St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-01-10
Local News.
He who by his biz would rise
Must either bust or advertise.

Christian Science society meet
ings are held at the home of w. II.
King Sunday and Wednesday eve
nings at p. III.
Hal Ha That Leap Year dance
Friday evening given by the United
Brotherhood. Be sure to come.
The ladies will be 1T"
w. c. Adams of Hood River was
in the city the first of the week,
meeting old friends. He says he
is doing we'll with his Hood River
ranch.
The special Evangelistic services
at the United Evangelical church
are still continuing and will be held
throughout next week also. All
are invited to attend.
Mrs. B. S. Hoover returned home
Monday from visit to her mother,
Mrs. Sarah Smith, at Oregon City.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. ID. p. Martin, of the same
place.
There will be no junior or inter
mediate meeting at the Evangelical
church next Sunday afternoon be-
cause of the mems mass meeting to
be held at the usual hour for their
meetings.
Sam Downey and ID. c. Rogers,
the political cyclones and real estate
manipulators have combined their
energies and the dynamic force In
evidence in their Office sometimes
makes the walls bulge out.
There has been efforts made this
week to recover the boilers of the
Annie Comings, recently sunk by
collision in the fog with the Euro
l pa opposite Linnton but we have
not learned with what success.
} Rev. c. Buechler, German Luth-
k eran minister will preach in the
Congregational church Sunday at
p. IN. All are invited to attend
the meeting, but as the preaching
will be in German, the Germans
and those who understand the
language are especially invited to
be present.
The many friends OF Mrs. Fred
w. Cofyn will be glad to know
that she is recovering, but sorry
that her recovery is so slow She
had hopes that she would be able
to attend the installation ceremonies
of the Rebckahs but Mr.. Coffyn
says she will hardly be able to
come in to lodge.
The new cars on the trolley line
are a fine Improvement over any
thing in that line the company has
put on before. They are smooth
running. convenient, neat in ap.
pearance aud the only thing they
lack Of perfection is a heater for
the cold and rainy days.
The illustrated service at the
Congregational church Sunday,
January ~ at 1880 p. m. promises
to be OF great interest and profit.
The public is invited to attend il.
Usual services in the morning.
Mrs. Lyons and others will sing.
G. w. Nelson, pastor.
Wayne l.. Mills. architect, is
building him a neat little Office
right across our path on the way
home near the Jersey street stop on
the car line. II we get in a hurry
some dark night and bump into his
Office in our path and knock II out
OF line, we would like to plead
guilty now, throw ourselves upon
the mercy of the court and secure
as light a penalty as possible.
Mr.. Epps of the St. Johus Elec-
tric company returned from Cress-
well recently where he has been
awarled the contract for installing
the electric light system for that
booming little city. Mr.. Epps
speaks very highly of the progress
i've spirit of that little berg. This
firm of electricians are hustlers and
are reaching out after all the trade
they can get. The good thing
about it is that they give first class
. satisfaction wherever they work.
The skating rink is being put in
first class shape for dancing and
skating by the enterprising mana
J ger. He has contracted with c.
w. Cramer OF Portland to smooth
the surface with an electric floor
, surfacing machine, a contrivance
: which looks like street roller on
small scale. This machine is
l operated by electricity and travels
E from one side of the room to the
other with sanded roller in con-
E tact with the floor all the time.
This cuts off the inequalities leav-
ing the surface as smooth and shin
ing as the top of Sam Downey's
think tank. The rink will be in
splendid shape for the dance Satur-
| day night. There will be no skat-
: ing this week.
7 1t is on Mansfield. the whisker
sharp, this time and it cost him