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

was warm weather about Monday
afternoon
w. l.. Thorndyke took in the
Washington State Editorial meet
at Everett last week.
Mrs. i. w. Valentine left Mon
day for a season at the beach, just
in time to miss the hot spell.
A marriage license has been is
sued to George w. Drinkard and
Miss Pearl Ferrell of St. Johns.
X. B. Smith left for Oakland,
California, OH Tuesday morning,
where he will visit his brothers.
Mrs. b. S. Hoover will leave
Sunday evening for Weiser, Idaho,
where she will visit her brother,
Harry Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G.. Ogden,
their daughter and the Misses Van
Vliet of Minneapolis spent Sunday
at the Cascades.
Rev. c. p. Gates of the Evan
gelical church has been assisting
Rev. S. ]. Lindsay of Hillsboro in
tent meeting the past few days.
We are looking for our chaperone
down from Hood River this week
and we give the boys warning that
we will have to be good hereafter.
Miss Bernice Warren, of Califor.
MIA, and Joe Davenport came down
from Oregon City Saturday TO visit
Miss Warrens aunt, Mrs. G.. Ward.
Misses Jennie and Eulalia Green
did not make connection as repor-
ted in las week paper, but came
up Monday evening for a time at
home.
Mr.. and Mrs Shaw, OF Portland,
friends of Mrs B. 5. Hoover. were
in the city recently and like 81,
Johns very much. II is possible
they will locate here.
L. NJ. Doran of Hamilton, Mon.
tana, an old friend of Tom Mona
han, was in the city Monday. Mr..
Doran thinks II is hot enough for
him and will seek a cooler cline.
A message received by Mrs. Tom
Monahan Monday carried TO her
the information that her father, c.
ID. Lyman OF Stansbury, Mo-, was
very i'll and not expected to recover.
I'D Hurlbut aud wife returned
Sunday from their extended trip to
Illinois, Wisconsin aud other sec.
,ions OF the east. They went inn
mediately to Estacada to be with
their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wright
chaperoned merry party OF young
people down TO the mouth of the
Willamette and up TO Portland aud
return in a gasoline launch last
Friday afternoon,
The residence OF Mr.. Oihuse.
corner OF Burlington and Hayes, is
being put up in a substantial man
ner and the work is progressing
nicely The frame is all up and
will he enclosed this week.
The Hendricks Hardware COM
pany has purchased the hardware
stock OF lhe Edmondson company.
These gentlemen carry a fine line OF
hardware which is kept up to date
in all its departments. See their ad.
Sunday, August 4, ~ a, NJ. at
the Evangelical church THE Man
With a Purpose. Sp. m. union
service-sermon by Rev. Mr.. Mel
son OF the Congregational church.
All invited. Chester =. Gates,
pastor.
John Ridley, who owns one OF the
largest ranches and hop farms in
clackamas county, visited G. Ward
and family on Friday. Mr.. Riley
was in St. Johns nine years ago and
notices the remarkable change in
the city,
Mrs. Zoe Poison of Turner,
Michigan, arrived Monday evening
for visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. +. w. Hinman. Mr..
Hinman had not seen his daughter
for nine years. Mrs. Poison brought
her two boys with her, and al
though they had never been TO St.
Johns recognized some of the build
ings by pictures recently sent them.
DIR. ID. F, Swengel of Aberdeen,
S. ID. is in the city visiting his
cousin. Samuel Swengel, father of
w. T.. Swengsl, and made this Office
a brief call Monday evening. The
good doctor went to Aberdeen al
most two decades ago in the early
times in that country, and grew up
with the city. He says that he can
see here in St. Johns the same OPP
portunity for financial prosperity |
that obtained with him there, and |
thinks there is nothing better in the
far west than is presented here.
The merry-go-quick has "fiitted
and flewed." /" Like the 'lustful
Turk" they have folded their
tents and silently stolen away"
incidentally they carried with them
some $4,000 of ST. Johns good |
money. While it is all right for
the children of all ages from o to 90