St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-09-04

,nd in vonr news items.

Frank lest and family nave
moved to Arizona.
Where shall | get my hair cut?
At Gilmore's barber shop. adv.
A bouncing baby boy arrived
at the home of Policeman Jones
recently.
Irwin Gromachey is numbered
among the hop picking army
this week.
Miss Emma L. Somers. as
sistant city recorder, has re-
turned from a delightful sojourn
at Newport.
c. Hutchinson has moved back
to st. Johns from Carlton, Ore
gon, and intends remaining here
permanently.
The city of Portland now en-
joys 81. so per month telephone
service. which permits of 30
calls per month.
John C. Brooks has opened up
a job printing Office on Killings
worth avenue, Portland, and
will no doubt make success of
same.
J. E. Kirk, formerly a well
known real estate man of st.
Johns. has moved to Carlisle.
Pennsylvania, where he holds a
government position.
A change in the time of rum
ming cars to and from st. Johns
occurred Monday on the trolley
line. cards of which were dis
tributed throughout the city.
During moulting season your
hens will lay If you feed them
Seneca Poultry Tonic and kill
the lice with Safety X lice pow
der.-Currin's for Drugs.
Mrs. Florence Foreman, the
Socialist school teacher. told of
her difficulties at the Quincy
schools to a large gathering of
citizens at the Peninsula Bank
corner Saturday evening. The
recital was quite interesting to
her hearers.
Chas. Schauff. the expert hor-
ticulturist. presented this Office
last week with several fine
punches of Niagara grapes which
he had raised on his premises
in North st. Johns. They were
large. perfectly formed and de-
licious to the taste. Ii is some-
what early in the season for ripe
grapes in Oregon. but not too
early for st. Johns.
The United Railroads. accord
ing to an announcement made
at San Francisco Sunday. has
decided 10 guard its employees
against loan sharks by inaug-
urating in the near future a
plan by which the corporation
will lend money TO its 5000 and
more employees at 5 per cent q
year. The details of the plan
will be announced shortly.
Joseph Thwaite. u former well
known and popular citizen of
st. Johns. greeted his old friends
here the latter part of last week
and they were all glad TO see
him once more. He has been
residing in Spokane for the past
several years. He reports times
quite dull there at present. and
while he likes il there first rate,
he says he likes st. Johns best.
A delightful evening was
spent last Friday at the home OF
Miss Elizabeth Powell by the
Endeavorers of the Christian
church of st. Johns, after the
regular monthly business meet
ing. The evening was taken
up by a box social. A large
number of boxes were sold ano
an enjoyable evening was spent
by every one.
The weed cutting campaign
cost the city about $3.50. There
were more than $500 notices sem
out, and about eighty per cent
cut their own weeds or had then
cut. Assessments totaling about
$4,000 have been placed against
property where weeds were GU
. by the city. The excess ovel
expenditure will partly make vi
the deficit that occurred las
year in the weed cutting cam
paign.
The city council of Linntoi
has determined to carry thu
matter to the highest courts il
, the land if necessary to retail
the present rate on the Unitet
Railways trolley line. The Rail
road Commission recently au
thorized an advance to doubl
the present rate. The mayo
5 was also authorized to emplo,
. counsel to secure an injunction
, against the United Railways l.
I prevent them from charging
e higher rate of fare than now
r The company has established tn
fact that it has been losing con
: siderable money every year a
I the present rates.
5 Prof. and Mrs. C. H. Boyd re
1 turned last Saturday from a tw
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