Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1913)
We I r All through this shopping season Ormandy Bros, have saved their customers a lot of money selling superior substantial Christmas goods at prices representing a big saving. These HIGH VALUES at LOW PRICES will help the Christ mas money a LONG, LONG WAYS. Rockers, Plain or Upholstered Dining Tables, Dining Chairs Hookcases, Morris Chairs China Closets, Davenports Dressers, Dressing Tables Small Rugs, Sewing Machines Dinner Sets, Cut Glass I'nncy Hand Painted China Lamps, Plain and Kancy Velocipedes, Express Wagons (1 raphophoncs, Clocks Christmas Couches ,llntils6iii(." linnl edge Couches in 2 colors, Vclotir, only $7.65 Hlnck imitation leather Conch, spring filled nnil upholstered; only. . 9.00 Spring cduc pressed Velour, green 'anil brown, only Imitation Spanish leather Conch, only Conch with golden oak, spring frame, upholstered, only Mission framcConch, ."prints un der lull soft upholstery, and Hemiiii" Spanish leather, only CASH OR' CREDIT Si Local News. DAN'S Thufsall. adv A Merry Christmas to all. Sunday is Liu shortest day of thu year, and no one will be sorry that it is so. Louise R:iH6i who has hocn very ill with pneunonin is but ter ut this writing. No doubt President Wilson will lot congress out on parole during the holidays. GeortroW. Htheridgo is huving a neat little dwelling erected on North Edison street. L. Logan has the contract. A. C. Gealer of Centralia, Wash., greeted his many friends in St. Johns the first of the week. J. A. Parker of Fore3t Grove, Oregon, brother of Thad. T. Parker, was an over Sunday visitor with relatives and friends here. A I Tlnrrls nnrl familv. who have been spending the summer at Crabtree. Oregon, have re- turned to St. Johns for the winter. A few special bargains in Columbia Phonographs, come in and let us tell you how wo do it; at the St. Johns Pharmacy, a big line of records always on hand. adv. An evangelist in Tennessee says the world will come to an end December 31, 1914. It will be well, however, if anyone ex pects to have a note coming due on that date, to be prepared to meet it. Topics for First Baptist Church Sunday. December 21st: Morn ing, "The Wise Men;" evening, "The Guiding Star." Christmas entertainment Wednesday eve ning. A splendid program has been prepared, to which all are invited. Mrs. William Lloyd of ' Mill Hall, Pa who has been spending the winter in Portland, was a guest at the home of A. W. Markle Sunday. She was accompanied by Mrs. G. W. Weaver and Miss Ella Laporte, both of whom are former Pennsylvanians, but now residing in Portland. Mr. SamuehSwengel celebrat ed his 82nd birthday last Friday, December' 12th. A sumptuous dinner was served which was enjoyed by all. The afternoon was spent .with music. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. S, Swengel. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Black. Mrs. Street, wife of Col. S.F. Street, of Edmonds. Wash., Miss Ella Peterson and Master Joey Black. Beat ttmnmmmm - mmmti nm. , ne High Kent stores' EVERYTHING Child's High Chairs CHEAP A cart load of 'cm; will have to go cheap. We have them in the win dow marked 11.25 13. 50 27.00 25 per 31.50 OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS rmandy Bros. FURNITURE Miss Grace Caplos is home, from Vancouver, H. C, for hi r' vacation. 1 More than 100 visitors attend ed the meeting of the Masons Wednesday evening. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that a man should talk with his wife every day. Some men do and some make a hit by listening. Mrs. A. W. Davis was pre sented with a handsome Past Worthy Matron pin at Tuesday evening's meeting of the Eastern Star. J. B. Murphy is wearing a smile several miles long these days. Reason: An eight pound baby boy arrived at his homo late Tuesday evening. H. 0. Harney of Aurora. Ne braska, was a guest of his broth er, J. N, Harney, during the past week. Ho has taken chargo of a ranch at Washougal, Wash. Many n man does not treat his own stomach with as much courtesy and respect as ho would exhibit toward a perfect stranger and yet ho oxpects to retain us friendship. A fine lino of Lownev's Xmas candies now on displny at the St. Johns Pharmacy, bestquality; nifty packages; seo them m our window. adv. Otto Adams of Oregon City was a visitor to St. Johns the first of the week. He is a former wlnntnfSt. Johns, and antici pates returning to this city per manently in the near future. TV F Rnlinti has returned from a trip to the Coos Bay country. Hn stntfis that tinners are verv quiet in that part of th state anu mat mere is iiuie acuvuy manifested in an industrial way. Homer Lindsley held the lucky number that won the magnificent quilt made by the Women of Woodcraft and awaruea last r ri tlav evening. Mary Anderson was made happy by receiving the bier doll. The Women of