St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-06-21
Local News.

See NJ. r. Urban, St. Johns, fol
hollow, concrete building blocks.
Fresh bread, pies, cake and cook
lie every day at the French block
bakery.
We have full line of black
screen cloth in all widths. Potter
& Goold.
Buy your medium priced shoes
for men, women and children OF
Couch * Co. and save money.
The family of Fred Coffyn OF
Portland were guests OF p. ii.
Edlefsen' family on Saturday.
The cherry picking and canning
season began the first of the week
and will continue for fortnight.
First class concrete gravel de-
livered to any part of the city at
81. so per yard. st. Johns Brick
Co.
Lost-Small bay mare, 4 white
feet, white stripe on forehead. Ted
Murphy, so Oberlin ST., Ports
mouth.
See DR.. Rambo for dental work
room rs, Holbrook block, st. Johns.
Hours 8 a. m. to S p. m. Evenings
7 to Sp. III.
Mrs. Charlotte Carlson and
daughter, Florence, are again at
home after an absence of several
months in California.
Mrs. Helen A. Hunkins of Wor-
cester, Mass, would like class in
oil painting in st. Johns. Has had
several years experience in teaching
ro4 Modoc st.
Mrs. A. b. Currier, her daugh-
ter Minnie, Mrs. Sylvester and
daughter, Hazel and several other
Portland people patronized the
skating rink OH Saturday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward entertained
on Sunday Mrs. Mountmont and
Mrs. Niles from Oregon City and
Mrs. Carl from Washougal, Wash.
OH Thursday OF last week.
G. A. Wood was awarded a
couple of second prizes in the rose
show held at Portsmouth last Fri
day night. &. A. has one OF the
finest collections Of roses in st.
Johns.
On account OF the rose fiesta and
the closing of the banks and bust
ness houses in Portland, the PENN
sula bank and the business houses
in St. Johns will close promptly at
noon today.
The Hood River base ball nine
Trimmed Ed Davey's Stevenson
team. made up OF the discards Of
the Tri-city League, by score OF
too. The apple pickers seem to
be able to play ball.
Aid. Raser has purchased fine
five acre farm near Oregon City,
and intends to improve Il to the
extent that II will be known as one
OF the best country homes along the
Willamette. lie will continue to
be a resident OF St. Johns, however.
Half the people in the city were
out on the bluffs Tuesday afternoon
as the U. 5. battleship Charleston
steamed up the river. All the mills
along the river welcomed her by
prolonged blasts of their whistles,
and Uncle Sans fighter returned
each OF the salutes.
Sunday night as Matt Steichcn
and Miss Marie Zojeck returned
late from Salem, they discovered a
man upon the porch of the resi-
dence OF Fred Brown. As the man
had been discovered looking in at
the window the evening before the
family passed an uncomfortable
night.
ii. T.. Collier. for eight years
leading attorney OF Pendleton, has
secured rooms in the Holbrook
block and will locate here perma'
nently. Mr.. Collier is a pleasant
and we'll recommended gentleman
and will no doubt prove a valuable
acquisition to our already efficient
corps OF attorneys.
Holmes Lodge. X. of p. held
memorial services last Sunday IN
the Congregational church, the in
terror of which was very prettily
decorated for the occasion. Rev.
+. l.. Young delivered the Grafton.
After the services the members OF
the lodge were photographed on
the steps of the church.
A party who claims to under
stand the lumber situation says; II
look for lower lumber prices in the
near future. II this move to secure
S. Z. railroad lands at 81. so per
acre sticks, look out for drop. In
order to make the small holders let
go of their lands logs will be forced
down to low figure, probably S.
per thousand. As a consequence
lumber will sell for half what it
does now"
Charles Bentley, a resident Of St.
Johns, employed in remodeling the
huildinO of the Willamette lion