.
In the cotton belt Z p. m. readings
ranged from AZ to 46 degrees in northern
sections and from so to go degrees along
the coast. Fair skies prevailed. Several
Texas points reported light rains.
Summary of observations made at
United States Weather Bureau stations
during the "a hours ending p. M, sew
enty-fifth meridian time, January s..
1916: -~
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Issue. Flood Warnings

Washington, January S-The weather
bureau today issued warnings for fiooe
stages on the Cape Fear and Roanoke
rivers in North Carolina and on the lowel
reaches of the Great Peedee IN Soutr
Carolina The James and Potomac river
will rise to freshet stage. the warnini
said.
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Horses SHIPPED

Montgomery, January S.--Twenty-
carloads of horses, purchased for the
French government by local firm were
shipped to Mobile today. from which port
theX will sail for Bordeaux, France. There
were 500 horses in the shipment. being
the second allotment of purchases made
for France by the same local firm.
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Typhus Spreading

I Paris, January 9-G2:50 a. m)-The
! city council is taking elaborate meas
'ires for handling cases of typhus from
| the front and preventing spread of the
disease among the population. The health
OF the city now is excellent
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Weather Forecast

Washington, January S.-Forecast for
Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Saturday
and Sunday.
Georgia: Fair Saturday and Sunday
without decided temperature change
Tennessee: Fair Saturday and Sunday.
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New York. January S.-The
Gotten loan committee an
nounced today that 1t granted
its first loan. The application
was made through the Alabama
committee. The amount and the
name of the applicant were not
disclosed.
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SOME EARLY GLIMPSES
AT NEXT LEGISLATURE
Mr.. Robertson of st. Clair
Hopeful That the Next
Administration Will Be a
Business Administration
ny HUGH w. ROBERTS

j. Fail Robertson Of Cropwell, who
will represent st. Clair county in the
lower house of the legislature, has not
committed himself on any proposition
When he asked his people TO send him
TO the legislature for second term
he was member OF the body which
went in with the present governor
he simply said that If he was elected
he would remain ION the Job" and
would serve the state as intelligently
as he possibly could. And he added a
sentence of two to the effect that the
state needed a business administration
rather than an administration in which
each faction tried with more or less
success to destroy the other
So well were the voters of St Clair
pleased with that declaration that the
greater portion of them, that is, the
democratic portion, decided to refrain
from running the risk of losing his SER
vices. Therefore, no democrat opposed
him. In the general election, the repub-
licans. and there are a great many re-
didate against the democratic nominee.
but he had about as much chance as the
proverbial SNOWFALL in hades.
Therefore, it has been ordained that
Mr.. Robertson will again represent st.
Clair in the legislature. -Four years ago
he did good work. He will do better this
year, his friends believe. He stands first
of all for business administration, and
there is no question bat that he will
line up with Governor Henderson and
stand with him in a determination to
get Alabama out of the financial hole
and onto a plane where more schools
and more good roads and more material
improvement can be made without dan
ger of throwing the commonwealth into
bankruptcy.
Mr.. Robertson was born in ST Clair.
He is living now at Cropwell, and by
profession is merchant and n farmer.
He is married and is the father of two
boys. He was educated at Howard col
lege. and while a student there Joined
the Sigma M fraternity. In religion he
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works and the expansion of her railroad
system speedily, and some portion of the
loan she has recently made in the United
States is likely to be utilized to facilitate
that purpose.
What Alaska Has Done
From far-away Alaska have come re-
ports which are officially certified to for
accuracy which show what one of the
unfavorable effects of the war has been
In the peninsula and on the other hand
show that there is no decrease in the
better transportation is secured there is
likely to be considerable increase. Out
of Alaska came last year gold of the
money value, in round numbers of S15-
0o000o. This is almost exactly the amount
which was mined In the peninsula in the
previous year The similarity in the fig
urea indicates that until further trans
portation facilities are furnished we must
look for no considerable increase in gold
production. The gold is there, probably
in an inconceivabe great amount, but
transportation and science must unite in
| making it available
Out of Alaska came last year mineral
products, including gold. of the money
value in the aggregate Of $200O0,0OO. This
sum would have been considerably in
creased had it not been for the effect of
| the war upon prices for copper. The re -
sons are good for surmising that l.. the
year 1915 copper production in alaska will
be the greatest upon record, and will give
good promise of constantly increa sing
yearly supplies, especially when transpor-
tation facilities. which the government is
| Undertaking to provide, are completed.
From the west coast of North and of
South America apparently are to come the
worlds great supplies of copper in the
future. When transportation Is Ven ad-
vanced in Alaska copper production here
Should become very large, and it is IA in
tei estng reflection that almost at the
| remote end of South America other large
supplies of copper controlled by capital
OF the United States, much of which will
be floated through the Panama NAL,
will every year be procured.