St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-29

Mr.. ]. Il. Lund, local lock and
gunsmith, has returned from
business trip to British Colum-
bia.
Maynard Miksch who is at
tending the school of mines at
Moscow, Idaho, is spending his
holiday vacation with his par
ents at s34 N. Jersey street.
A. w. Davis, the real estate
dealer, has installed an electric
fire place in his office at 2l112
SO. Jersey st. 1t is a modern
movement.
The many friends here of Mr..
Thomas Grice regret to know
he has been seriously i'll at his
home for the past several days.
Mr.. Grice has passed his S3rd
year and his family and friends
have been alarmed at his condi-
ton for the past several days.
John Kane has purchased
through the agency of y. w.
Davis. real estate dealer, the
property known as the Chicago
rooming house, corner of Chicago
and North Ivanhoe Streets. He
will proceed at once TO improve
and remodel the property and
nut il i'm first class condition.
Il is rumored that Hugh Me
Credie will erect "A modern
theater on the corner of Alta and
North Jersey streets, the build.
ing to be Of ample size and TO cost
in the neighborhood Of $5O,OOO.
Work will probably start early in
the spring or sooner If weather
conditions will permit. Mr.. Nc
Credie has given ST. Johns as
good a show AZ any in the city
and his old patrons will be glad
10 hear of his new venture.
Mr.. Glen O. Grice OF Moscow,
Ida, is visiting HIS father, MIR.
Thomas Grice, and will look ar
ter his undertaking business dur
ing the illness of the father. Mr.
Grice has been in the undertaking
business at Moscow for the past
7 wears. he has also been coroner
OF Latah county, Ida, for SIX
wears and was recently re'elect'
ed TO that office.
The finishing touches are be-
ing put on the new home OF the
Home Mercantile Co. on North
Jersey street, where the company
will be open for business by Jan
uary lst. The building is mod
ern one-story concrete structure
built specially for the Home Mer-
camille Co. and adds greatly to
the appearance of this section
of Jersey street. This progress
sive company is 10 be congratu-
lated upon entering their new
building.
Mrs. +. A. Robertson was host
ess 10 members of the Ne IRE Sor
Club at a one o'clock luncheon
held in the Y. w. G. A. on Wed
nesday of last week. The guests
were Mrs. X. @. Couch Mrs
Wooten, Mrs. Emmett Maxfield'
Mrs. l.. G.. Butt, Mrs. H. o'hus
and Mrs. j. Noce.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. Benedict, 1910
daughter and sonvin-law, MT ana
Mrs. o. Imboden, Of Mist, Ore,
who spent several days with them
last week, and their son aud
daughter.in-law, Mr.. an d Mrs
Fred Benedict, ll02 Oswego
street, went TO Kelso, Wash, on
Friday 10 spend Christmas with
Mrs. Il. X. Morris and Mrs r.
Estes, their daughters.
Miss Mable Pratt and Everett
Day surprised their many friends
in St. Johns when they slipped
over TO Vancouver on Friday ev-
ening and returned as man and
wife. Mrs. Day has been EN-
pIoyed as operator in the local
telephone office for the past two
years and Mr.. Day is at present
employed in Tacoma where they
have gone.
DIR. j. Vinton Scott returned
from Seattle on Tuesday where
he had spent Christmas with his
brother and family, DIR. w.
Scott, and his sister, Miss Kath-
crime Scott. DIR. Scott left on
Tuesday evening for San Fran
cisco, and will sail within the
next few days for his home in
Shanghai, China.
One of the delightful holiday
parties was one given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Holbrook,
1902 Fessenden street, on Christ
mas night. The guests were
Misses Margaret and Helen Mac
GregOr, Florence and Janice
Gould, Bernice jacobson, Leon
ard Harrington, DENLY and
Roger Colfax, Allister MacGreg
or, Carl Srettinger, Arnold
Muck, Randolph Howard and
Ferris Reid.
Dry wood Empire 1867.