St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1920-08-13

Max Widmer has sold his prop.
t. erty in North st. Johns.
Frank Learned has been spend
ing the past week or so at For
est Grove.
Miss Alice Wrinkle has re-
turned from a pleasant sojourn
at Seaside.
Mrs. S. w. Rogers has return
ed from an extended visit in st.
Louis and other Eastern points.
On August 4th a baby girl was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Redmond of sos East Richmond
street.
The Free Methodist campeet-
ING at the Caples tract is prov
ing quite interesting and is be-
ing well attended.
Keep in mind the Community
Club picnic August 25th at Co.
lumbia Park. Plan to attend, as
it will be well worth while.
VIII. Faxon of St. Helens has
purchased a modern dwelling in
the Holbrook Addition. A.W. Da.
Wis negotiating the transfer.
Doric Lodge and Minerva
Chapter enjoyed an outing Tues
day at Columbia Park. supper
being served in the evening un.
der the trees.
Work has begun on the street
car line between Fessenden
street and the st. Johns Termi.
nal. The contract calls for com.
pletion in forty days.
Kieffel Deese of Greenwood.
Miss. arriyed in st. Johns on
Sunday. He will make his home |
here with his parents. Mr.. and |
Mrs. William Deese on Tioga |
street.
Little Mildred Short entertain.
ed a few of her girl friends at "A |
party Thursday afternoon at the |
home of her grandmother, Mrs.
G. II. Short. The occasion was
her 9th birthday.
Oregon's official 1920 popula.
tion is 1888, 3,2S5. The increase
over 1910 is ll0.520 or 1914 per
cent. Multnomah county's pres
ent official population is 275. sos.
Its increase during the last ten
years is 40, 637, or 2l.9 per cent.
II would seem like a good plan
for st. Johns 10 have a little ag-
ricultural fair Of its own. There
would surely be an interesting
exhibition, judging from some
specimens that have been ad-
vanced.
Mrs. A. j.. Poe. who resides
on the Roberts tract i'm North
ST. Johns. brought in an inter-
esting exhibit Monday. II was
the leaf of a tobacco plant grown
on her place. and measured 1896
inches.
II is high time that the city
authorities spend a little time
and money in taking care of |
some of our streets that are not
hard surfaced. A little grad. !
ing and rolling would do won. ,
ders before the wet weather sets
in again. :
Glover e. Allen, who have pur.
chased the Scniesser restaurant ,
on North Jersey street, have had I
the room remodeled and have put
in a quick lunch counter on one
side and a card room on the 9th.
er divided by partition, c
Frank Gasser, assisted by his >
brother. George, handled about ,
eighty-fve tons of cherries which {
they delivered to the canneries n
in fifteen days, which is going h
some. They are preparing TO
handle prunes, pears, apples and
other fruit as they ripen. Y
AS an illustration of what St. y
Johns soil will do in the potato =
inc, II. A. Longstahf of 92l n. y
Hudson street brought in the q
product of one hill that made a :, =,
most beautiful display. They =
" ere fine. large ones and there .
we're lot of them for one hill. .
Mr.. w. H. Dearing and Mrs. .
Nellie Boone were united i'm mar Il
'iage July 29th. The groom is r!
he we'll known and well liked u
south Jersey street confectioner, u
md the bride is a charming ST. .
Iohns lady. and a sister of Thom- Il
IS Glover. Their hosts Of friends u
mite in wishing them a most !
pleasant journey down the sea iI
# life. u
While his mother waved affec- q q
ionately at him as he started y
Iown the chutes at Columbia 10
,each Sunday afternoon, Leonard
lurphy, IL years old, was slid G.
ng to his death in the Columbia q
iver. The lad lived with his Ii
arents at Vancouver. The fam. fc
ly had gone to the beach oppo. 81
ite Vancouver for Sunday out. G;
ng and Leonard had spent much W
t the afternoon in the water. hi