St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-02-17
Did you get a valentine,

Diu you see that man walking
haughtily down the street, He Is
plumber, and is king Just at
present.
Ihe Chicago rooming house will be
open next week. Mr.. Hipmap ;s
hitting things up in good shape to
accommodate the public.
Mrs. L. F. Chase is securing
quite large list of applicants for a
new lodge of Modern Brotherhood
OF America, fraternal insurance
order.
p. J. Wrinkle has quite a collec-
ton OF Indian flint arrowheads
These arrowheads, as all old resi-
dents know, can be found in con-
siderable quantities about a mile
below St. Johns.
The first railroad locomotive
ever run in Oregon will form an in.
teresting exhibit in the transporta.
ton building at the Lewis and
Clark exposition. The locomotive
is the property of David Hewes of
San Francisco, who has had il for
thirty years.
"A prize of stoo is offered by |.
N. Fleischner, chairman of the com.
inittee of the Lewis and Clark expo.
sition for the best ballad written on
the subject of the TRAIL. The
subject may be treated either in its
historical aspect, as relating TO the
Lewis and Clark trail which the
hardy explorers followed OIL their
trip to the Pacific, or the Trail of |
1908.
J. n. Railton arrived in St. Johns. |
Tuesday from his ranch near VII.
holt Springs. Mr.. Railton me,
with quite a serious accident while
driving along a county road with
his wife and family, when the horse
SHE'D and backed over All embank-
ment, overturning the cart, spilling
the occupants out. Mr.. Railton's
shoulder was dislocated but the
wife and babe escaped unhurt.
When the cars pulled out carry.
ing the bridal couple, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Smith, Tuesday afternoon. the mo-
torinan gave several blasts of the
whistle IN honor of the event. A
horse, attached to the ST. Johns
Grocery Co, delivery wagon took
fright and started off pell.mell up
the railroad track, the driver after
them. The animal was over,aken
a few blocks away. The wagon
was uninjured.
The versatile Miss Shepard is az.
for u novel railway" 80.
,ial TO be given March 9. under
The auspices of the Junior League.
,fthe NJ. l.. church. Miss Shepard.
directing. The social promises to
DC unique aud something entirely
,ut Of the ordinary. Further par
iculars will follow next week. In
.he meantime, buy an excursion
ticket II you have a chance, and !
you will be well entertained. |;
Mrs. NJ. l.. Rowlands, assisted
by her daughter, Miss Amy, ell. ,
lertained number OF her friends,
evening. Card games {
and music were the features OF the
evening, and light refreshments
were served. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Learned. Mr..
and Mrs. Scott callsin, Mr., aud
Mrs. b. c. Henderson. Mr.. aud ,
Mrs. Richard Shepard, Miss Eva ,
Braasch and Mr., Marsh, OF Ska
nokawa.
ST. Johns seems 10 be ~ regular ,
Mecca for fraternal insurance or.
iers. -Four are already in exist /
,nce and two more are contem- !
plated. Ii fraternal insurance is
he object, il would seem a reason /
lble proposition. that the exist /
ng organizations might be made I
stronger and less expensive than the {
of more. This lodge !
business seems TO be the prevailing
iad, however, and ii people see fit {
% bear the expense, II is their
business. I
The landlady of one of ST. Johns !
popular hotels was alarmed by '
,ome one going up the hotel stairs $
It midnight a few nights ago, and q
thinking it was morning, arose
md dressed, built a fire, awakened
he family and proceeded to get
When the disturbed
md irritated members of her house
iold told her the time OF the night,
,he was much crestfallen and tried I
% pledge them to secrecy, but I
it leaked out and got into 5
print.