St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-07-06
OF INTEREST
To All Old Timers and New Corners
in st. Johns.

Continued from last week)
While standing i'll the old mill a
panoramic view of what had trans
pired since then went passing
through my mind. | see the AS
toria boat coming up the river, the
Dalles boat following after, little
| Fleetwood, the fastest boat OH the
river at that time, the old steamers
Washington and Lurline trying to
be the first at the wharf. Those
were the days of steamboat rivalry,
and how the pursers used to lead
the ladies so gallantly down the
gang plank, especially the old vet
Grams, Dan o. Neil and Scott SWEET
land. They will live long in the
memories of their friends. | see
the deckhands as they run up and
down the gang plank carrying
boxes for the canning factory on
the lower river and trucking bar
rels, made by Tom Williams in the
old cooper shop, for the Sandwich
Islands.
Few people of today know that
at one time the Oregon Barrel Fac
tory furnished nearly all the barrels
for Claus Spreckels' great sugar in
dustry. II is a fact just the same.
see Tom Robertson as lie drives
old Buck and Dan up the incline
with a load of bolts for barrel slaves
to be cut by old Pedro, the China
man. Right there is where the old
boarding house stood with old Tn
Gle lloyt standing in the door get.
ting ready to VA OH duty as watch
man at the mill. Who can ever
forget the old man as he went about
his work with his pipe held fast in
his lips quaint. quiet old soul.
Then there is the little old Meth
odist church standing where the
ship building plant now stands. Il
did duty for many years in different
roles. There is where we all went
to church to hear old man Johnson
when he used Co come oil his peri.
odical visits. There is where im.
ma Smith nee Price used to teach
school There is where Dr. Caples
used to tell us all about Thomas
Jefferson and the tariff, There Is
where we had Our Christmas fcstiv.
ilies. and who will say that we did
not enjoy oursclvesp
Just back of the church is where
John Windlc and his wife lived.
Grandpa Windle, as we all called
him, was man who went about his
daily toll with rs little fuss and
noise as any man possibly could.
Grandma was just the opposite, al.
ways full of hustle and of ner.
vous temperament, Bu, wha, is
the wonder when we think OF the
hardships and priva,ions she had to
endure when they first landed Oh
Columbia slough in 1889.
As ! turn around To 20 | see a
man coming up the street. As he
turns his head sideways, closes one
WV hlN says w Nllt L lNhbkiillt
Charlie Palmer, the fellow who
could tell YOU how il was done IN
Stockholm, The townspeople liked
Charlie just the same. DO you re.
member the dances in the old ear
riage house for his benefit, aud how
Charlie dispensed the lemonade up
on the hill ?
| went on and some one says "Be |
gorra, IL hot I" and know that | |
have met L, T, Hanson, "Phin,"
we used to call him.
Just across the street there is an |
old man sitting outside by a fire.
Approaching | find he is cooking |
his evening meal, aud that il is
Thomas Rogers-the man with the |
big bear story, After talking with |
him for a while, Mr.. Editor con.
cluded ! would wait another week |
before told you any more news,