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o. E. Learned, candidate for
City Treasurer-a freeholder. adv
If your eyes are troubling you
see DR.. Gilstrap.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wright of
San Diego. CAL, are guests at
the home of Geo. A. Wright.
Why does d. C. Lewis refuse
to debate the merger question
with Howard o. Rogers? Is he
afraid that the truth might leak
out?
Don't be Jonah. You know
Jonah merged with a whale, and
he didn't like it any better than
you will like merging with Port
land after you have had a taste
of il.
Remember Monday is Cleanup
Day. so get your last winters
accumulations of garbage depos-
tied along your curb so that it
may be removed at the city's
expense.
II you want st. Johns to be-
come the home of the bootlegger
after prohibition is ushered in,
vote to merge. One policeman
or two would prove unavailing
to keep them suppressed.
Portland certainly has no fac
tories to give US after merger.
since a well informed Portland
man told us yesterday that at
least one half of Portland's in
dustrial plants are now shut
down or working on very small
scale.
FOR SALE. Il will sell on
easy terms at a bargain my half
acre of choice garden land with
small house in st. Johns only
two blocks from car line. Would
accept a modern five passenger
auto as part payment. What
have you TO offer? For particu-
lars, see DR.. Gilstrap.
Remember merging does not
change the name. because your
postofiice address is. now st. |
Johns. Portland, Oregon. Itl
would be no different after mer-
ging. IL. as some few aver, that |
they do not like to register from |
st. Johns when abroad, you need |
not. because Portland is your
postoffice address.
The regular Mothers meeting
Of the w. c. 7. u. will be held |
at the home Of Mrs. j. C. Scott.
Gil West Leavitt street, Monday, |
April 5th. at 2:30. After the
program a l0c tea will be serv-
ed. We would like to have a
large attendance. Come and get |
acquainted with our members |
and investigate our work. Sec
retary.
. Don't fail to note that those
letters of the mergerites so often |
quoted and circulated do not give |
an authoritive agreement TO do .
anything. Mayor Albee has re-
peatedly stated that he cannot |
see why the suburbs want TO join
Portland; that they can conduct
their affairs better. and that II /
he lived in a suburb he would
be the hardest fighter of them
all against merging.
If you want ST. Johns TO be-
come the home of the dissolute
woman. vote for merger. The
police now prevent houses of i'll /
fame from locating in st. Johns
and is the only city of its size
in the United States without
one. One police or two couldn't
Seep them out. and ii seems to
be the policy of Portland TO scat
ter them from the heart of the
,ity. Don't merge; keep the
,ity clean. /,
John Breckman, a lad aged
about ii years. was accidentally
shot in the forehead. the ball
coming out at the back of his
iead. Tuesday afternoon. He
VAS at the Stevens home at the
North end of Kellogg street. in
with several other lads.
when Etson Stevens. aged about
zen years. playfully pulled a
'0-30 Winchester rifle from the
vail. and pointing it toward
Iohn Breckman. and t0M him
o look at what he was doing 1
md pulled the trigger, not know
ng the gun was loaded. The
injured lad was hurriedly taken
o the county hospital, after his
wound had been taken care of
1y DIR. +. L. Gambee. The un-
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