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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
1
A panoramic feature touts St Johns thriving commerce. Photographers, pharmacists, furniture stores, a garage, dye works, real estate dealers, a restaurant, tailors, a transfer company, a jewelry shop, a mercantile firm, a flour mill, a laundry, and a market are highlighted with proprietor names and local affiliations, urging support for home enterprises in Oregon.
Oregon in 1911 produced 16 million pounds of wool from 2 million sheep, 72 000 bales of hops worth 4 million, 690 000 pounds mohair. poultry 9 million birds worth 7 million and 32 million dozen eggs worth 9.6 million. Potatoes near 6 million bushels valued over 4 million, onions 175 000 bushels worth 12 000. butter 3 160 000 pounds, milk and cream 17 million gallons valued 4 million. cheese 5 000 000 pounds valued 748 600. Timber stump value 680 000 000, manufactured value 6 500 000 000. timber on 25 million acres. Live stock 4 123 000 head valued 87 854 000. Fruit crops worth over 4 million, apples leading, peaches 523 000, pears 300 000, other fruit rising. English walnuts 300 000 pounds valued 45 000.
Mrs. Hattie Jayne wife of St Johns physician Dr R A Jayne died Thursday night at 16 o clock after years of illness paralyzed since April Born in Milwaukee 48 years ago she moved with her husband from Shedd to Springfield then St Johns Survived by two sons Earl and Wyeth four sisters Mrs C A Lepper Portland Mrs Mabel Beaty Lodi Cal two brothers Howard Watkins Portland Wilbur Watkins Milwaukee Wis Funeral conducted Sunday at home by Women of Woodcraft burial at Columbia Cemetery Episcopal service read scripture and prayer prior to grave service Friends filled the home for the last rites
N A Gee, longtime house mover, stays home and avoids turmoil amid internal troubles. He is gradually quieting resistance as his country faces unrest.
Citizens of St Johns move to back Jonathan Bourne Jr for United States Senator as an independent progressive. Resolutions praise his service to Oregon, urge his name appear on the November ballot, and thank him for his work on rivers and harbors, parcels post, and committee leadership.
C C Woodhouse Jr fears a rear kitchen of iron cement and glass on a corner building at Philadelphia and Ivanhoe streets costing 150 dollars. Misses Viola Westhefer and Vina Swan enjoy an outing at Warrenton and Garibaldi beach. If Father Neptune does not catch them they will return in time to begin school studies.
The Bonville Square Deal explains that failure should arise from unmeritorious products or mismanagement. It details stock purchase limits, nontransferable shares, promoter rules, and safeguards to prevent concentration of control, with notes on certificates and promoter incentives.
A major Pacific Northwest waterways meeting gathers in Lewiston on October 4-5, 1982. The Second Annual Convention of the Columbia and Snake River Waterways Association invites 150 Oregon Washington Idaho commercial groups and state officials as ex officio delegates to pursue funding to complete the Celilo canal and open steamboat navigation on the Columbia River system.
Ropham and Currier have purchased the Johnstone Department store stock at Jersey and Philadelphia streets and will open with a grand sale about September 10. The three stores will specialize in men and children's wear and furnishings, with women and children's goods kept in the old store. The purchase is described as a great bargain with extremely low prices.
Dr Rambo Shames presents as a local notice for First National Home building in St Johns Oregon. Dr J Vinton Scott dentist offers evening and Sunday appointments. Address details include 697 Dawson Street and University Park Portland with contact lines for image and Coluntta.
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