St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1914-06-26
Local News.

II Rumors of several new indus
trial plants for st. Johns are be
ing circulated.
| DR.. b. +. Rambo and family
have returned from a brief so
| journ at Bar View.
A fine baby boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Muck Saturday morning.
All kinds of draying. Phone
Columbia 72-Gatton's Transfer,
104 Jersey street. adv.
Miss Eva Clark left Monday
to take up a special teachers
summer course of instruction at
Monmouth.
Benjamin Shepardson and
mother of Catlin, Wash. were
guests at the homeIof Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W Markle Sunday.
J. L. Tanch ha 6een reelected
School Clerk for the ensuing
year, and f. p. Drinker con-
tinues as President of the Board
of Directors.
Buy yourself an Ansco Camera,
and enjoy some of the pleasures
this great country affords. You
cannot miss it with an Ansco.
Ansco Cameras and Cyko Papers
at The st. Johns Pharmacy. ad
A line of typewriter ribbons,
both narrow and wide, has just
been received at the Review
Office; SOC each. Also carbon
paper at two sheets for FIVE
cents.
Chas. Schauff. the expert
local florist. brought an exhibit
Of the finest roses we believe
we ever saw to the Review office
Saturday. Few people under
stand the culture of roses better
than Mr.. SchauH.
A series of articles dwelling
upon the mail order house evil.
written by David Powell. will
appear in the Review. beginning
with this issue. We believe our
readers will find them entertain.
ing as well as instructive.
The Secretary of the Interior
has designated tract of 284. 600
acres Of land in Oregon for entry
under the enlarged homestead
law. Most of these lands lie in
the Deschutes and John Day
river basins.
The Sundays Journal contain
ed u picture of Miss Clarissa
Wilson of the ST. Johns High
school. who was one of the prize
winners in the scientific tenn
perance essay contest recently.
Chester Hays. of the st. Johns
Grammar School. was also prize
winner.
Fire broke out in the Central
school building during the noon
hour Tuesday. How il origina-
ted is a mystery. but the flames
were subdued by Janitor Clark
and Prof. Boyd before any SER
ious damage was done. through
the instrumentality of a couple of !
Babcock fire extinguishers be-
longing TO the school.
The first freight vessel 20 be |
towed through the Panama Canal
was the Grace liner, Santa Clara.
carrying a cargo of Pacific Coast |
products. 80 per cent of which |
was loaded at Portland. nearly |
all of which will be discharged at |
New York The vessel is COM
paratively new. this being her
third trip TO the Pacific Coast. |
IL has been suggested that the
work of keeping the city as
clean of weeds and other obnox-
ious vegetation as possible be
turned over TO the school chill
dren, with proper payment for
the work accomplished. The |
plan might prove a good one.
II would certainly develope an
interest on the part of the
younger generation TO make the
city as attractive as possible.
One OF the prominent features
of the Salem Cherry Fair. to be
held June 25-26-27. will be AN
parade the last night
of the show. There will be ten
floats it line. all gorgeously dec
Grated and illuminated. Another
interesting feature will be a
street dance led by King Bing
and Queen Ann and which will
be participated in by the Cher
rians and the Royal Rosarians of
The Michigan Society will hold
a picnic at The Oaks tomorrow.
They will meet at the corner of
First and Alder streets, Port
land, at one O'Clock p. M, and
proceed to the picnic grounds
by special car. All Michigand-
ers and their friends. also mem
bers of other state societies are
invited to go along. 1t is in
cumbent upon all, however, to
take baskets with them. The
picnic lunch will be served at