Woodcraft desire to express their thanks to the public for making the contest the tine success it proved to be. The Baptist S. S. will give their Christmas entertainment on Wednesday evening, Decem ber 24th at eight o'clock. All parents, children and friends are most cordially invited to this Christmas entertainment. We are coiner to have an old fashion ed Christmas tree and a splendid programme. All having presents to give to friends are welcome to our tree. Bring presents early Wednesdayafternoon and eve ning to the church. Come one, come all to our Christmas ex ercises. x x x 'Em Royal Easy Chairs Library Tables Buffets, Desks Coaches, Beds Room Size Rugs Hall Racks, Jardiuiers 1847 Silverware Portable Electric Lamps Trunks, Suit Cases Doll Carts, Go Carts Pictures, Mirrors ELSE FOR THE HOME cent Off 20 EDMONDSON CO. 203 S Jersey Street I M0DCRNMETI10DS v, i i f IN Plumbing. Tinning AND Furnace installing Call up Columbia 92 Subscribe for the Review now HOLIDAY GIFT A Good Variety at the St. Johns Pharmacy, Headquarters for Xmas Goods. Let us help you make your Xmas selections: For Him. Alarm Clocks Pocket Knives Ingersoll Watches Watch Fobs Watch Chains Cuff Links Tie Clasps ,Tie Pins Thermo Bottles Fancy Playing Cards Necktie Holders Military Brushes Hair Brushes Safety Razors Shaving Outfits Shaving Mirrors Fountain Pens Fancy Ink Wells Stamp Boxes Wallets Card Cases Flasks Box Cigars For Her. Tobacco Jars Hand Bags Cigar Cases Card Cases Calabash Pipes Nail Buffers Story Books, Games, Toys, the. little folks. Tree Decorations of all kinds. The St. Johns Pharmacy The Reliable Drug Store Bad mm Child's Rockers Reduced A whole lot of them for the chil dren of St. Johns at per cent Off OPPOSITE POST OFFICE Park Mass Meeting A ratification park mass meet ing for the entire city will bo held at the city hall next Mon day evening at 7:80. The call reads as follows: Citizens and Taxpayers: North St. Johns at a mass meeting recommended the Cntlin tract for a park. South St. Johns at a mass meet ing recommended the Caplcs tract and the Dr. Cook tract. 1st. Shall these tracts be voted for at a total cost of about $20,500? 2nd. Shall they bo voted for at a unit, or each tract separately, or shall there bo no park election? 3rd. Shall the actions of the two previous mass meetings be ratified or rejected? A full attendance is desired by the committee. I'rmicn Um Kimpel of 8t. JotiiiK Manicure Sets Hand Mirrors Comb and Brush Sets Hair Receivers Jewel Boxes Fancy Perfumes Box Candy Desk Clocks Beauty Pins Toilet Sets Mesh Bags' Vanity Cases Fancy Stationery Powder Boxes Fancy Perfume Bottle Pin Trays Art Calendars Roller Skates, etc., for Candy, Mr. and Mrs. Al Hanson of I Northwood, North Dnkota, are guests at the home of John Gray- belli in this city. Mr. Hanson is Mrs. Graybehl's brother. A lino of typewriter ribbon, both narrow and wide, lias just been received at the Review office; 50c each. Also carbon paper at two sheets for five cents. Don't forget Webber's Juvenile Orchestra m the skating rink this evening under the auspices of the Commercial Club. This Orchestra has gained a wide reputation and is well worth while. You will regret it if you miss it. adv. For Rent A neat six room house, all modern, river front, good location, for $10 per month. Inquire at GIG Salem street, or phone Columbia 332. adv. LostLady's small watch, blue enameled, Sunday evening, near Christian church or on New York street between Ivnnhoe and Jer sey streets. Finder kindly leave atthis oflice; reward. adv. Wanted Work of any kind: must have it. Sick wife and nothing to eat. Do not ask for charity, but work. - C F. Dean, 108 North Fcsscndon, near Charleston. Wanted to Rvnlumiro -Mndnrn fivi fnnm himtrnlnw fm n vummt lot in I'ni'llmwi in Hut vnltin nf .$1000; balance part cash and terms, unii uolumbin 28b, or address 1)21 North Hayes street, St. Johns. adv. At the St. Johns Pharmncy, $100.00 worth of Art Calendars given away, beginning January 1st. bomoth nir out of the or dinary; ladies please call and register. You are welcome. adv. It is a matter of regret on the part of some of our citizens that the Stearns-Allen tracts of land were not also selected at the park mass meeting Saturday for nark purposes. Tho land over lies the dry docks and a wide and swooping view of the river and the city of Portland is allordcd. But it seemed to be the opinion of the majority of those in at tendance that placing these tracts on the Imllqt would weaken the proposition, and that there would be a greater chance of parks carrying with these tracts omit ted. Hence it was decided that they bo not included in the budget. Tlw drv rlneWs in n Kpnnn of busy activity at present, and during the past month a force of more than fifty men have been employed. Last wook the tour-masted schooner Mabel Ualo. was raised lor clearing and painting. The