St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-08-21

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speak only one.
The discouraging thing about
the kisses for votes idea is that
a fellow only has one vote.
Surgeons having supplied one
man with a steel backbone, re-
inforced concrete may come
next.
The cause of the death of Mrs.
Sturderant recently is said to
have been heart and kidney
trouble.
Flies are scarcer than in other
seasons, but the few are so ar
rogant it is hard to get along
with them.
Great Britain ought to be
proud of Canada. She doesn't
cause any trouble, and is good to
her mother.
At times it seems that the
ministering angels of the Red
Cross are the only persons con-
nected with war who keep in
touch with God.
An automobile dealer will sell
a man a machine that just simply
can't break down, and then try
to sell him a kit Of repair tools,
with no more strain on his con-
science than the drawbar pull of
a trained flea.
A plant for distilling oil of
peppermint is being constructed
near Springfield. o. II. Todd,
and associates, of Eugene, have
planted 40 acres to peppermint
and will work up the product in
their own factory. If the yield
of oil meets their expectations,
the 40 acres should give gross
returns Of about S6,0 The
industry is likely to become i'm
portant in Lane County.
DR.. Mary MacLachlin of Port
land. formerly of st. Johns, was
in London when war was de-
clared. according to word re-
ceived in this city on a postal
card from DR.. MacLachlin yes
terday, says the 0regonian.
The postal said she was in Lon
don, where excitement was run
ming high and where Americans
were frantically trying to book
transportation to this country.
She said nothing about her own
success in securing the same.
She is with her mother and
sister and was expected back
the middle of September.
Oregon City firemen. says a
dispatch in the Telegram. are
now settling down TO business
for the honors in the tournament
to be held in st. Johns on Labor
Day and. according to the an
nouncement Of Assistant Chief
Noble. practices will be held
every night from now TO the day.
About 20 members of the local
companies turned out TO the
practice Monday night and went
through the first steps in or
the teams. Oregon
City has always stood we'll up i'm
the annual event and nothing
short of first place will content
the Clackamas county representa-.
tives this year, says the fire.
men.
OF the S9.3l3 shareholders of
the Pennsylvania road 40 per
cent are women. The increase
in the number of shareholders
of the railways in the United
States since 1904 has been 115
per cent. This shows the wide
spread degree of interest that
is taken by the people them
selves in the railways of the
country. IL is also an argument
for government generosity in |
with the railways in |
which so many of the people |
have invested their savings. |
The Canadian Pacific has some-
thing like 65. 900 shareholders |
scattered over the world.
A panoramic reproduction of |
the Grand Canyon of Arizona is |
being built at the Panama Ex-
position at a cost of over $780,
900; over fifty thousand square
yards of linen canvas, imported
from Scotland. are being used
for the set pieces. Visitors in
this concession will view the
panoramas from observation
cars, moved by electricity on an
trestle. seemingly along
the rim of the canyon. The OBJ
server will be enabled TO see
eight of the most distinctive
points of the canyon and the
ride will last over half an hour.
including, apparently. a journey
Of more than one hundred miles
Of the great gorge. Every re-
source of modern science is en-
ployed in the work of repro
duction.
Clabe +. Brooks died at the
Good Samaritan hospital. Port
land, Thursday afternoon of last
week, following an operation for
cancer of the face. Deceased
was aged about 65 years. He