St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-08-07
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II b. F. Belieu and two sons
Perry and Bert, are engaged il
erecting a large farm house a
Yamhill.
| If a person bought war extr,
every time one appears on tn,
street he would have no none,
left for tobacco.
W. +. Griffith, who for the
past several weeks has been run.
ming the restaurant at Wildwood
Court, has discontinued bust.
ness.
The city certainly presents a
neater and more inviting ap-
pearance since the weed cutting
crusade has gotten in its good
work.
Mrs. George Brokaw and her
sister. Mrs. Goldie Lewellyn,
were recently called to Denver,
COL, by the serious illness of
their mother.
| Ed. Mccain and family of
Wildwood, who for the past few
months have lived in one of the
Kenyon cottages. moved to st.
Johns Thursday of last week. -
Linnton Leader.
Mr.. Knowles, the grading con-
tractor of st. Johns, has the Job
of grading and ballasting a por-
tion of the road in Genl Harbor
addition and the old Springville
road. Leader.
Bids will be asked for within
few days for the construction
of the Columbia Highway in
Hood River county for which a
bond issue of $751; vas re-
Gently voted.
Miss Bird L. Mclean, of st.
Paul, Mimi. has arrived in st.
Johns and will spend a couple
of weeks with her brother, l..
w. Mclean. She is principal of
the Rasmussen Business College
of st. Paul.
st. Johns is to have a better
babies eugenics show. Regis
trations are being made at the
st. Johns Sanitarium under
charge of DR.. Ethel N. Hart.
The date for the baby show is
set for September /. DR.. Mary
V. Madigan. who has taken
charge of all the baby shows
that are being held in Portland
prior to the State Fair. will
direct the coming tests. She
will be assisted by several prom
inent physicians. Mrs. A. w. |
Markle will have charge of the |
publicity work and will appoint
a committee to assist.
Composed of six one armed
men. who play the violin, from
bone. cello. mandolin and piano. |
THE One Armed Orchestra"
proved a novel headliner on the
new bill at the Spokane theatre
yesterday afternoon. says a |
Spokane paper. The young men,
though handicapped by misfor-
tune. have mastered the various
instruments, and their music is |
They were vigorously |
applauded at the opening per-
formances. Roscoe Magone of |
st. Johns is one of the six.
Mrs. Marion Lenora Sturder-
ent, whose husband is better
known as "Villae. died at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lafayette Caples, in this
city on Sunday. from a complica-
tion of diseases. The funeral
took place Tuesday afternoon
from the Evangelical church.
She was aged IL years. 9months
and 2 days. and had lived in st. |
Johns practically all her life. |
She leaves a husband and one
child nine months old. also faith
er. mother and one brother.
Mrs. James N. Berry, former
" Esther Mitchell, committed
suicide at Waldport, Oregon, last
Sunday night by taking strych-
nine. Mrs. Berry was married
IN Newport a few weeks ago.
She became notorious through
ler connection with the "Holy
Rollers" sect. and her Staying
If her own brother. George
at Seattle in 1906. after
ne had killed Joshua" Creffield.
She lived quietly in Lincoln
county since her release from
Steilacoom Asylum under parole
% the Superior Court of Kings
county. Washington. until her
recent marriage.
Archie Smock and Thomas
Cochran returned this week
rom a two weeks siesta in the
Hilds of the Klickitat country in
Washington state. They report
/ glorious time. catching fish by
lay and killing mosquitoes by
hight. Their intention was to
aunt game-bear. deer and the
ike. but the only evidence of
pear that they were able to dis
cover was the track made by a
bare footed boy. but by dint of
minute investigation they were
,hla To find a deer track made