St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-03-19
Local News.
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". ". Learned, candldate 10
City Treasurer. adv.
E. s. Wright of Cook, Wash
ington, spent Sunday with hi
family on South Ivanhoe street
The Loyal Temperance Legior
will be held March %, at the
home of Mrs. j. Rassi, 1923 South
Jersey street. All children in.
vited to come and join.
A meeting to discuss the mer.
ger proposition will be held in
the high school auditorium Mon
day evening. A number of local
speakers will address the meet
ing. Everybody invited.
William Delapp of Estacada
was a guest of WA. Carroll this
week. Mr.. Delapp and Mr.. Car
roll pioneered together in South
Dakota many years ago, and this
was the first time Mr.. Carroll
had seen his old tiillicum for
thirty years or more.
A campaign has been launched
at Eugene to raise $780, 900 for
the establishment of lace fac
tory at that point. Ii is said
the Pacific Coast pays out $780,
900 to 500, 900 annually for lace
and it is believed that a local
factory could secure the bulk Of
the business.
Jack" Campbell, former
well known citizen of st. Johns,
but who for the past several
years has been enjoying the life
of a farmer near Beaverton, was
a visitor to st Johns last week.
He says he hopes the people of
st. Johns will not be foolish
enough to annex itself to Port
land.
We desire to publicly express
our sincere thanks to the neigh
bors and friends who so kindly
rendered their aid and assist |
ance during the illness and
death Of our son and brother,
Harry Saylor. and can assure
them that their kindness and |
sympathy will ever be gratefully |
remembered. Mrs. j. p. Saylor
and family.
Frank Nowak, a resident of st. |
Johns since 1905. has launched |
in the jitney business, starting
last Saturday. He has 80 pas
senger car which is fully equip
ped to take care Of the travelling
public. The car is in charge of
a first class chauffer all the time
and the most courteous treat
ment is accorded all passengers.
Mr.. Nowak is the only resident
of st. Johns to engage in the
jitney business,
The North School Parent teach
ers association will hold an open
meeting in the North School
building next Friday evening.
March 26. Prof. Alderman
of Portland will give an address
on the subject. "Grease for the
Squeaks. A good musical
program is promised and a so.
cial will be held at the close of
the lecture. All are invited. |
IL is hoped there will be a good
attendance.
At Champoeg. on May /, will
be celebrated the seventy-second
anniversary of the organization
of the first American civil gov
ernment west of the Rocky
Mountains. This will be the
fifteenth celebration of the
event. the first having been
held in 1901. On June II, at
Portland. will be held the Forty
third annual reunion of Oregon
Pioneers-those who came 10,
or were born in, any part of the
original Oregon Country pre-
vious to 1859.
Mrs. Mabel N. McKiddy died ,
at the Portland Sanitarium
Thursday, March, l1th of blood
poisoning. She was born in the
state of Illinois and had resided
in st. Johns for a number of
years. She was aged 80 years,
10 months and 20 days, and is
survived by two boys aged IL
and 8 years. and two girls aged
8 and 6 years respectively. The
took place from the st.
Johns Undertaking parlors Sat.
urday at 3 p. m. interment in
Columbia cemetery.
Ground has been broken for
the construction of the great in
terstate bridge which is to con- !
meet the city of Portland with ,
Vancouver. Washington. which ;
will be an important link in the
Pacific Highway. one of the most {
remarkable thoroughfares in the !
United States. AS far as possi- :
BILE all contracts for the work
have been let to local firms and ,
preference will be given to To-
cally produced materials and To- ,
cal labor. Necessary funds are
available for driving the work to
early completion. ,
w. l.. Markle. who has charge ,
Of installing the machinery of
the new Stanley-Smith saw mills ,
at Greenpoint, Hood River Val ,