St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-08-16

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The w. o. w. car will leave St.
Johns OH their excursion at p. nj.
August %. A jolly time is antici-
pated.
Mrs. T. +. Fitzsimmons of Pres
colt, Ariz., is visiting her father,
A. Unger, and will remain some
weeks.
Mrs. Stennaut attended reunion
of old time friends at the home of
Mrs. Kesling OH McKenna avenue
last Thursday.
Miss Mollie LeGard, a former
resident of st. Johns, but now of
South Dakota, is visiting her many
friends in our city.
Theodore Linkey and two chill
dren arrived last week from Mobile,
Ala. to join his wife and another
child. The family will make their
home here.
THE Living Sacrifice" Sunday
morning at Evangelical church.
Union services at night in Baptist
church. All invited. Chester p.
Gates, pastor.
]. NJ. Meiklejohn has secured the
contract for the erection of a resi-
dence for l.. l.. Stockton at Whit
wood Court, and will begin work
as soon as possible.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Foster, in st. Johns, Wednesday
morning, an so pound boy. This
will make another good soldier to
keep off the Japs. Here is hoping
he may become major general
The st. Johns Pioneer association
met in the public library Wedpes-
day and completed the arrange
ments for the first annual celebra-
ton, which will be held August
sS. More will be said concerning
IL next week.
]. l.. Williams was visitor with
a party at Mount Hood last week
and describes the trip as something
beyond description. The party
went by rail to Hood River aud by
the auto route from there to Cloud
Cap Inn and return.
II Is reported that the section
foremen between Roseburg and Sa-
lem are to have their salaries raised
from 500 to so per month. II is
time now TO look for an earthquake
when brother I'D raises the salaries
of his men without the trouble OF a
strike.
N. Dandurand has sold his resi-
dence in North ST. Johns and
movsd to ranch at North Yam.
hill. Realizing the fact that there
is nothing equal to ST. Johns prop
erty. before leaving he purchased
another lot in Holbrook's addition
for future use.
l.. 5. Allen, a prominent attor-
ney of Loveland, Colo. was in St.
Johns Sunday, and OH Tuesday he
and his wife visited the family Of
w. l.. Thorndyke. They are max.
ing their first tour OF the coast aud
are very favorably impressed with
the appearance OF our little city.
The Baptist people will use their
new church building for the first
time Sunday morning and evening,
The evening service will be a union
meeting where II is expected all the
churches in St. Johns will join in
an informal meeting, Rev. X. j.
Johnson OF the Christian church
will deliver the address.
Miss Mella Olinger of Hood
River, who has been spending her
summer vacation in the vally was
visiting her uncle, NJ. +. 10y, the
brick man. Miss Olinger likes St,
Johns and saves while Hood River
is lovely place to live, there are al
so others, and Of course, we would
not dispute with pretty girl. espec-
tally when we think she is right.
Mrs. Libbie +. Dowden and
daughter. Miss Leona, of Prairie
City, Ia, who have been making
an extensive tour Of the coast spent
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Dowden's sister. our little chaper-
one. Mrs. Dowden expects to
start for her home in the land of
corn and pigs today and will spend
a day at Hood River to see where
they make apples.
The St. Johns Lumber company
starts in a night shift next Monday
night aud will employ from 90 to
100 more men than heretofore.
This is business, and If there are
any men here who need employ
ment this will be good opportun-
ity. II is the kind of enterprises
we wish to welcome to St. Johns,
those that give employment to
large numbers of men; for there is
nothing that makes more for the
prosperity of a city than a large
number of good, steady, reliable,
honest laborers. They are the
backbone of our government, mu-
nicipal, state and national.
We wish to call the attention of
our readers to the new firm of
Strain & Adams who have opened
up a stock of ladies white goods