St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-06-09


nesday evening at 500 at 4Od
Smith avenue.
The Peninsula Washery is now
doing wet wash. If you have any.
thing in that line this local insti.
tuition would appreciate your
patronage.
Kathryn Dyke, Jefferson
high school student, was drowned
in the Columbia Slough near
Fairview Sunday, being sucked
down by the quicksands.
Sealed bids will be received by
the county commissioners until
10 A. M. Monday, June l9, for
paving st. Johns River Road
from Stanton street to VILLAIN
ette boulevard.
In the Willamette Valley Base
Ball League the Portland Wool
en- Mills defvatedethe Grewn.Wil.
! 81 ahte bfbes6 tpi3adt West Linn
Sunday. Larsen and Golden was
the batterysfor the locals. ; ,I''
II you have out Of town Sisi.
tors at your home, or d'birth
wedding, party, death, or going
on n visit, send an account of the
same to the Review FOR publica.
ton. The columns are open for
news items up to Wednesday
evenings, and we are glad to get
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Martin and
daughter Gertrude and Mrs. f
IN. Waxmuth were among the
many Portland people attending
the graduating exercises at Ore.
gon Agriculture College Mon.
day. They motored TO Corvallis
in the early morning and report
a delightful trip.
Making good their promise to
the Community Club, the Com.
ty Commissioners have had their
road building forces busy in i'm.
proving 0swego and Richmond
streets the past week. This has
been long needed improvement
and our citizens are glad TO see
the work being done.
Remember the Bachelor Club
would appreciate any roses you
can spare for use in constructing
their float. Call Columbia 57s
evenings as soon as possible that
your name may be listed, il you
have roses 10 spare. An autono'
bile will call for the roses the day
before the parade.
The smoker 10 be given for the
benefit of the Portland Woolen
Mills base ball club in the club
house Of the PORTLAND Woolen
Mills Friday evening, June 9th,
promises 10 be highly entertain,
ing. Fighting" Bletch and
"Speed" Murphy will put on the
main boxing event. The former
is a coming heavyweight of Port,
land, and the latter has defeated
a number of good men. Both are
overseas boys.
Robert Baker, 81, of Harlan
Ky, on Sunday became the faith.
er of his thirty-third child. Mrs
Baker, the mother, is just past
her 35th year, and she, too, is
re- jOieing, for though her married
life is fourteen years in length
this was her eighth child. When
she and Baker married she wa
u and he was 20. She is Baker :
seventh wife, his sixth having
died many years ago while they
were ON ranch Baker owned
near Seattle, where he married
the seventh.
The need for more school build
ings in Portland is undOubted
The school directors are present
ing for approval bond issue OF
SO, 100000 for building purposes
While the bond issue comes at q
time when people are heavily
burdened, the schools must be
provided, and there seems TO be
no other way than 10 issue more
bonds. There ought to be No
question in the mind of every
qualified voter as TO his duty
concerning the bond issue.
A man tried TO tell a deaf won
an her house was on fire. lie
rushed up the front steps, ham,
mered on the door, and when the
woman came, shouted "YOuI
house is on fire." "What did
you sayi" she asked. The man
jumped up and down, pointed to
the roof and shouted, "HOuse on
fire Get out quick !" The won,
an not having heard a word Smil-
ed politely and said, is that
all9" "Well," replied the man
dejectedly, that's all | can
think of just now"
The Sweet Pea Show under the
auspices of the Community Club
promises to be an important and
interesting event. 1t will be held
in the Y. w. c. A. building the
middle of next month. Any one
having suggestions 10 make OF
desiring information should see
member of the Sweet Pea com
mittee, and is as follows Mrs. l.
p. HOskins, POP +. Burr street
Col. 68; Mrs. VIM Surber, 539 S
Jersey, Col. 1901 Mrs. L f, Mon