St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1920-04-09
Register Now

Registration books close April
Goth. but in st. Johns on the
18th. After that time il will be
necessary to go to Portland prop.
er to register. Attorney Frank
A. Rice in Room a, Peninsula
Security building, is ready to
register you, and his office is
open in the evenings. Do not
put it off. Do it now.
The Bachelor Club has started
a neat little paper christened
"The Scandal" lt is filled up
with little chatty items pertain
ing to the Club and its members,
an d is not as scandalous as its
name might indicate. IL is the
purpose of the staff to publish
it once a month. although q cap.
tion in its editorial column states
that il will be Published Spas.
medically" The staff comprises:
Editor, Bones:" Assistant
Editor. "Flooey;" Society Ed.
itor, Pad" Advertising Mana.
ger, Dent" Circulation Man.
ager, Blot" Printers Devil.
" Nails" " The paper is ex.
elusive for members only.
A. A. Muck. who announced
his candidacy for denomination
AZ county commissioner last
week, has most certainly made
good. He has given all of his
time and attention 90 his official
duties, and has attended every
meeting of the county board but
one during his term Of office.
Prior TO assuming his present
duties Mr.. Muck. who has re.
sided in Portland with his fam.
lily for IL years. served n term
as president of the st. Johns
city council and two terms as
mayor Of st. Johns. being the
incumbent Of that office when
81. Johns was merged with Port
land. Commissioner Muck's
activities during the war gained
him considerable prominence.
lie organized the territory north
Of Fremont street for the war
savings stamp drive and had full |
charge Of that drive I'm MultnO-
nah county outside of Portland.
lie participated as district |
leader in all of the Red Cross
iriyes and in three of the liberty |
oan campaigns. In two of the
liberty loan drives he had charge
If all territory I'm MultnomRh |
County outside of Portland.
The committee ON parkway
,lantings and community beauti.
'ication of the Community Club
las made arrangements for lee
ure with stereopticon slides
which will be vi zen 10y Professor
|. l.. Peck OF the Oregon Agri-
ultural College at the st. Johns
library Friday evening, April l6.
he lecture aud pictures are in.
ended 10 bo of help to those who
ave small home grounds, with
lwns and flowers, 10 care for.
'r0f. Peck is probably the best
nown authority on landscapel
ardenlng m Oregon and his
llks have helped thousands of
eople To plan their paintings of d
and flowers to the G
est advantage, especially when &
heir pace is limited. There e
hould be capacity crowd in q
ne library auditorium TO hear d
i'm. The lecture is free. b
The got.acquainted party given T.
y Mrs. J. NJ, Shaw, secretary "
the Y. w. G. A. Wednesday 81
light at the club rooms, was
-tcnded 10y more than 200 Young
eople from all the different
lurches in the district. BY way
introduction each one wore n
'iangle card with his or her
anne written on it.. The pro. h
ram consisted of piano solo. ?
eda CARL; vocal solo. Dora "
ayton; violin solo, Alma Rassi.
peal solo, Adelaide Eggmap. n
eel guitar solo, Harold Roda. y,
iugh; violin and piano selec.
on, John and Oscar oven. la
'ading. Ruth Dicks: vocal so. Ii
Sergeant Il. l.. Crane: pan. "
mime by the young people of
.e Lutheran church; reading Ia
r.. George Hall, and : music st
quartet, Ice cream and
aters were served. ct
ST, Johns is a part of Portland M
ith the city's 1000, 600 bushel m
nix elevator and $1,000. 600 -
eight and grain terminal al.
ost in its dooryard. Ii has q
nancial institution known as
e Peninsula National bank
hich is so enterprising that il II
.bllshes at frequent intervals ~
tsresting and intelligent com.
ents upon the local. domestic
q foreign financial situation.
has a large industrial popula-
IN, big woolen and lum bsr
lis and the remains of a ship 7
rd. But despite these marks
progress, st. Johns bumps
'ng over streets that would
'courage any possible investor
ing to see what the district Ii