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

Dey & Hampson have moved
their law office to rooms I4-I5,
Stine Building.
Timothy Brownhill, editor of the
Beaver State Herald, was a busi-
ness visitor at this Office yesterday.
A neatly printed, beautifully illus
trated pamphlet advertising the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company was received at this Office
Tuesday of this week. 1t was
printed by the rwin-Hodson Co. ,
Portland and is a fine specimen of
the art preservative.
Mrs. Sarah Smith, formerly of
Gilman, Ia, now of Los Angeles,
OH her way back to the old home
in the Hawkeye state to settle up
her estates there, stopped from
Friday over Sunday with her old
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. Will
liams.
Richard Hart of Lexington, KY,
brother of w. +. Godsey, our vii
lage blacksmith, arrived this week
and is making his home with Mr..
Godsey. He says St. Johns looks
good to him. We hope he may
conclude to stop here and grow up
with the country.
Tom Brink, a brother of ]. l..
Brink, did some fancy skating at
the rink Friday night. There are
some very fine local skaters in st.
| Johns. II properly conducted there
is no more graceful or healthful
exercise known than skating, but
there is the rub, to conduct and
control the skaters.
There is one variety Of fruit
which has not been mentioned that
grows to perfection here. and that
is plums. There is on the corner
of Tacoma and Ivanhoe a plum
which for beauty and richness is
rarely surpassed. City Attorney
Greene has also OH his lot near the
foot of Fessenden street some plums
which Cant be beat anywhere.
The prize for the homeliest man
at the skating rink was won, not
by Lester Brink, as we were in
formed, but by Captain ]. l.. Brink.
We were not present and not well
enough acquainted with these
handsome gentlemen to know intu-
itively which one would be entitled
to the distinction. We certainly
did not wish to rob any one OF the
honor, or we might have claimed
il ourSelf.
Our merchants did the nice
thing this week, There were two
loads Of vegetables came over from
the Tualitan valley this week aud
the boys nocked around the wagons
like blackbirds, and the farmers
got rid of their wares so quickly IL
made their hair curl. That's the
stuff. II that kind Of work is kept
up we shall secure all that trade
aud /, is worth going after.
The latest addition TO the dis
ciples OF the great Walton are Il.
Is. Holcomb and II. A. Smith. Who
went "fishin' " Oh the 10th and
captured 100 plymouth black bass.
This is a sort of prize puzzle to us,
for they say birds Of a feather flock
together. We are acquainted with
Mr.. Holcomb and his mouth is not
abnormally large; not being ac-
quainted with Mr. Smith, OF course
he will pardon the inference. Any
way they got good string, or
they have been stringing us.
Too bad the band did not find a
suitable location in the city hall.
The boys are good workers, have
invested something over 500 each
in their instruments, and are sue
ceeding under very adverse circum-
stances in twisting some good
music out of their wind TANNERS.
II the big chiefs think their wig
wan too exclusive, and perhaps
they are right, we believe our enter
prising citizens should at least pay
the rent of suitable hall for the
boys. Who will start the ball roll
ingl
Frank Lund and Miss Minnie
Lund, the nephew and niece of
Mr., and Mrs. Rood, who have
been stopping at their home for the
past three weeks, left Tuesday
evening for St. Paul, They were
delegates to the c. T.. convention
at Seattle. and thought they would
visit their relatives at the same
time. In their estimation to corr
pare Seattle with Portland is like
comparing night with day. Their
visit was delightful one, and it is
the hope of their relatives that St.
Johns may be their future home.
We wish 10 call special attention
to the advertisement of II. G..
Ogden, where he has placed a lot
on the market at its cash value and
proposes to reduce the price $40
per day for four weeks unless sold
before the end of that period.
Here is an opportunity to secure
one of the best pieces of property
in St. Johns at reasonable figure.
OF course it will go to the first one
to put up the money, and il will
not pay to wait too long, so as to
get it at the last end of the race.
nr someoue uilI cnap n uD ahead