St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-06-05


The Review. st. Johns. Oregon.
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FRIDAY, JUNE s, 1908.
Here's to YOU Hood River Coun-
ty. May there be no limit to your
prosperity, nor end of days until
Gabriel blows his horn on the
morning Of the last great day, and
may you have a good, clean record
to bring up with you.
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II will take Banker Ross 7oo
years in prison to serve out his fine
at s. per day, it is said. Maybe
by that time he will have acquired
sense enough to play a square game
the rest OF his days. Let's put
him in and get him to doing ser
vice, so as TO get the job off as
early as possible.
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Just take a squint at the list of
building permits in another column.
We did not have room for them in
last weeks issue and have two
weeks issue in one. The showing
does not indicate very severe
stringency in money matters. We
will put ST. Johns up against any.
thing OF her size for improvements
and prosperity.
IL the boys in ST. Johns who
have been in the habit of spending
SI5 or gao month for booze will
deposit that amount in the bank
every month for the next two years
and never drink drop of Joy
water during that time, we will
guarantee them better time, more
money, better friends, more of
them and that they will never again
resort to the jag shops for amuse-
ment thereafter.
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The St. Johns float attracted con.
siderable attention among those OF
the parade and was termed the
New revelation from the modern
Patmos by ST. Johns dreamer.
Just you wait IS or 90 years aud
you will see a fulfllment of the
prophecy to the letter. We are in
the procession aud riding in the
first car; aud there are no black
plumcs Oh the horses, either.
How is this, you say you are n
church member and voted for the
saloonl Well, tina, skins me. We
do not b'ame a man who does not
believe in God, man or the devil SO
much II he votes Tor the saloon,
but man who Processes TO bc a
follower of Jesus Christ aud will
lhen vote for the saloon would out.
Judas lscarioi. We believe that
here are some of that kind OF peo.
bic IN 81. Johns or there would q
lave been bigger dry vote. II {
will be more ,olerable in the day of /
Judgment for Sodom and Gomor- d
all than for such voters, or we do q
lot read our Bible right.
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A petition is being circulated and
'eing almost universally signed by
he citizens OF 81, Johns, the object \
4 the petition being To place MI "
'om Robson on the ballot as &
andidate for director before the V
chool meeting to be held on the b
5th. Almost every body knows il
'om Robson, aud we do not be- Ii
eve anyone knows anything detri- 5
lenlal to his good name. We h
ave known him every since we OF
lme To st, Johns and have found "a
i'm to be hrst.class citizen, v,
ood friend, and we believe he will j
lake a number I school director il 10
eeted, We hope every voter in al
le city will give him a vote, h'
Did you vote Monday No! IL
'ell, you are dandy Why, m
ley will not let a horsethief vote, b'
id you place yourself on a level
ith horse,hiefl You know that III
IN are better than horsethiefl 50
ow don't ever neglect 10 exercise m
'ur right of suffrage, for when IN
N do you put yourself politically III
a level with the convict. We an
onld rather see man come to the w
Ms and vote against our eandi- on
'te than 10 not come at all.
here is some hope for a man who
Ill come to the polls and vote, but
c man who is so indifferent that
will not come out and vote is iol
ad on his feet aud should be tic
Iried. OF
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Yes, the town has gone dry. ai'
Il we have not got much to crow nu
er. Had to get University Park 'o'
help us. We believe that il St. 'u
Inns had made the fight alone we 'mh' m
'uld have gone dry with bigger on
te than we did Monday, We be- ou
We the vote If taken alone at the -
rk would have been heavier ON
E dry side. But as il was, it
'ked to many like the University 4
rk was butting in where they