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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
2
The Saint Johns Review is an official second class newspaper in Saint John Oregon dated Friday August 11 1905. Advertising bills and rates are noted with a 91.00 per month rate and a statement of the paper's post office entry and official status.
The editor describes care in reporting and the risk of errors or premature announcements. A local agent sale involving J. W. Cote Limber Company led to rumors of a new proprietor and management, causing worry. The piece explains delaying full details until completion to avoid harming involved parties.
In Portland a group of lawyers faced arrest for unpaid occupation taxes as part of a chaotic public punishment. The municipal judge, briefly incarcerated for tax issues, was fined and costs assessed while the scene sparked a broader crackdown led by attorney Greene of St Johns. The exchange grew heated as officials pressed citizens and lawyers alike, creating a public spectacle with mixed motives and unclear legal footing.
A boy under twelve from Colfax Washington entered a fair with a quarter, realized his mistake, and sent the money to Secretary Rood with an explanation. Rood returned a gift, praising honesty in this small, rare correction of a wrong in a generally honest world.
A playful, fragmentary line compares Eve’s choice to pass fruit with pippin imagery. It presents a male remark about Adam receiving blame for the choice, using orchard terms and a light mythic reference.
For years a man forged post office money orders by buying minor amounts and altering blanks with chemicals to create near one hundred dollar values. He then made small purchases at large stores after hours to pocket about ninety dollars per instance, totaling many thousands. He was caught in Chicago and faces long imprisonment.
Assistance from competing railways in large centers would have pushed scalpers out long ago. Scalpers partner with railways to obtain fresh tickets at discounted rates for customers. Portland has turned over a new leaf and driven scalpers out of business. What railway officials will do next remains uncertain.
A reading notes the government allows occasional lotteries and advertises them nationwide, while private individuals face penitentiary offenses for similar promotions. The writer questions why public lotteries are permitted yet private gifts or ventures are restricted, pondering motives behind the policy.
A fragmented note praises the Oregon Booster paper for strengthening parts of the state. It argues the publication helps cities and towns gain prominence while acknowledging the laborer’s worth and the paper’s support.
A damaged OCR fragment recalls Rev Charles M. Shekton who wrote about following steps and the deity. It notes his refusal to speak at a lay service while contrasting open saloons and brothels nearby and hints at questions about his motives.
Mrs Mary E Suitter a longtime resident of Portland and widow of LN Suitter died Tuesday afternoon. Born Mary Kromer in Liberty Maine she married Suitter in North Dakota earlier and had ten children. Rev K B McVicker led funeral services with simple rites and hymns as mourners gathered to remember her consecrated life and hopeful reunion in a peaceful afterlife.
Over a hundred members and friends attended an open meeting with a welcome address by Mrs Watt and musical selections by Mrs Thompson and Miss Perkins. Dr Eshleman spoke on the United Artisans history, noting its Oregon origins and growth from Portland to ten thousand members across the U S. The order’s finances and the six dollar member reserve fund were outlined, with Olmsted praising the Artisan as the safest and strongest order. Refreshments followed.
The St Johns Water Company faces delays in a promised four month delivery of a new aml dynamo pump. A temporary rotary pump now provides up to thirty thousand gallons per hour but power limits from Portland Consolidated and Portland General Electric restrict full operation. A 240000 gallon reservoir and a fifty thousand gallon tank back fire protection, with two wells, will support the system until full capacity is restored.
MeKadhiren of Astoria waits J Hy Anson near bellcow fall while St Johns hosts real estate talks in Vancouver and nearby towns. Residents from Stevenson, Amity, Portland, and Tacoma visit, with kilns firing, local trades, shop news, and a column of mixed community notes including thefts, church visits, and fair plans for Colombo week.
The ordinance establishes licensing for city trades and professions in St Joliar. It requires applicants to obtain licenses from the City Treasurer and City Repealer, sets quarterly and annual fees by occupation, and outlines enforcement, penalties, and public auction for unpaid licenses. It covers ferries hawkers peddlers theaters bowling lanes shooting galleries and general business activities within the city limits.
General HH Compson from 608 Marquam building Wortland was found unconscious in an eminent front and transported to St Johns hospital where Dr Hensel attended him. He soon recovered enough to return home.
The Modern Woodmen plan a fine entertainment this evening in their hall featuring the Pollant Opera Company. They promise dances and popular songs as the main attractions with several hits of the day. Admission prices are 10c, 25c, and 35c.
Thanks are due to the good people of St Johns for kindness and attentiveness during our bereavement. We take this means of sincere acknowledgment. Emiss overly. Sorrrke and Fasany.
Palestine lecture by Rev Calvin F Hawley recently returned from the Holy Land will be given at eight o clock Sunday evening in the Congregational tabernacle. He is a fire speaker and the talk promises to be a treat that should not be missed. Subscribe for Taw Kavimw.
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