St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1920-08-06

lily and Richard Merritt motOreC
to Manhattan Beach this week,
where they will occupy the Mer-
rymakers' Cottage for n couple
of weeks.
Another bumper garden in st.
Johns is that of L. +. Levens al
120 South Olympia street. He
has corn over ten feet high, on
ions IL inches in circumference
and monster beets and rutaba.
gas.
Elmer Lott left on Wednesday
morning for Camp Chinidere,
Watham Lake, Oregon. where
he will spend the month of Au.
gust at this Boy Scout Camp.
Several other lads from st. Johns
accompanied him.
Jeweler |. II. Lynch returned
Tuesday evening from a months
sojourn in Ohio and other east
ern states. He reports every
thing in a flourishing condition
and the crops looking fine. He
enjoyed the trip immensely
DR.. Borden and family leave
this. Friday. morning on q vaca.
tion trip to Ashland. Crater Lake
and Klamath Falls. The DR.. will
be absent during the balance of
August. but patients will find
DR.. l.. J. Keliher in the Offices.
A basket picnic will be held at
Columbia Park Sunday, August
Sth by the Odd Fellows and Re.
bekahs of St. Johns. A cordial
invitation is extended to all
members Of Laurel and LAUREL
wood Lodges, their families and
friends to he present.
Endorsement of Dr.. T. l.. Per-
kins as a candidate for city COM
mis- iioner was made 10y Scout
Young Camp No. 2, Department
of Oregon. United Spanish War
Veterans at a meeting held Au.
gust 8. The action was by unan-
lmous vote.
A. A. Muck, county commits.
sioner. is defendant in a suit in
the federal court brought by the
Weyerhaeuser Timber company.
Mr.. Muck for a period of years
has claimed ownership of a strip
of water front at 81. Johns. The
Weyerhaeuser company now
brings suit 10 gain possession
and asks $4,000 damages. Ore
gonian.
The fuel department Of the ST.
Johns Lumber company has add
ed considerable new equipment,
including hunkers and trucks
that enable the company 10 han.
die more loads with greater fa.
cility. Good wood, big loads and
prompt service are 10 be obtain.
ed there. Manager Stearns is
sparing no effort 10 make the
fuel department the best there is. |
Anyone having an idea that
good corn cannot be grown In
this part of the country is woe
fully mistaken. About the mid !
die of May William {. MacDon- |
aid of North st. Johns planted |
corn at his place. Saturday he |
brought couple specimens 70 |
this office. One Vi tie,a corn that /
measured 9 feet c inches in |
length, and sweet corn that /
measured 8 feet a inches.
Two former well known ciu-
zens of st. Johns passed away
during the past week: II. Il. |
Pennell. formerly with the ST. /
Johns Lumber company and pres
ident of the ST. Johns CONNER
cial club. passed away at his
home in Portland. Harry c.
Hunter. at one time local city |
councilman. died at Los Angeles
last Saturday.
j. +. Gilmore reports the best
day in his ii years of re lty eX
perience in st. Johns Wednesday. /
when he sold three properties
and practically closed the deal
for another one. On Monday he
sold the Walker place at Polk |
and Hudson for $3.50, and on
Tuesday sold another property |
for MIR. +. c, Knapp for $3.50, |.
five sales for the three
days.
The Ladies Aid of the Congre-
gational church met Wednesday |
at the home of Mrs.
A. II. Schwartz. A pleasant af-
ternoon was spent by all. Those
were: Mrs. j. o. Bail /,
ey, Mrs. Geo. Wilson, Mrs. Pol
hill, Mrs. Cade. Mrs. Zella John
ston, Mrs. Webster, Mrs. David
son. Mrs. Mulvihill, Mrs. Grace
Campbell, Mrs. Sconce, Mrs. |
Manning, Mrs. j. Threlfal, Mrs.
In reply to a number of in
quiries as to just where the Ladd .
and Strong tract. the latest pro-
posed park site. is located, the
following will give an idea: Is
bounded on the south by ST. 4
Johns avenue, on the west by
James street, and adjoins the
HolbrOOk Addition on the east;
is one block from the North
school and three blocks from