St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-02-05
Local News.
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| d1dfna ENpOSlClOn Will Ue snip
| ped completed from Bangkok
Siam, according to advises jus
received from Siam by exposi
tion officials. 1t is of the styl,
of Siamese grand palace.
The Y.P.S. C. Z. of the Christ.
ian church held their regular
monthly business meeting and ar
advertisement social at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herwick. Re-
frehments were served and 9
good time was enjoyed by all.
Feed your chicks Hess
Poultry Panacea and keep them
free from lice by using Instant
Louise Killer, and you will in
sure a good egg production.
Get them at The st. Johns Phar-
macy, cut rate drug store.
Stranger - Why. Pat, there
used to be two windmills there.
Patio be sure, sir. Stranger
Why is there but one there
now? Pat-Sure, they took one
down for to have more wind for
t'other. Elk.
Get in the contest and get a
prize. A little effort will do
the trick. A greater effort will
get you to the Panama Exposi-
tion at San Francisco with all
your expenses paid. Why not
try?
The re-opening of three shingle
mills at this time and the be-
ginning of the second semester
of the country schools. may mark
the need of teachers rather than
any material progress toward
prosperity. Corvallis Times.
Rev. Wright will speak at the
Christian church Sum-. Feb. 7tb.
He is a missionary and is inter-
ested in prison reform work and
will speak on that topic. 1t is
not definitely known when Rev.
Jones will take up his duties
here, but his place will be sup
piled until he arrives.
The dancing party to be given
in the st. Johns Rink by Oregon
Grape Circle No. 54l, Women of
Woodcraft. promises to be the
real treat of the season: several
hundred invitations have been
sent out. and Bowker's excel
lent orchestra will furnish music
for the occasion. Committee.
That better times are near at
hand is the concensus of opinion
among the leading dailies and
business men of the country.
There can be no question that
the country has been and is ex-
periencing the most stringest
times. and il is to be fondly hop
ed that the worst is over and
that times will speedily take on
a brighter and better aspect.
A little boy. who. on account
of his naughty behavior. was
about to get a thrashing. left
his mammals room and went to
his own. Kneeling down be-
side the bed and with hands
clasped he offered up the fol-
lowing prayer: "lf you please.
bod, if you are as good TO little
children as they say you are,
now's your chance. "-Ex.
Following the sale of 10000
acres of yellow pine in the vie
cinity of Bend. it is expected
that the manufacturing of lum-
ber in Central Oregon will be
commenced on large scale. L.
is stated that the timber belt
of Central Oregon is approxi-
mately 1876 miles long by sol
miles wide, and that in the ter
ritory tributary to Bend alone,
there is at least 20. 900, 900, 900
feet of good saw timber.
A campaign has been started
at Albany to sell $25. 900 worth
of cannery stock. work on the
construction of a cooperative
cannery to commence as soon as
the stock sales amount TO Sl5,-
900. The preliminary meeting
was attended by more than 1901
farmers and fruit growers of
Linn and Benton counties. A
limit of $50 worth of stock to |
each subscriber has been set,
and it will therefore be neces-
sary to interest 500 growers in |
order TO raise the $25. 900.
1t was the morning of the Sab
bath. AS Sandy was making
his way homeward after attend
ing kirk. the minister happened
to overtake him. En-" said
Sandy. THAT was a powerful
discourse on Thrift ye preach
ed this morning" The minister
smiled benignly. Am glad ye
were able to profit by it," was
his gratified reply. Profit"
exclaimed Sandy. why. mon. |
| would ha' put ma saxpence
into the plate wi'out a thought
but for yer providential words.
They saved me fourpence there
and then. "-Ex.
OF interest to all wool grow
ers in this and adjoining states
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