gasoline schooner. Patsy, was also cleaned, painted and subjected to minor repairs. The dredge. Chinook, which is the largest boat Hint has ever been on the dry docks, was also cleaned and repainted. Tlfo dredge Columbia has also been overhauled and placed in ship shape, and it left Tuesday morn ing in tow of the liar tug bam- son to dig a channel for rock barges for tho contractors of tho north jetty at Fort Canby. The full rigged Norwegian ship Asgord was lowered from .the docks Monday evening, after being cleaned and painted. The dry docks is an important ad junct to tho industries of St. Johns. Early Morning Xmas Service at M. E. Church Something out of the ordinary in tho way of a Christmas ser vice is being planned by Rev, W. E. Ingall8, pastor of tho M. 15. church, and his people in the way of an early morning service at 7 o'clock on Christmas morn ing. Christmas oxorcisos by the Sunday school will be given at 8 p. m. Christmas eve, and fol- lowed by the early morning ser vice on Christmas morning, at which time tho Christmas ser mon will be proachod. This is intended to be a before break fast service, beginning at 7 a. m. sharp, and will not last later than 8;30 at tho most. Every body invited to come. Got ni and wash in good cold water to help wako you up, and como directly to this service, and lot us begin this, tho world's most blessed memorial day, togothor in love and fellowship. Revival meetings will begin at this church with a watch night service. l ull announcement next week. The Pastor. Piano and Violin Lessons 50c an Hour A thoroughly practical course. Tho advantage of our system is correct studies for Violin with Piano accompaniment makes practical musicians. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stine, 711 W. John street. Call and lot us t:lk it over. You got full weight and first quality at the Central market. Just try Awhile. r PENINSULA NATIONAL BANK Oldest Bank on the Peninsula Vmm Autzkn, Pres. if. c. Kwam, Vice Pres. John N. Unr.Ki'SKN, Cash. S; L. Donm. Ass't Cnsli. I SAVINGS HAl'HTV IHCPOSIT Unjust Criticism The gift of entering whole heartedly into the griefs and joys of other people is one not grant ed to all ot us but it is a gift to which such of us as lack it can always oll'er our sincere respect wherever we lind it, because it is one of the blessed traits which make the world a place worth living in. A case in point is the occtihion of the cavo in on the railway cut several weeks ago. Anyone who watch ed the almost iierce eagerness with which Mr. and Mrs. Rostow ski, themselves old people, work ed at digging out the boys and at reviving them after they were out, could not help but realize that here were people capable of putting all tno energy ol vital icrsonal interest into tne help ng of people whom they know not even by name. It was a heart warming sight in the midst of tragedy. Others gave valu able aid nut no others gave of themselves to the point of ex haustion both physically and emotionally. I doubt if any other of the rescuers could say on the following day that both their muscles and their hearts were sore with the strain. The ability to give in this manner is of course, largely a niatter of temperament and the lack of it is not to no criticised, butbolore the two who did show it. I for one felt great humility in my own lack and felt also that Jiot only tho parent of the boys but the community in general owed Mr. and Mrs. lloBtowski a debt of gratitude. Last Monday ovoning the homo of the Rostowskis burned with all its contents. The lire was iiscovered too late to do much more than protect neighboring buildings. To one present at loth catastrophes, the contrast between the spirit shown by tho Rostowskis !tU the cave-In and by some of the bystanders at the tire was striking. The bystand ers, it is to he presumed, came with tne nope or being ol lieip. It seems unfortunate that being reduced to tho roll of passive onlookers- their talk did not show moro evidence of their helpful spirit, but was made up of flippant criticism and mis chievous suspicion. For instance, in the midst ot curious conjecture as to the or igin of the lire, the question was raised as to whether there was elthor gas or electricity in the house, and this was answered n tho negative. Whereupon some one saw nt to remarK: No: thoy nre too stingy to have gas or electricity." It occurs to the writer that without the most intimate knowl edge of a family's affairs, their upbringing, their ideals, definite knowledgo as to their recourses, the things for which they spend their money, and for which thoy hope to spend it, such a charge of stinginess can not be made with .justification by any honora ble minded porson. Most surely the fact that the family in ques tion does not spend money along tho lines doomed good by the critic doos not justify the charge. Hie same, or another person. 