St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-12-11
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II ". ". JOIHSOU has TtSlRfltu III
pastor of the Christian church,
1t is now possible for a Mexi.
can president to resign before
being assassinated.
A diplomat is a man who ad.
mits to his wife that he is
wrong when he knows he is
right.
Buy a ticket to the Bachelor
Club Benefit performance to be
held at the Multnomah Theatre
the evening of December 21st.
DIR. and Mrs. B. F. Rambo of
st. Johns, Oregon, with their
two children are the house
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Gesler for several days. Cen
tralia Examiner.
The police was called out Mon
day night on a call to investigate
a supposedly mad dog case.
The police decided. however, that
the animal was in full possession
of his normal faculties.
The school census has been
finished by Miss Florence Ogden
under the supervision of School
Clerk Tanch. The result shows
that there are 759 boys of school
age residing in the city and 757
girls, or a total of 1916 in all.
Eric Carlson and William
Worth of the s. p. /. Class of
the Christian church, attended
The Older Boys Conference held
at McMinnville Nov. q. 2S and
20. The s. p. l. Class will
give a Can Social just before
Christmas.
There's q tremendous relief in
the statement of a woman writ
er that the American govern
ment needn't worry about an
army-that every American girl
over Is is practiced in the use Of
powder, and a call to arms. is
all she wants. Elk.
+. X. Miller and daughter Of
Friend. Oregon. were guests of
Postmaster Monahan the first Of
the week. Mr.. Miller was the
first postmaster in st. Johns
after the office was moved to
the top of the hill and situated
where the Peninsula National
Bank is now located.
That private property cannot
be condemnded for private ir-
rigation or water power pur-
poses. was a decision handed
down by the circuit court at Al
bany last week, the court con-
tending that such action would
be an infringement of the con-
stitutional rights of owners of
property.
The operations of the Helix
division of the Farmers Union
resulted in an actual saving Of
an average of $109 TO each Of
its 100 members during the past
season. This saving was ac-
complished by economy in the
purchase of grain bags. binders
twine and other supplies. At
its Helix ware houses the as
sociation handled 27l 50l sacks
of wheat.
George Hines. colored. who
formerly worked as shoe sinner
at Gilmore's barber shop, was
arrested on a charge of abstract
ing five dollars from the barber
shop till and also stealing some
cigarettes from the cigar case
Sunday morning. He had a
hearing in Judge Williams
court Monday and was bound
over TO the grand jury. Deputy
District Attorney Robinson pros
ecuted the case.
Attorney Perry c. Stroud
made a splendid plea for the es-
tablishment of grades on all
streets in the city before the
city council Tuesday evening.
He pointed out the tact that the
city would save considerable
money by having this work
done. and would be a great con-
venience to citizens building on
streets where the grade is not
now established. The idea is a
fine one. and should not be lost
track of.
AS a portion of Oregon's dis
play at the Panama Exposition
next year. ten car loads of pro-
ducts of this state will be ship
ped south within a few days
under the auspices of the Will
lamette Valley Exposition AS
sociation. Already l64 boxes of
apples have been forwarded and
will be promptly installed in the
Oregon building. Fifty thous-
and booklets will be printed for
distribution at the exposition.
containing articles regarding
the resources of the Valley.
Engineer. Laurgaard. in charge
of the Tumalo irrigation pro-
ject. has announced that this
project is now complete and
that applications for the lands
are being received in great num-
bers. The entire project en-