St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-10-04
Local News.
He who by his biz would rise
Must either bust or advertise.

The Multnomah County fair.
Mr.. Satterlee began the erection
of his residence on North 1vanhoe
Tuesday.
Mrs. Stennet of North Gilbert
street is reported seriously i'll with
heart trouble.
Mrs. Ross of Fairview, Or, is in
the city visiting her daughter, Mrs.
A. w. Vincent.
Barney Noonan the popular
clerk at Couch & Co.'S store has
been seriously i'll for some days,
but is able to be out again.
Remember the Sunday services
at the United Evangelical church.
Preaching at II a. m. No services
at night. c. p. Gates, pastor.
The Fraternal Brotherhood will
give dance in the M. w. A. hall
next Thursday evening. A good
time is assured. Everybody invit-
ed. Tickets IS cents.
The Vogue Millinery Co. reports
lively sales at their emporium of
feminine adornment and Mrs. I.
r. Anderson reports splendid busi-
ness also at her millinery store.
N. A. Gee went down to the
car barns with his outfit to raise
the roof Of a store building near
that place so as to enable the owner
to put another story on his store.
We noticed a sunflower just west
of the new schoolhouse which
should go to the Multnomah county
fair at Gresham, stalk and all. II
is the finest specimen we ever saw.
Mrs. Sarah A. Smith and Mrs.
Martin Of Oregon City visited over
Sunday at the home of b. +.
Hoover and family. The two
ladies are mother and sister of Mrs.
Hoover. Mrs. Smith is forme:
resident OF St. Johns.
Roy Poff, who has been attend
ing college at Corvallis, was not
prepossessed with the city at first,
but recently wrote that II was all
right, that he had found some old
friends of his father there and was
enjoying his college days to the full.
w. Scott Kellogg, who recently
went east OH a vacation, returned
last Tuesday. II is said he com.
mitted matrimony while away, and
as he does not deny the soft i'm
peachment, we must take IL for true
and extend hearty congratulations.
Vim. T. Birmingham, formerly Of
independence. Iowa. has come to
St. Johns to make his home. Heis
working in the interests Of the st.
Johns Bank an will meet with our
citizens daily. Mr.. Birmingham APP
pears to be a very agreeable gentle
man. and we wish him success in
his work.
Mrs. Thordorson aud two daugh-
tiers from Esmond. North Dakota,
visited with Mrs. Samuel Swengel
several days last week. These
es,imable ladies are on tour OF
the west and are perfectly delight
ed with Portland and the country
around. They are thinking OF
locating here.
Mr.. Prall, of the Prall Mercantile
company, who gave his opening last
week, is very favorably impressed
with the reception he has received
at the hands Of our people. He re-
grets very much that some OF his
goods were delayed in arriving far
the opening as be had anticipated
they would be, but they are coming
in every day and his stock will be
built up as rapidly as they arrive.
Some people think times are lit
tie slow in St. Johns, but a look at
the record of building permits will
show that there has been a pretty
good business doing in the city's
growth since last November. The
record was commenced on the first
day of that month with number /,
This week we have passed the cen
tury mark in that record, as will be
seen by reference to our columns.
The people of St. Johns generally
will be glad to know that Rev. +.
l.. Young was returned to this
charge for another year by lhe an-
nual conference. Next Sunday
will be his first meeting of the new
year. Mr.. Young has made many
warm friends in St. Johns since
coming here who will congratulate
themselves on having him for fel-
low worker during the coming
year OF his pastorate.
F. p. Babbitt left this week for
Pierre, S. D., where Mrs. Babbitt
has been for some time holding
down a claim. They will remain
there until they prove up. Mr..
Babbitt likes it here very much bet
ter than in Pierre and if they can
make their arrangements will return
here as they still retain their prop
erty in Point View. OF course they
had the Review sent to them each