St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1920-02-13
Local News

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ID. S. A. Mulkcy motorcd TO
Ncwberg Sunday.
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While the mornings are ralh-
or cool, these February days
are beautiful.
II. ID. Powell the first of the
week ended a perfectly lovely
session with the mumps.
Mrs. Josie Wynn of POS y.
Ivanhoc, who had been quite
i'll. is able To be about again.
y. A. Gee is anticipating u
visit from his daughter. Mrs.
Jayne. within the next few days.
Indication are that ST. Johns
will be u busy scene of activity
the coming Spring and Sum
mcr.
Lewis Caldwell. the well
known lonsorial artist, has pur-
chased the property ut 3l6
Princeton street.
Willis Vinson underwent u
third major operation nt The
Emanuel hospital Monday. lie
is getting along MS we'll us could
be expected.
w. p. Greene. who sustained
painful injuries from falling off
u platform while nj work at
Kcnton recently, is able To be
about again.
Notices have been posted for
the improvement of Jersey
street from Richmond To Balli-
more streets nt an estimated
cost of over $4,000.
DIR. Jerome Whistler and wife
of Ccniralia, Wash, spent II
couple of days with lLc Dr.'s
parents here this week. lie is
doing fine in Ccnlrnlia.
The new Chevrolet home at
the corner of Jersey and John
streets is now making good
progress, under the direction of
II. ID. Grove, contractor.
Young Farmer Burns (F. NJ.
Orchard), li5 pound wrestler.
is still undefeated champion of
81. Johns. But hc says business
is growing rather stale, aS chal-
lengers are few.
The X. l.. G.. L. of the Evan.
gelical church will give a ST.
Valentines party on Saturday
evening at the home of Mr..
and Mira. Lawrence l.. Layton.
1910 S. Leonard street.
III. l.. Whistler came home
Monday from the Silver King
mine, where he had been for
some time. lie expects To re-
turn i'm a few days. lie reports
prospects better than ever,
A. NJ. Esson, formerly well
known and popular citizen of
ST. Johns, made this office Il
very pleasant visit the first of
the week. lie is now located at
st. Helens.
The nine year old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvey, who had
been quite poorly all winter and
who was recently operated up
on at the Emanuel hospital by
DIR. Schultze, is reported getting
along nicely.
y. A. Gee states that he now
has eighty per cent of the prop
erty owners of Catlin street, be-
tween Jersey and Edison, lined
up for improvement of this
street by sidewalk. grade and
twenty-fOOt concrete strip in the
center of the street. That being
the case there is no good reason
why the improvement should
not go through.
Rev. A. P.Layton OF the Unit
ed Evangelical church is preach
ing series of sermons on PRO.
phecy. "having preached the first
one a week ago last Sunday
evening. These sermons are
very interesting, to the point
and spiritual. and every one is
urged to come out and hear
them. Sunday evening at 1880.
Reported.
Changes in the map of the
downtown business district i'm
volving the expenditure of at
least two million dollars in new
buildings are imminent. says the
Portland News. A ten story
building on the half block bound
ed by Washington, Broadway and
Park streets is the largest pro-
ject involved. This building
would include a new theatre