'called attention to tho color of tho blazo and asked publicly if it did not look like a kerosene blaze. Aside from tho futility of looking for a kerosene blaze an hour after a fire has started, tho act of throwing out such an evil suggestion to tho winds of gos sip at such a timo could well be called by a graver term than uncharitable. Consider again the report be ing moro or less widely circulated that tho Uostowskis were seen carrying things away from their house all day" before the fire. Just what can bo said for a person who will allow himself to be tho mouthpiece of such a report without positive knowl edge of its truthfulness? On Monday morning Mr. Ros- towski, as is his custom, car ried a sack or bundle of wood with him to his shop. In tho ovoning Mrs. Rostowski and her little girl carried Mr. H.'s sup per to him and took at tho same time two saws to bo sharpened. Did tho originators of tho above report witness moro than thoso two trips? Just what doos tholr "all day" moan, and had thoy any way of know The Money Earned By Hard Work now should lie so lumille.l that it will keep you in comfort ami IntlL'jheiiilfllre when irknen or misfortune come - mul when your working day nre over. A few dollar detailed lit this liauk evtry iy dy will prove your best mul cr1inm only friend in time of need. ON 4 VAlTf.TS I'OR fcl(NT ing what sort of things were being carried away from tho doomed house? It is to be doubted if there is a family in St. Johns to which the loss of the home would come as a greater blow than to this one, and this quite aside from the money involved. Again, it is a mnttor of temperament. The Uostowskis have the true old-world feeling of the house being the homo- something permanent- and in their home they were surrounded with relics of the old homeland in Germany things which seemed to them a part of their very life. It is the loss of thoso which has made their loss heart breaking This feeling toward tho home and things of the home is one which many of us in this Western world are near to forgetting, but no before which if wo cannot under stand we had best be silent. No one could witness the deep yet self respecting 'iiof of tho Uostowskis in this !.. their bravo effort at cheerful ness, their fear lest they should be a care to others, without realizing that here is a grief simple, sincere and sacred, and without coupling with this realis ation u contemptuous rosontmont of the spirit of those who can so carelessly throw out insinua tions which show not, only a complete lack of kindness, but also mi utter ignorance of the true conditions. Mabel Rundall. LOCAL A DVI-RTI SBME NTS IMcturo frntiiiug Uoue nt l'uctknd pricusnt II. V. Cltirk's. the fatnl litre mint. Adv See Woimur for all kinds of mill wood and dry hardwood. 101) E. Burlington; phone Col. 82. For Rent Four apartments n tho French block: rent very lov. Inquire in the store l low. Wanted to Exchange Clear property for equity. O. J. Wolcott. 130 Eleventh street. Portland. Found- Two keys on North Jorsoy. Owner csn haveaanw by calling at tills office ind pay ing for notice. For tho Children Plain atid fancy coats, bonnets and dresses mndo at reasonable prices at BM S. I lay us street. An olectrie musinge, only one in town.- (I ihnore's barber shop. adv. An ambulance of beauty and durability is now at the com mand of the people of St. John at tho St. Johns Undertaking Co. on North Jersey street. Calls answered day ol riifyt. Adv. For Uont Four room house at 029 Tyler street; $7,150 per month. Sue Wolcott, the Kent man, 180 rciovonlh street, Portland. Milk for sale, of the richest and best quality. Right from the cow to the consumer. Cows have all passod the strictest tests. Leave orders at Hon ham Currier's. W. L. Churchill, adv G. W. Ovorstreet, plumbing, heating, gas fitting; jobbing and repairing promptly attended to. Work guaranteed. Prompt at tention given all calls. Colum bia 5'J0. 113 S. Jersey strtet. Tho Congregational chimin, corner Richmond and Ivanhojt- -a homeliko church: Sunday school 10 a. m. ; prondiing 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ; C. IS., 7: 16 p. m. ; prayer mooting Wodnenday at 7:30 p. in. Wo weltsoino you to thoso and all other service of tho church. There aro more reasons than I loin, makes kinds of pk-Me why you should bring your watch to b. W. Rogers tor re pairs, at 309 North Jersej street. Workmanship and material the best, and almost '10 years of actual experience, all at wur disposal, at right prices. Diuro are a lot moro good roasons which you will learn aftor you get ac quainted, adv. Urine In your Job printing whll you think of it. Don't wait until you aro eutlruly out. Wu art equipped to turu out neiit aud tasty prtutiUK oromptly at Portland prices or lea. Suusorlbo (or tho tjt lu.hus Review Hint keop pested on tho doings of tho city,