St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-08-02

kOy DaTllCk has utpd1teu IOl
Eastern Oregon for season in the
land of dust and hot days.
Mrs. c.. Ward recently sold hei
farm at Oregon City to /. G.. Zakei
and now has all her interests in St.
Johns.
Mrs. Jessie Nearing and her two
little daughters. of Portland, visited
last week with her aunt, Mrs. b. S.
Hoover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brown and
daughter Nora went to LaCamas,
Washington, Saturday to spend a
few days visiting.
Don't forget to look up the
changes made in the ads of Muck
& Derrie, Couch & Co., King *
Gilmore, Calef Bros. and others
There are good bargains at these
places.
Fred J. Warren, who went Tues
day of LIST week to Seattle for his
health, writes that he is feeling bet
ter and is getting so that he can
take some feed. We trust he will
come back fit for the prize ring.
Mrs. A. w. Markle very pleas
antly entertained number OF her
friends at a one o clock lunch We'd
nesday of this week. There were
present Mesdames Busby, Wright,
Shepardson, Shreiner and Solomon.
II. X. Davis and family, formerly
in the grocery business at Univcr-
sity Park but who went to Long
Beach about two years ago, re-
turned OH the Roanoke Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis are at Mrs.
Hornungs aud the Misses Davis
are at w. ]. Peddicord's until per
manently located. They are all
glad to get back.
The street car boys wish Us to
announce that the company will run
special cars to take care of the pub
lie so that no one will get left at the
car mems picnic at the Oaks Angus,
s. Let us all jar loose and attend
the picnic. The boys deserve IT,
They are a hard working lot of boys
and the most accommodating set Of
fellows in their line of business.
Miss Hazel Couch and her friend
Gertrude Baldwin, who have been
their friend Miss Gladys
Mckee at Perrydale for several
days, returned yesterday. They
say they plowed hay, chased the
fishes, climbed the peach, cherry,
pear, apricot and gooseberry trees
all over the farm aud had a lovely
time. We bet they did.
Miss Laura Oberg gave a very
merry birthday party Thursday to
celebrate her (unlucky) annivcr-
,ary. We would not tell how old
,he was for cent. You will have
10 guess. II the entire year is as
lucky as the first day Of II was, our
little friend will have a very jolly
line OF il, for the young people had
, nice, good time at the party and
wished their little entertainer many
more OF the same kind.
o. l.. Chapel, the pioneer real es.
ate man OF St, Johns, returned re
emily from a touring trip through
Oregon, by team with
Moses Tufts. Mr.. Tufts is still
absent, Mr., Chapel has some in
eresting stories OF his experiences
n the drouthy country through
which he passed. He is now loca-
ed in Portland, but comes over To
St, Johns occasionally to renew old
Rial NJ. Smith, OF the law firm of
Smith * Myers, Akron, Ohio, was
he guest OF w. w. Culver, 959
boulevard, last week,
Mr.. Smith Is making a tour of the
West with a change OF location in
view on account OF young daugh-
er who is suffering from a bron-
,hial affection. After travelling
through Colorado, California aud
several other s'ates he expresses the
opinion that Oregon leads in eli
nate, products, etc Mr., Smith
vas especially pl .ased with the view
,f St. Johns from the river, and the
rip up the Columbia.
Old Glory was raised over the
,ity hall Monday morning and
now floats in the breeze, one of the
prettiest sights in ST. Johns. Our
genial mayor timed the arrival OF
hat new desk just right, When
Did Glory was taken off the cab
page crate he had been using for a
lesk that piece of furniture looked
as homely as a bear 5 cage, and all
our mayor S dignity would not have
prevented the wind whistling
through its Stats when our elder
statesmen became engaged in some
heated argument. The new desk
adds much to the appearance OF the
council chamber, to say nothing OF
the increased convenience to the
city's chief officer
The Chain Gang had a star ses-
sion Monday night of this week.
About the time the regular business
Of the evening was disposed of
big bunch of Rebekahs came sail
ing in with just the kind of feed
they know delights their brothers,