St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-01-08
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II Cyclone Cold Cure, the bes
cold cure; get IL at the st
Johns Pharmacy.
| The East st. Johns Land Com
pany is having a fine residence
erected on Mears street.
The unreliability of circum'
stantial evidence has again beer
made manifest in the Pendei
case.
Holmes Lodge No. 10l, K. OF
p. gave a delightful dance in
Bickner Hall the evening OF
January first.
England is asking for bids
from Oregon and Washington
mills for twenty million feet of
railroad ties.
| Any one contemplating pur-
chasing a new piano can save
one hundred dollars on the pur-
chase price by calling upon M.
Whitson, 402 Fessenden street.
at once.
We don't mind giving the
railroads a five per cent increase
since they have been so nice
about hauling the contributions
for the starving Belgians free.
-Heppner Herald.
Get in the contest and get a
prize. A little effort will do
the trick. A greater effort will
get you to the Panama Exposl-
tion at San Francisco with all
your expenses paid. Why not
try?
E. J. Hufford won four first
prizes at the big Poultry Show
at Tacoma last week with four
entries of White Faced Black
Spanish chickens-the same that
won first prizes at the recent
show in Portland.
An entertainment will be
given by the Sans Dieu Riens
Class of the Evangelical church
at First Trust & Savings bank
bldg. in East st. Johns Tuesday
evening. January 12. No ad-
mission charge; everybody well
come.
In Portland on February 10.
16 and II. will be held the Ninth
Annual Congress for the Oregon
Retail Merchants association.
This is one of the most i'm
portant organizations in the
state, having a membership Of
nearly 5000. and practically
every club and organization in
Portland will assist in receiving
and entertaining the visitors.
Dan Williamson was the
recipient of a handsome New
Years present in the shape of
twenty nice mountain trout
shipped by Robt. Gibbs from
Blakely. Oregon. They were
packed in dry moss and came
through in the finest possible
condition. The speckled beau.
ties were all over ten inches in
length.
While the concensus Of opinion
that 1914 was about the slowest
year that st. Johns ever eX-
perienced. yet the building per-
NIT record at the city hall shows
that sixty permits were taken
out during the year. For 1913
only fifty.three were issued.
In many of the old staid towns
in Eastern states If sixty new
buildings were erected IN one
year the people would consider
they were enjoying a boom.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Ashby
celebrated their 10th wedding
anniversary at their home, 6l5
North Edison street, Thursday.
Dec. 81. A number of friends
from Portland and st. Johns
called during the day and eve-
ming to extend congratulations.
Mrs. j. A. Kelley and Mrs. c.
Ennis assisted Mrs. Ashby in
serving a bountiful dinner and
supper. Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby
received numerous pretty and
useful presents.
A most distressing accident
occurred at the Peninsula Iron
Works on Bradford street last
Friday afternoon. when the fore
man of the shops. RIM. Morrow,
was seriously injured by the
bursting of an emery wheel at
which he was working. The
wheel had no shield upon it at
the time, and was making about
$500 revolutions per minute. A
portion of the wheel struck Mr..
Morrow just above the left
eye, making terrible wound.
He was taken to a Portland
hospital for treatment. We un-
derstand that the injured eye
was removed Wednesday. and
that he is getting along as well
as can be expected.
The United Evangelical church
has elected the following named
officers for the ensuing year: