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JOHNS REVIEW vonuit: ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921. NUMBER 11 Q-:) ST. IE 17 COA1AIUNITY CLUB A1EETS Ihe first anniversary of the St. Johns Community Club, held in the club rooms of tlio Port land Woolen Mills Tuesday even ing was a pronounced and un qualified success. The attend ance was largo and the evening was immensely enjoyed. An especially pleasing feature was the presence of Walter Jenkins, Portland's gifted song leader. Preceding the serving of the dinner, he led the assemblage in a. number of songs, which were joined in by all in a hearty manner. Mr. Jenkins' singing was indeed a much appreciated treat. The dinner, served by the cafeteria department of the club house, was well taken core of and enjoyed. The woolen mills orchestra rendered some delightful selections. After the repast had been sat isfactorily disposed of Mr. P. Greenwood, manager of the Fed eral Reserve Hank, gavo a most interesting discourso upon our birds and exhibited a number of stcreopticon views of birds tak cn by himself. Greater interest in bird life was no doubt awak ened as a result of his talk and exhibits. The entertainment ho thus generously provided was highly appreciated. The secre tary, Mrs. Montgomery, was in strumental ir securing this feat ure of the evening's enjoyment. Pleasing readings were given by Miss Mulkcy and Miss Ed wards. The high school male quartet rendered a couple of on joyablo selections, and Mrs. Ga briel Pullin delighted the a aud ience with two solos that were rendered in a most pleasing manner. She has a magnificent voice and the people of St Johns are nlways greatly pleased to hear her sing. She was accom panied on tlio piano by Randolph Howard. Ellery Landers of the high school told about tlio high school play to bo given Friday and Saturday evenings, and the manager of Th Tumalum mnde a few remarks concerning it. ic'John N. Edlefson gave a short but interesting history of the club, nnd wns followed by neat little addresses by Dr. E. 1. Horden, Prof. Fletcher and A. E. Jones. Kenneth Brown of Sellwood, who was present with several others from that place, made a pleasant address in which ho said tlio pcoplo of Sell wood wero planning to organize n community club, after hearing 1- ACcnrtATcn cms-i m r rr iiwuwvin i t-w 1.11 unit. unui u vunrunni iwii u - Four Kinds HIGH GRADE FINISHED WORK ECONOMY FAMILY WORK TELEPHONE St. Johns Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail Columbia 131 C 1101 Big Fair Should Be Here The suggestion that the big Fair projected for Portland in 1925 be located in North St. Johns is a worthy one, and if the Fair mater ializes no more fitting and logical location for the five million dollar project could be found. In north St. Johns there is plenty of terri tory available for the purpose, and the setting would be most ideal. Several developments, while not ab solutely necessary, would be desira ble in making the lower peninsula incomparable for the purpose, such as a high bridge here with trolley Hues upon it, a roadway to the Swift plant and Monarch mills, and direct connection with Inter state bridge by trolley, hard stir face and trolley on Greeley street and even a ship channel from just north of the Terminal connecting tuc Willamette and Columbia rtv ers would be an immense boon with its vast stretches of water frontage thus created. Since Vancouver an ticipatcs joining forces in the Fair, provided it is realized, the construe tiou of such a channel would prove ol inestimable value, as the dis tancc to Vancouver by water could be shortened several miles. These Innovations arc destined to come to pass sooner or later, any why not sooner, as they could be brought about within the next four years. And thus unsurpassed trausporta lion could be effected by water, railroad, trolley, roadway and air. It would be eminently fitting that the lower peninsula, which is des tiucd to become the great mauufae turinir and industrial nortion of tin city of Portland, sliould be selected for this World's Fair. Certainly St. Johns should cast its hat In the ring for the projected 1925 Fair. of the fine success attained by tho St. Johns Club, and that they had come out to get boiiio pointers. Mrs. Davis, public welfare worker, told or tho good work accomplished by tho var ious local organizations n tho welfaro work. Tho club passed a resolution of sympathy for Mrs. J. W. Threlfall and children up on tho death of their husband and father, an account of whoso death appears elsewhere in this paper. At the conclusion of tho program dancing was indulged in. When you think of RAIN COATS think of ROGERS- ROGERS' RAINCOATS Rain coat ROGERS. Almost as Soon As You Reach Home you'll find our wagon at your door filial with the coal you order. That is the kind of prompt delivery we inomisc, We fill every order at once ect.use wl have I olh the coal and the fncililii k for delivering it. So if you huve in mediate need of rome first cj ;ss coal place your order here ai d rtuse worrying. i m Vnntn axi am of Laundry ROUGH DRY WET WASH EAST H9H FpotofBurlington St. XLS Deatli of Rev. Thrclfal! Rov. John Wesley Threlfall, pastor of tho Congregational church, passed to the better world on high Saturday, Janu ary 15th, at tho Derr Sanitarium on Kearney street, where he had undergone an operation for acuto appendicitis. Ho was born in England July 6th, 1889, and came to St. Johns from Bos-, ton about six months ago to accent the nastorate of the Con irretrational church here. His death was a distinctshock to the community. During his short stay in our midst he had made a number of friends. He was possessed of tho highest ideals and finest attainments. He was nleasant. agreeable and well lik cd by all with whom he came in contact. He held degrees from Bowdoin College, the law school of Harvard University, and Bangor Theological Seminary. He had also taken special work at Harvard and Cliff College, England. Rov. Threlfall left a lucrative position in business, tho management of the Threlfall Bros. Silk mills to prepare for tho ministry. The sympathy of the cntiro community goes out to Mrs. Threlfall and tho little six year old boy and four year old girl 'who survive. Funeral services wero held at the Con- Sregational church at 2:30 Tuea ay afternoon, whero a largo concourse' of friends paid their last sad respects to tho depart ed. Tho remains were taken to tho Portland Crematorium, tho St. Johns Undertaking Co. in charge. What's tho first thing a bil liard ball docs when it stops rolling? Looks round, of course. You butter look 'round at tho big values ROGERS offors in Mcn'a Wearing apparel. Men's and Boy's You can't help but recognize real values in my UNDERWEAR, FLANNEL SHIRTS Hal-c cinrl Cane That Fit Your Face I iais ana v-aps anci pOCketbook Doss of the Koad Overalls or $15.00 Mackinaw, now 12.50 Mnckitiaws, now ... 11.50 Corduroy Coats, now, 1.25 House blippers, now 4.MJ uins Moodeu Kali! La a,25 Work Pants, Special at H.OO Night Shirts, Outing Manuel. ... 2. 00 GOOD STUFF AT THE RIGHT PRICI; ROGER Bank ol Commerce Building St. Johns Undertaking Co. Thomas Grlce, Manager Office, Col. 527 PHONES Nlht, Col. 299 208 N. Jersey St. FREE USE OF CHAPEL AUTOMOBILE HEARSE Night or Day Calls Promptly Answered LOW RENT enables us to give our customers the benefit of Very I.ow Prices. Wc guarantee lower prices Burglary wmmmmmm " For a small annual premium we will issue a " " Burglary Insurance policy protecting you against (1 " burglary, theft, larceny and holdup. ( i rnone uoi. ibi tor Kates "EVERYTHING I PENINSULA SECURITY CO. 108 South Jersey St - - f - - Will Be Fine Edifice Plans have been completed for the new pioneer Methodist Ivpiscopal church of St Johns nml construction work will begin soon. The site chosen for the new edifice comprises 100x165 feet just cast of the St Johns public library at the corner of Charleston and Leonard streets. The main entrance to the church is on Charleston street and the build lug will set back from this thorough fare at an equal distance with the library. Lawns In front of the two buildings will be divided by a Iieugc of dwarf rose trees. Concrete steps und a walk 12 feet in width will lead from the street to the church en trance. Prom the spacious lobby access may be had directly to the main auditorium, the Sunday school room club room and community hall alt of which arc independent units of the edifice. There will also be an exit onto Leonard street from the auditorium. Ground space covered by the main structure is 45 by 88 feet, and there will be n wing 23 by 36 feet in dimensions. The auditorium will scat' 350 people and the Sunday school room may be thrown open for an addition of 175 to the seating capa city. The clubroom 18 by 22 feet in size is lighted by large fireplace. This room will be used for church, society and committee meetings and as a refuge for small children during church services. The community hall in the base ment of the church will be equipped with gymnasium, shower baths, handball courts, locker room and kitchen. These faclliticM will be of fered to the youth of the community regardless of church connection and the community spirit will feature the work of the congregation. Men's all leather WORK SHOES $4.85. No kick in them in them, but you can kick hard with them-ROGERS. SHOES Made of Ken! Leather and Pairly I'riccd Jumpers. . SI. 75 $1.60 Tin Pants, now. $2.05 9.50 Raincoats, now 0.50 1.50 Work Shirts, now 95c 2.50 Work Shirts, now 1.75 2.00 Work Shirts, now 1.50 7.50 Corduroy Pants, now '1.85 7.50 Wool Pants, now l 85 2.75 Sweater Coats 1.00 9.50 8.50 850 95c I). no pes. now 2 25 RUBERS FOR EVERYBODY THE RAINCOAT MAN ST. JOHNS Not a Branch office of any Portland Undertaking Co, than you can get in the city Insurance i IN INSURANCE" Phone Columbia 161 J - - - Letter Prom Dr. J. V. Scott The 6th installment of an in teresting letter from Dr. J. Vin ton Scott, formerly a well known dentist of St. Johns. Owing to its length and the shortness of our space it will bo published in installments: Continued. Wo pass throueh tho citv of Tsinanfti, Shantung province. Until the great war broke out this was the center of German developments in China. After leaving Tsinanfu, we passed through some fruit country, and at one station 1 counted ono hundred and seventvfour vendors lined up back of the fence each one had cither fruit or Chinese chow to sell and every ono try In ft at the ton of his voice to drown out the others in telling you what ho had, and when you stop to think all this is in Chi nese you can imagine how funny it sounded. The next afternoon after leav ing Nanking wo arrived at Tint- sin. This is another large city with nuite a large foreign nomi- lation. Wo did not stop here only long enough to change trains for reking. linlsing is the lar gest seaport. Wo rode in a chair car from here to Peking. A littlo inci dent happened hero that is worth telling. A gent oman sat Just across the aisle reading a news- mpcr. As our chairs faced each other I had nothing else to do at the time but to look at tho back of his paper, and noticed that it was a home paper, tho Portland Journal. After some time ho got up and went out of tho car caving tho paper in tho chair. picked it up and. on looking through it found on ono page as big as life a largo picture of mother. I hud to rub my oyos to see if it was on tho paper or in Open Evenings "Say it iuiti The appearance of your house will be made more cheer ful by the use of a pretty Kern or Flowering Plant. I have them at prices to suit all pocket books, also Cut Flowers and Floral Designs for all occa sions. 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In fact moat of the foreigners here live tn uiinesc compounds. After a good night's rest we were ready to go out sight see ing. I might lirst describe the city In general. There is first the outer wall which is forty feet high and sixty feet wide at the base. This is called tho Tartar wall and was built eight hundred years ago. Ihia was, as the name indicates, built for the protection of the Tartars. It is thirteen milea in circum ference. Inside this wall is the Imperial City wall. Thia yall iB much smaler.beingonly twen ty feet hlirli. In Mm notiir nf the city is tho Forbidden City surrounded bv n wnll Thia wu is thirty feet high and has a moat ono hundred and twonty feet around it with a bridirn r.mqiimr at tho gates. Each of th walla have largo towers at tho entrances. In these towers are the gates. There aro always three mitou nml unmntimi.u flu.. The large gate in tho center waa only used by tho Emperor. The gatea to tho Tartar wall oven to- uay aro cioseu at night, rfo Chi nese may pass in or out during the night and a foreigner may pass only by a special pormit. TIlQ HtrnntH rimiilmr fmm t,n . f ..Villi iiiu city from ono gate to another aro straight and about ono hun dred feet wide. Tho rest of tho streets are narrow and crooked although not so bad as a good many other Chinese cities. Tlio business is not carried in a cen ter but is scattered out in dill'er ent parts of the city. The wide streets aro lined with small shops, but tho bigger business is scattered. To bo continued. One hundred Unit class onvel opes with your name and ad dress neatly printed on tho cor ner for one dollar at tho Review oillco. Additional 100 for 75c The posloIIco depnrtmont ad. Vises tho IISC of nr inter! rotnrn envelope J. 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