St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-09-13
u|NNTON LACONICS.

Mrs. James and son were in Linn
ton Thursday.
l.. i. Thorn, of Portland, will
locate here for the present.
George Force, of Sheboygan,
Michigan, was in Linnton Friday.
Mrs. Hawkes. and daughter Wis
tied Mrs. w. A. Alcorn last Thurs
day.
John Owens, of Los Angeles, ar.
rived here Friday and is visiting at
the kinsmans.
Ed Rambo and wife have gone
bop-picking for two weeks. May
they en- JOY themselves.
ID. III. McArty and wife of Echo,
Oregon, were here Saturday visit
ing their son, ID. II. McArty.
Mr. and Mrs. Schultz, of Seattle,
spent two days with Herman
Schultz who lives in the hills.
w. a. Alcorn spent Saturday,
Sunday and Monday OF fishing
trip at Moifct Springs, Oregon.
Mrs. Grimm and daughter have
returned from lIillsboro after very
pleasant visit with her parents.
MIR. Schaifcr aud wife went TO
Bethany last Sunday to help dedi-
cate new church at that place.
With view To introducing the
block system the Northern Pacific
has had experts in this vicinity this
week.
Thomas konklc aud family left
for puallup, Washington, to visit
relatives there. They may remain
and make that place their home.
w. Is. Gay, of Linnton, and Miss
Carson were united in marriage
Thursday last in Portland. The
happy couple will make their home
in Linnton for the present.
Mr., and Mrs. Bryant. of Tacoma,
were at the Hamilton's several DAYS
this week. Mr.. Bryant is here in
the interest of the Northern Pacific
railroad, fixing and making culver,s
for the road.
Pearl Drinkwatcr, of Murray
City, Utah, is visiting her uncle,
VIM. Eatchel of Linnton. Miss
Drinkwater is chief operator for the |
Pacific States Telephone Company,
which position she has held since |
She graduated from the high school. |
The {, * WIS new planning mill
Is fast nearing its completion. The
engine aud two planers have been
The company has also
added four hundred feet Of river
frontage at the lower end of their
,ther property-making sixteen
hundred feet Of valuable frontage
which is directly in the way of the
,hannel, enabling all boats coming
ip the Columbia to land here.
A big surprise partyl II was
Such a noisy crowd At
east that is what il was termed by
Mr. Gay the night after his mar
'iage, But could you blame the
,oys' Married without a send off ?
guess not The opening volley
vas like a waking of the dead
Zen "Winchesters" spoke as one,
startling the whole town a. il never
vas startled before; aud the tin
,ans, fruit cans, and road scrapers
we're there to add 10 the music Of
'ornet or two. II was some minutes
'efore Mr.. Gay made his appear
nee and with great dignity de
handed what was wanted. "Meet
Is at the store tomorrow night"
[ did not seem to agree with the
'ictim Of this boisterous bunch.
Fen minutes of some more noise.
Again the bridegroom appeared with I
he requesc that he would like to
ook at some of the boys. lie was
willingly accommodated, but again
le retired angrily, and was met by
lis laughing bride inside. "fhree
heers for her % The noise re-
umes its former loudness. Well,
had TO be done il was a shame !
n went the road scrapers against
he house. How quickly it turned
he tide OF affairs Immediately
dr. Gay appeared kindly asking the
emoval of the new noise maker
md then out comes Mrs, Gay with
N order for one hundred cigars.
3ully for her