St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10

ton street.
l.. +. Davidson and family are
recent arrivals in st. Johns, and
have taken up their residence at
6l0 Central avenue, N.
Do not fail to hear the Com
monwealth Quartette at the high
school auditorium next Tuesday
night. It will be worth while.
Columbus Day, Sunday, Oct
tober 18th, is a public holiday,
and Monday the day following
will be observed by the Banks
of st. Johns.
The Barkentine Puako was
docked on the Port of Portland
Dry Dock (St. Johns) last FRI
day evening for caulking, clean
ing and painting and some new
planking.
Alex. Cochran, a prominent
business man of LaGrande, and
wife are guests of his mother.
! Mrs. Irwin, at the Irwin Room
| ing House. They may decide to
locate here permanently.
The Rally Day services of the
| Church of Christ in the audito-
rum of the High School building
Sunday morning were most i'm
teresting and each number on
the program carried out in a
faultless manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Ashby
returned home the first of the
week from Scappoose where they
had been visiting relatives. Ed
says there is good fishing and
hunting in that part of the
country.
The Eastern Star gave a ban
quet and entertainment in Bick-
ner Hall Tuesday evening in hon
! or of Grand Sentinel Chas. A..
Fry. Almost 100 guests from
Portland were i'm attendance,
and the event was greatly en-
ioyed.
Edward Erickson. who was
wounded i'm the neck recently, is
getting along in fine shape. He
was cleaning out boat on the
Ogden bridge. Mimie Donald
son was in the boat with him
with a % cal. rifle. and i'm swing
ing il around while showing in
a cartridge it was discharged.
the ball striking Mr.. Erickson
on the left side of the neck.
After several years of litiga-
tion involving claims in the Si-
letZ county, the announcement
has Just been made that the set
I tiers have finally been victorious
! and that patents to the land will
, Immediately be issued by the
/ Government. With all uncer-
tainty as to the future removed,
! development will certainly pro-
ceed with great speed. The rail
roads have long been anxious to
, tap that rich timber section, and
they are now free TO go ahead
with the work.
The first number of the High
: School Lyceum course will be
given in the auditorium of the
, high school building next Tues
, day night. The Commonwealth
Quartette will be the attraction,
and il is heralded as the best in
its line on the circuit. Lovers
of good music and singing can
2 not afford TO miss IT, The other
E five attractions will appear on
Z the following dates: StelZl Con-
l cert CO., Nov. 25; DR.. Thomas
: Green. Feb. 6;Floyds, magicians,
= Feb. 2l; Chaplin, impersOnating
Lincoln, March 20; Bowman,
= character portrayals, March 26th.
A residence near the corner of
Burlington and Edison streets
was totally destroyed by fire ear
; ly Monday evening. The dwell
ing was unOccupied at the time.
The origin of the fire is un-
p known, but all evidence points
D TO incendiary origin. Upon dill
r gent inquiry we have been una
|. BILE to ascertain the owner of the
e dwelling or whether or not it
+ was insured. Owing TO the stiff
0 wind blowing and the breaking
i out of the fire all over the roof
: at one time, it presented a most
a beautiful spectacle, even if des-
+ tructive and a menace to adjoin-
s ing property. The fire depart
:. ment was early on the ground,
s and in spite of the wind, sue
h ceeded, after arduous effort, in
Il saving adjoining property, al
J. though it was on fire number of
times. Every time there is a fire
g the people of st. Johns feel
k more proud of the local fire de-
> partment. They handle it with
n such am admirable manner and
e get 10 the scene with such celer-
h ity. The loss sustained was