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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
Fragments from The St Johns Review satire page discuss Portland projects and local politics. The piece jabs at state fair saloon cuts, city dock plans, and local officials while musing on bridges, taxes, and future bond issues affecting St Johns and Portland.
Our newspaper announces standard charges for cards of thanks and notices of church or lodge entertainments where there is an admission fee. Acknowledging events with no charge will follow a different line rule. The policy aims to clarify how resolutions of respect and suppers are billed.
At a special meeting J H Nolte of the Peninsula Realty Board urged renaming the St Johns Review to Peninsular Review to reflect coverage of the entire peninsula. The board plans a Sept 17 meeting to form a permanent organization and rally local clubs for joint advertising and a broader peninsula focus.
Editor notes confusion over charter provisions for paying street improvement assessments in ten annual installments. It explains that property owners paying twenty dollars or more may apply to the recorder to pay in installments, each tenth of the total plus interest at a specified rate. Assessments become a first lien and bonds up to five hundred dollars may be issued to fund the amounts, with city bonds sold at market price.
The document explains that a property owner may pay one tenth of the assessment with accrued interest in one year and later pay the full amount with 6 percent annual interest from the date of application. It details ten annual installments of equal principal plus interest, and options to pay the full amount earlier with interest to the payment date. The plan is entered in the lien docket and applies to the ten against the property. Signed by City Attorney H. EB. Collier.
City of St Johns invites bids for street improvement on Buchanan Street from Willamette Boulevard to Dawson Street. Work includes grading graveling and sidewalk per city specifications. Bids due September 15 at 4 pm. A certified check equal to 5 percent of contract price required. Completion by November 15. Publication dates Aug 8 Sept 4 and 11 1908.
Sealed proposals due 4 p m September sth for grading gravel and sidewalking Gawego Street from Portland Boulevard to Hartons Addition. Bid security 10 percent by certified check. City reserves right to reject. Also lists R N timetable and train arrivals at Union Depot.
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