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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
1
A letter argues St Johns should reduce police numbers, claiming little crime and cost savings, while defenders cite prevention and city order. It notes mud and street repairs delay on Jersey street, council grants extensions to Kilkenny brothers and Swan, and argues delays reflect contractor issues rather than misgovernance amid winter paving challenges.
Judge John S. Coke will hear Gordon Dickie’s motion for a new trial in Portland between January 1 and 15. Dickie, convicted last June as a leader in the St Johns riots against Hindus, has not yet been sentenced. Special prosecutor Dan Malarkey and Deputy District Attorney Field expect a closely reasoned ruling on felony versus simple vice.
Professor Peterson conducts a small orchestral class of about a dozen youths ages ten to fifteen. They gave their first public effort with the Endeavor society at the Christian church last Sunday evening, performing with notable precision and credit to their trainer. A stray violin slip drew gentle laughter, then the players recovered and finished in good form. The ensemble invited Peterson to visit them often.
S M McClare once a St Johns businessman now in Montavilla criticizes urban representation gaps and urges St Johns to annex to Portland. He predicts a poll in July on the proposal and says many locals would welcome suburb life closer to city benefits within a year or two if allowed.
The Women of Woodcraft will host an evening event featuring a bake sale and refreshments. Attendees can enjoy fudge candy, sandwiches, pumpkin pies, and a variety of sale items from handkerchiefs to quilts with free admission. Seattle guest Gene Secor attends.
Street, sewer and sidewalk projects race ahead in St Johns with Jersey and Burlington streets seeing rapid 12 foot sidewalks and open routes. Contractors Ilkenny Holt Swan Cochran push tasks as the street railway adjusts poles and roadbeds to fit a new franchise while crews finish Edison and Fessen den street progress and weekly payouts rise to seven hundred to nine hundred dollars for ongoing work.
Notice calls all Jersey street property owners to a joint session with the city council on Thursday evening December 8 at city hall to decide on a hard surface for the thoroughfare. Full attendance urged by Mayor J. F. Hendricks.
Elizabeth Stattler and Clara Nelson named joint captains of the girls basketball team. The piece notes high school pride, rivalries with the boys, and playful verses about Juniors and Seniors. Also mentions Oregon apple tribute by Prof. H K VanDeman and Portland’s wheat exports rising as a marketing hub.
The date fixed for the new Hill line to bring rail service up the Deschutes to Mato lima or Matolina is Fel 1, 1911, with grading complete through Madras and rails laid beyond the Columbia River. By that time the line is expected to reach about 150 miles south of the Columbia, with additional extensions planned by Christmas next.
The Old Folks Party at the Baptist church Thanksgiving after noon drew over sixty five attendees from St. Johns' oldest residents. A program featured Rev. C. J. Owen Rev. B A Leonard Hit or Miss quartet Lillian Perkins and Lucinda Davis readings songs and a Mistletoe Bough recital by Abbie Graves aged nearly 94. A long luncheon followed with many noted attendees listed.
PermitNos 1449 190 and 151 authorize H K Wagoner J J Karr and John Hemmen to erect dwellings on Holbrook avenue Seneca street and Buchanan street between Willis Weyerhaeuser Newton Hudson Portland respectively. Costs 750 1950 and 700 dollars.
In a city feature a destitute father with kidney trouble, five children and a elderly grandmother rely on a son earning twenty dollars monthly. The hospital move is needed but unaffordable, and the family has not asked charity yet. Readers are urged to fund his hospital expenses through the Review office, with acknowledgment in the next issue. The James brothers buy the Princess Theatre and vow to make it a top local venue, inviting support from St Johns residents to help fund a bright future for the project.
All council members attended the regular meeting led by Mayor Hendricks. Actions included filing an arc light petition at Pierce and Edison, review of a Lauthers warehouse sidetrack plan, resurrecting Ford Street improvement work, approving bills of 336.12, passing an ordinance for Leonard Street, and ordering a Jersey Street sewer and surface discussion with owners set for December 4.
Dr. W. B. McClure, chief of the Northwest bureau of animal industry, predicts Oregon could host the nation’s greatest dairy exposition this year. He cites climate advantages and natural dairy abundance, suggesting a Western show in Portland would grow into the west’s largest livestock event and draw hundreds to expand the industry.
A household is reported dying from eating a cooked sausage spread on bread, allegedly infected with trichina from raw pork. Physicians pronounce the victims heavily infested and warn the parasite multiplies quickly, with deaths imminent if unchecked. In other items, Owl social at Eagle hall featured the Willamette Four orchestra, refreshments, and cigars. St Johns Sand & Gravel Co won a contract to terrace and improve the Hayes street high school grounds, work began Wednesday.
The report states that Hon. K. C. Couch received news Sunday that his father died suddenly in Ohio. He was a seven years old and was buried Wednesday.
Local plea urges merchants to publicize their holiday stock to attract buyers in Portland. Mrs. F. W. Valentine has returned from a ten day trip to Spokane, mentioning apple tail sightseeing.
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