St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-12-05

OF the country that the world !
, growing better. notwithstanding
the small salaries they receive
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We have a large assortment o
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Currins for Drugs. adv.
Sermon topics in First Baptis
Church, Sunday, Dec. Z, 1913
Morning: The Fear of Man
Evening: "Be sure your sins viii
find you out. " Good singing
Solo.
The time is coming when tn,
government will demand exper
ience in every department, will
the possible exception of tn,
vice-presidency. where there i,
nothing to do.
1t is always interesting wher
two men, one with thirty-fvC
cents and the other with a Cana.
dian dime in his pocket, begir
telling what they would do if
they had million dollars.
George Simmons. aformer well
known citizen of st. Johns, but
now a prosperous rancher of
Ridgefeld, Wash. was in this
city the latter part of last week.
He informs us that himself and
neighbors had just finished the
shipment of a car load of potatoes
to Mexico. George says his
family are all we'll and getting
along fine.
We are in receipt of a copy of
the Palm Beach Post. Florida,
and we note that w. l.. Thorn
dyke, formerly editor of the
Review, is secretary of the pub
fishing company issuing the
paper. Thorn" will be remem-
bered by many of our citizens
as the most sprightly. satirical,
jolly, eifervescent, immaculate,
optimistic, breezy, don't-care-a-
rap. yet withal good fellow. that
ever came down the pike" "
May he succeed we'll in the land
of alligators and mosquitoes.
p. G. Gilmore has purchased
the barbering business of +. r..
Stevens on North Jersey. Ow-
ing TO i'll health which did not
permit of steady confinement,
Mr.. Stevens was forced to close
out the business, but will assist
Mr.. Gilmore i'm the evenings and
on Saturdays. h. II. Patterson,
a first class tonsorial artist of
Baldwin. Kansas. who has been
in Mr.. Gilmore's employ for sew
eral months in his Philadelphia
street shop. will have charge of
the Jersey street shop.
George +. Heusner was grant
ed franchise TO operate broad
guage street railway line in
Portland, extending from the
approach to the proposed new
| interstate bridge over the Col
umbia. over various streets on
the peninsula TO and across the
Broadway bridge. thence on
Broadway to Flanders. thence on
Flanders TO Tenth, thence on
Tenth 10 Salmon, thence on Sal,
mon to Fourth, thence on Fourth
TO Flanders, and thence TO Broad
way. 1t is said that the road
covered by this franchise will
/ form the Portland terminus "a
an interurban line which will
tap Southern Washington.
AT the school meeting held
last Friday evening in the Cen,
tral school building for the pur,
pose of fixing the tax levy fol
school purposes for 1913, very
few citizens besides the schoo
board were present. II was
| found that i'm order To provide
SO. 900 for payment of the school
block recently acquired and alsC
| for free text books that "A tax OF
seven mills would be necessary.
This is an increase of two mills
over last year. and on the school
district valuation of over 81. 400,
600. am amount i'm excess OF
$50, 600 will thus be raised. Had
/ il not been for the free text
books and the purchase of the
school block. a tax of Al would
have been sufficient.
A good old English house
warming and Thanksgiving sup
per were given by Mr.. and Mrs,
Sam Crompton in their new
home. 1881 North Hayes street.
Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Crompton, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Hemingway. Mr., and
Mrs. C.. X. Chadwick, Mr., and
Mrs. James Cato, Mr., and Mrs,
| Irish. James Clarkson, G. G..
/ Martin, Miss Marie Cloves, Lena
Lawrence, Misses Annie and
Nellie Farrell and Kate Mcln-
tosh. Music and songs were
rendered by some of those pres
ent. Later in the evening re-
/ freshments were served, after
which all departed at a late hour,
satisfied with having a real good
| time. One who helped with the