St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-06-11
Local News.
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rs days yet.
| j. E. Kilkenny, registered
electrical contractor, Col. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Hers
phiel of San Francisco are guests
of Mrs. c. Oihus.
The Cozy Corner confectionery
store on North Jersey street has
discontinued business.
Wilbur and Gordon Bellinger,
having finished their first year
at Corvallis, have returned to st.
Johns.
Call at LOT S. Jersey Street
and get pamphlet on Wiring
an already built house," Free
for the asking.
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends
for their sympathy in our be-
reavement.-Mr. and Mrs.W. H.
Davidson.
I. F. Levens, who has been
at Latourelle Falls, Oregon, for
the past couple of months. re-
turned to st. Johns the first of
the week.
Mrs. r. Confer of Martins
Bluff, WASH. has been a guest
of her daughters, Mrs. j. B.
Clulow, Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. l..
c. Bugbee, for the past month.
Mrs. West Edwards. son Oran
and granddaughter, Miss Lucille
of Midland. Texas. are spending
a few weeks in st. Johns. the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. +.
Gilmore.
Mrs. w. w. Rogers and chill
dren Of Spokane. Wash, who
have been visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. N. Harvey. 915 South
Decatur street, have returned
to their home.
Mrs. c. ]. Thorn and two chill
dren, who have been spending
the past several weeks with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Rogers, left last week for their
home in st. Louis. Mo.
Miss Elizabeth Caples. who
had been spending the winter
at British Columbia. has returned
to st. Johns. She states that il
gives her great pleasure to once
more reside in st. Johns.
The treatment accorded the
meter proposition in Portland
Monday is a good indication of
what we may expect when Port
land is called upon to furnish
Bull Run water to st. Johns.
The manner of voting on Com
missioners in Portland seems 10
be an entirely unnecessary COM
plication. First. second and
third choices should be eliminat-
ed in favor of a straight cut prop
osition.
John Peterson has opened up
a neat little grocery and confec-
tionery store in the room form
erly occupied by 0verstreet's
plumbing establishment on South
Jersey. opposite the Central
school building. John is well
known and well liked by the
people of st. Johns. and will no
doubt prosper nicely in his new
venture.
Now if the street car company
would provide cross seats on the
st. Johns line there would sure
ly be no objection. II is no
pleasure TO sway on the side
seats from one side to the other
like an intoxicated person every
time the car stops. And then
one gets rather tired of gazing
into the countenance of the per-
son occupying a seat opposite.
Give us cross seats instead of
the side seats. Mr.. Street Car
Company.
The Carrie Jacobs Bond Mu-
steal club met with May Eliza
beth Harney. 9l5 South Decatur
street. Saturday. June 5th. for
an all day picnic. This crowd of
interesting little girls is under
the direction of Mrs. Carrie r.
Beaumont of Portland. she being
a life long friend of Mrs. Bond.
The club has a membership of
fifteen, all being of Portland
with the exceptions of Kather-
inc Bonham and May E. Harney
of st. Johns. A big jitney car
ried the little ladies. chaperoned
by their mothers, to the Harvey
home. A fine program was
given. assisted by Mrs. May Will
Bush. dramatic reader. and Mrs.
w. w. Rogers of Spokane. So
prano. After fine luncheon,
the little ones made merry on
the lawn and in the woods until
the call came to go home.
The X. L. C. E. Society of the
Evangelical Church held their
monthly business meeting Fri.
day evening. June 4th. at the
home of Mrs. F. l.. Fletcher on
South Jersey Street. This being
the close of the years work fol
the society. the election of off
GERS took place and the same