St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03

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is recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Steele Of
Sutter, Wash, have been spending
the holidays with Mrs. Steele's sis
ter, Mrs. d. G. Busby.
Harlie Blackwell of Willamette
university, and his sister, Miss
Helen of Oregon City, visited their
aunt, Mrs. Sarah Kemp, during
the week.
Rec Stanbery an old time news
paper man of Mason City, Iowa,
with his wife is visiting the family
of H. G. Ogden and other friends
in the city.
Take notice of the new clearance
sale ad of Couch & Co. on second
page. This will be good time to
make purchases at this popular
house while the sale is on.
II. w. Brice and family returned
this week from a weeks visit with
II. V. Edwards, formerly of St.
Johns, now near Cottrell. They
report a most enjoyable visit.
The w. c. 7. U. mothers meet
ing which was to have been held
last Monday has been postponed
until Monday, January 9th, at Mrs.
Tallman's, corner of Charleston
and Hayes.
H. N. Quarley of Potlatch, Ida
no, is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. 7.
Peterson. Potlatch is perhaps the
largest mill town in the country,
employing thousands Of mill men,
and there is not a saloon within
three miles of there.
The contractors. Mason & Urban
have completed their work on the
new concrete block building on
Jersey street, and 1t is a credit to
these hustlers. These gentlemen
do all kinds of concrete work, such
as cement walks, basement work,
cement floors, etc.
A. Unger. the cigar man, has
leased the cigar stand formerly oc.
cupied by Brother Goodell and has
placed a fine line Of cigars and
tobacco therein. Brother Unger is
one of the finest fellows in the city
and we will be very glad to have
him for a near neighbor.
Those who wish an ad in the
new city directory should hand in
their copy as fast as possible.
Please do not wait for us to call
upon you. We will do so II II Is
possible, but consider this an in
vitation to come and give us an ad
without a personal visit.
The Annie Comings on her trip
down the river came in collision
with the big steel windjammer,
Europa, side on and was cut In
two. II we had a big dock for
these vessels to tie up to there
would have been no collision and
there would be no need TO have
these menaces to navigation an.
chored out in the stream.
Special Evangelistic services are
being conducted at the Evangelical
church. corner Ivanhoe & John. So
far nine have knelt at the altar and
confessed conversion. The pastor
is being assisted by Revs. A. A.
Winter and b. S. Hughes, pastors
of First and Second churches of
Portland. respectively, All are
most cordially invited TO attend
these services.
The Knights OF Pythias held a
very fraternal session at their hall
last Friday night. There was no
work and the evening was spent
for the most part in the Good OF
the Order" Just before the close
Brother w. c. Anderson preferred
charges against Brother l.. b. Hol-
comb. retiring secretary. accusing
him Of missing but single meeting
since he was elected to the Office,
of continually looking after the
sick and distressed brothers and
their families, and last but not
least, that in all the years our
brother had lived in ST. Johns he
had received but one Christmas
present. To all Of these several
charges the delinquent plead guilty.
Brother Anderson then usurped the
authority OF the grand mogul and
pronounced sentence upon Brother
Holcomb to be that he should wear
out the overcoat which he then
placed upon him. Brother Hol-
comb was completely taken by sur
prise and failed to make his usually
ready speech.