St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-08-05
September l4.-Wait for it.

C. B. Russell and family have
arrived home from Seaside.
ST.. L.Dobie has returned from
a vacation at Government
Springs and the seaside.
A baby boy was a recent ar
rival the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Appleby on Edison street.
Born. - To DR.. and Mrs.
Harry s. Irvine. Sunday. July
3lst, a son, Harry Simonson
Irvine. Jr.
Sunday evening D. Sebring,
2063 Willamette boulevard fell
and fractured his left leg. Mr..
Sebring Is "a years old.
Billy Davis has recovered
from an attack of diphtheria
and gone to the Boy Scout En-
campment at Lake Wahtum.
A headline in the Oregonian
says. Harding Sees Era Of
Peace" Let us hope he is not
looking through smoked glasses.
Monday evening Mrs. Louisa
Agee was acquitted In Judge
Morrow's court. She was held for
murder in the first degree.
A number of the Girl Reserves
of the Y. w. c. A. under charge
Of Mrs. Shaw. are enjoying
few days outing at Dodge
Park.
Mrs. A. Kilgorea and infant
daughter are now at home on
Hartman street. Helen Jane was
born at Peninsula Hospital July
23rd, 1921.
The Cleaner class of the M. Il.
church will be entertained at the
home Of Mrs. George Bigler,
$40 South Edison street, Friday
evening. August 9th. Come and
bring a friend. Reported.
Mrs. Russell Coberly, who was
badly beaten by her husband in
a jealous rage Sunday morning.
Is recovering at the Derr Sani-
tarium. The husband is facing
trial.
The X. |. o. Campfire girls will
hold a food sale at 100 South
Jersey street. Saturday. August
9Th. at 10 a. m. Homemade pies,
cake, cookies. jellies and can
dies. Proceeds go to meet ex-
penses Of Summer encampment.
Three hundred forty-one arrests
with subsequent fines totaling
$2l. 992. so were made by in
spectors working out Of the
motor division of the secretary
Of states office during the six
months ending June 30th.
Lewis X. Simmons. well
known groceryman. in company
with A. A. Benz. William Roehn
and Albert Roehn of Portland.
motored 10 Long Beach. Wash.
Saturday for two weeks of
real pleasure by the seashore.
fishing and clam digging.
All members of the w. C. T.U.
will be entertained at the home
of Mrs. Gilbert w. 0verstreet.
l09 West Burr street. Monday
evening. August 8th. assisted
by her sister. Mrs. Leonard j.
Callison. A special invitation is
extended TO the husbands. We
hope II is possible for every
member TO be present and help
us have a good time.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the M. +. Home
Missionary Society will meet at
the home of Mrs. f. Woolly.
l26 South Fox street. Friday.
August 18th. A Japanese woman
will give a short missionary
talk. Short addresses will be
given on the Japanese Primary
Mission School of the First |
M. 4. church. Twelfth andTaylor.
A Japanese missionary tea will
be served. Special music
Reported.
President Harding will no
doubt soon sign the resolution |
passed by Congress and signed |
by the vice-president inviting
foreign countries to participate |
in the big Fair at Portland in
1925. The next step may be the
selection of a site for holding
the big exposition. No other site
proposed offers the attractions
and natural advantages possessed
by the ST. Johns site. The site
committee will undoubtedly give
this section careful considera-
tion. There is nothing better.
Telephone service in Portland
is costing some users annually
more than do taxes upon their
homes, according to testimony
offered by the city to the public
service comission when the tel
ephone rate rehearing was re-
sumed in Portland, after a two
weeks session in Salem. Wit
nesses produced by the city not
only testified that the rates in
their opinion, were unreasonably