St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-21

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Ansco film-the court decreeC
original film. Get it at The St
Johns Pharmacy, Ansco dealers
The Psychology Club will
meet at the manse of the Con
gregational church Monday af.
ternoon at 2:30. Subject, "De.
nial and Information"
She-Isn't it strange that the
length of mans arm is equal to
the circumference of a girls
waist? He-Let's get a string
and see. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Winter Relief Commit
tees will meet at the CONNER
cial Club rooms Friday evening,
of next week. All members of
the various committees are urg-
ed to attend.
The minister was dining with
the Fullers and was denouncing
the new styles in dancing.
Turning to the daughter of the
house, he asked sternly: "Do
you yourself. Miss Fuller, think
the girls who dance these dances
are right?" "They must be, I"
was the answer, because | notice
the girls who don't dance them
are always left. ladies Home
Journal.
All preliminaries having been
settled, work of clearing the
right of way for the New Cali
fornia & Oregon Coast Ry., from
Grants Pass to Crescent City,
Cal, will be started at once.
The contract provides that the
line shall be completed to Hays
Hill within six months and that
the first 40 miles shall be finish
ed in 40 months. This line will
open up the rich copper region
of the Illinois River and the tim
ber country below il.
At the convention Of the Col
umbia and Snake River Water
ways association at Astoria last
week. w. w. Harragh, of PEN
said: IF the open river
causes a reduction of butt cents
per bushel on wheat, il will save
Umatilla County alone $120. 600
per year. and IL corresponding
are made on other
commodities shipped from that
county. it will mean the saving
Of more than half the county's
annual taxes of $400, 000."
ID. G. Hoogerhyde Friday sued
the City of st. Johns for $40. 906
damages. alleging that he was
seriously injured when an auto
fire truck on which he
was riding skidded into a curb,
overturned and pinned him be.
meath the machine. October 6,
1914. He charges that he was
in the employ OF the municipal
ity as an expert machinist and
engineer inspecting the machine
which was being tested. In adj
iition TO injuries from the acci-
dent he asserts that he was
burned by sulphuric acid spilled
when the tank of the apparatus
vas punctured in the accident.
L is said the city will deny that
ne was in the city's employ and
llso contend that he got on the
.ruck on his own responsibility.
Mildred A. Erickson. little
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
}. Erickson. died at her home,
~ Hartman street. Friday of
asst week. aged 3 years.6 months |
md Ii days. About ten days
previous TO her death, her moth
n had lifted a boiler of hot wa
er from the stove TO the floor, |
md while her back was turned
or a moment the little girl |
anne in and backed against the |
)oiler and fell into the hot |
water. Her mother rescued her
Utmost instantly. but she was
severely scalded. IL is said that |
Mildred was suffering from
ihicken pox at the time, and |
when her burns had begun heal
ng nicely, the chicken pox erup-
ions again appeared and death
inally resulted at the time men,
ioned above. She was a bright
md winsome little girl and her
leath is a terrible shock to her
and friends. The fu-
leral services took place at the
Evangelical church Sunday at 2
}. m., Rev. Layton preaching
he sermon. Interment took
,lace at Columbia cemetery. The
It. Johns Undertaking Co. had
harge of the remains.
Preparations are being made
" Commissioner Dieck of the
Department of Public Works for
nstituting formal proceedings
,efore the Council for the extern
ion of Greeley street from Kill
ingsworth avenue to Delay
treet. Surveys and estimates
ave been completed by Munich.
,al Engineer McMullen. The
and needed for the extension is
'alued at approximately S1l0. 600.
This sum will be assessed as
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