St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-08-03
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II Let the Peninsula Bank write yoti
a fire insurance policy.
Watch repairing a speciality at
c. Marion Salisbury's.
A pleasant birthday party was
given Roy Perkins on Saturday
evening.
We wash and iron all fiat work
at 25c per dozen. West Coast
Laundry.
G.. III. Carlson returned last Sat-
urday from a two weeks vacation
at Newport.
Mrs. Jos. Bickner and daughter
Aida visited friends and relatives
up the valley during the week.
The family of Judge Green went
to Seaside on Tuesday to spend a
month with Mrs. Willis Moxon.
Remember You cannot BUY
finer candies or cigars than the
goods Valentine sells in his neat
store.
The thrifty housekeeper is now
engaged in putting up prunes and
plums that will be put down next
winter.
ID. 5. Southmayd, painter, paper
hanger and decorator, has plenty of
1906 wall paper in stock at 7oS w.
Richmond street, St. Johns.
Robert l.. Dunn and Bessie Edna
Dunn, couple from Kansas who
were recently married in Portland,
will make their home in ST. Johns.
There will be q total eclipse of
the moon tomorrow Saturday
morning at ) o'clock, and a partial
eclipse Sunday evening. Aug. 10Th.
II would have cost about 5000
to oil the streets in the business dis
trict and avoided the dust. II il
had been done the money would |
have been well spent.
Fire may destroy your home any
time. Are you protected against
partial or total loss II not, call
at the Peninsula Bank and learn
the small amount that will give YOU
protection.
Considerable pressed brick has
been delivered during the week by
ia. Da.,i..,J a.I G,,t,,.la,, n. - ,,..s |
Co. for use OH the various new
buildings now in course Of erection
in the city.
The new freight car OF the Port
land and Suburban Express Co. is
equipped with a swinging crane TO
facilitate the unloading Of the heavy
freight at points along the line. II
is handy contrivance easily man.
ipula,ed.
The FIRE in the timber over Linn
ton way. which threatened TO ex-
tend over the hill because OF the
brisk winds OF last week, has died
down and is now under control. II
required considerable hard work OH
the part Of the ranchers to con.
fine Il.
Many have asked why architects
have not been asked TO submit :
plans for the proposed city hall.
Recorder Thorndyke is authority ,
for the information that, under the
charter, no one outside Of the city ,
engineer can submit plans Tor the
building,
Never in all the years | have
been oil the street railroad, and /
have made many aud many trip. =
have there been so many new men !,
learning TO be conductors and mo-
tormen. | do not know the reason.
Perhaps something is going to hap
pen, but | do not know what il is,
said one of the railroad boys last
Friday.
+. ]. Koerner last Monday re- :
ceived a clipping from the Beau
mont, La, Enterprise stating that ,
his neice. Miss Pearl KoeTner, had ,
won the grand prize-a trip TO Eu- !
rope, with all expenses paid-in a
subscription contest recently inau-
gurated by that paper Miss Koer- .
ner received 32o, 900 votes-over
Ioo. 900 more than her nearest com
petitor.
w. Penny OF Cedar Park claims
the record in the growth of cherry /,
trees. He has a tree on his place
that has made the remarkable growth
OF So inches this season. Inasmuch
as tree at Hood River with a
growth of AZ inches is thought to
be a marvel, Mr.. Penny is d the
opinion that il will take some in
quiry to find tree that surpasses
his in the way of growth.
St. Johns certainly presents a
scene OF activity these days. With
men and teams busily engaged in
grading the various streets, new
pavements being laid along streets
that have been graded, workmen
actively engaged in excavating for
business blocks, bricklayers and
plasterers constructing other blocks,
numerous residences springing up
as if by magic in all parts of the
city. and the mills and factories
all running full time and more. GER
tainly attest to the fact that these