St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-07-24

? A Kodak FREE to the be.
:. guesser. Ask Currin's.
: If the girl is a peach no que,
. tions are asked about her famil
, tree.
A young girl wants a plac
for housework, or work by tn
, day. Call on or write 609 Eas
, Richmond street.
No man ever got very far b
standing with one elbow on tn
bar and imagining himself tn
favorite son of Destiny.
DIR. H. o. Brown and famil,
have gone to Seattle to spend
couple of weeks with Mrs
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs
M. A. Dunseth.
When the time comes thai
everybody gets his liver to run.
ming smoothly there'll probably
be a great falling off in the
membership of the |. w. w.
Alfred Harbin left yesterday
morning on his "cayuse" for
an extended trip no horseback
through Eastern Oregon. He
expects to be gone two or three
months.
John Noce's Colts played an
interesting game of base ball
Sunday afternoon on the Hill
grounds with Rose City Park
team. The latter won out by a
score of 8 to 5.
Alex. S. Scales. the grocer,
has added a large glass front re-
frigerator, which adds much to
the appearance of his uptodate
grocery store. Phone Columbia
2l0 for melons and fruit on ice.
The body of a three weeks old
baby, with its skull crushed,
was found beached beneath the
pier of the Pacific Elevator Com
pany Sunday. II is believed the
child had been killed with an
axe and thrown into the river.
DR.. and Mrs. J. V. Scott will
leave next Monday for Long
Beach, Wash. where they will
spend a couple of days, and then
proceed up the coast TO Seattle.
They will return about August
7th in company with DR.. and
Mrs. w. b. Scott of Seattle. who
will visit here for some time.
Mrs. Nancy Caples, one of st.
Johns Oldest pioneers, died at
her home in this city Friday
morning of last week at the
advanced age of "a years and 6
months. She came TO st. Johns
in 1860. and has resided here
ever since. The funeral took
place Sunday. A more extend
ed obituary notice will appear
next week.
The recent decision of the SUI
preme Court confirming the
validity Of the 81, 250.000 of
bonds issued by Multnomah
County. clears the way for the
disposal of the bonds and the
commencement of actual con-
struction of the great Interstate
Bridge across the Columbia.
The bonds will be advertised for
sale at once and no difficulty in
finding a market for them is an
ticipated.
IL is proposed by the Salem
Commercial Club that the COM
mercial bodies of the state
charter steamer next Summer
to transport the various booster
organizations TO the Panama
Pacific Exposition, the vessel TO
be used as a hotel. or club room.
during the stay in San Francisco,
and to be so decorated with ban
ners and electric signs as TO be
a floating advertisement of Or
egon.
Edward M. Childs and w. II.
Ewin, two young men of Port
land, were drowned in Columbia
Slough Sunday morning by the
of a shell row boat.
When the boat upset, Childs,
who is said to have been a good
swimmer. started toward the
shore. about 40 feet away. AS
he neared the bank he turned
around and swan back TO assist
his companion, who could not
swim. Ewin grabbed Childs
when he reached him. and both |
sank before assistance could be
rendered.
Sun shields riveted TO the beak |
of a cap and so hinged that they |
are instantaneously adjustable
is the latest device designed to |
protect the eyes of the ball play
er from the binding rays of the
sun. When a ball is batted for
a long drive. the fielder touches
his cap and the glasses fall into
position before his eyes, allow
ing him to see the rapidly ap-
preaching ball while looking |
at the sun. When not |
in actual use the arrangement
may be folded up out of the line
of vision. From the August
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
p. Fl. Edlefsen was seized with
a fainting spell Tuesday morn
mo while al his office. and in