CELEBRATE IN LENTS JULY 4, THE BIGGEST TIME EVER á WANT “ADS” Them In B-GI11-1 111 Only One-cent a Word Subscription, $1.00 a Year, ML Orliti Hmilù LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO.. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 1«, 1914. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------------------------------- ------------------------- MT. SCOTT SCHOOLS! APPROACHING 4TH PREPARE TO CLOSE TAKES FORM Mediators Depended on by Huerta to Save Administration Gardens Inspected, Home Products, Speakers ol tbe Day Secured, Band Pet Stock, Manual Tramint Ex­ Engaged, Concessions lor Refresh­ hibits, Picnics and Certificates of ments in View, Seating and Graduation tbe Order Now Days. Parade Planned. As listed some time ago in tbe Herald, tbe pro,weed district road construction plsn as it is to be applied along the Base Line and Section Line roads, will prove a hardship on the property owners. Many of the farmers oot that wav are coming to see it that way now. They have contributed already to tbe general road tax, not only for that part which may be expended along the Base Line but they have borne their part also of tbe large sums that are being expended along tbe Columbia, and which is not supplemented by a local district fund. On top of thia it ia proposed they shall build a large part of their local road. Another matter that hurts is that the road to be constructed will wnen com­ plete. be an extremely bard one for horse* to travel upon. It will be ex­ tremely slippery in cool weather, par­ ticularly, and that means at least eight months in tbe year. It will be so slip­ pery that only by constant care can an ordinarily shod horse stand np on it. In warm «nattier wagons and machines • ill be liable to pick np tbe surface and leave it full of small bole* which will grow with use and the road will soon be ready for repairs. The adoption of this pavement has caused unfavorable re­ ports over in Washington, near Heattie. It will do the same here. Warrenite will no. give tbe service that a concrete road will give. And tbe evident favor- ism of tbe road engineers for tbe Warrenite form of construction i* cans­ ing a lol of criticism. They figure that S8 cents a tunare yard is pretty heavy. But SH cents is only tbe coni delivered Photos copyright. 1*1«. by Amertcan Pre** Association. in tbe wagon. The conntv prepares HE two leading members of President Huerta • delegation to tbs media tbe road bed and hauls tbecouipoaition, tlou board at Niagara Falls are K. Krnlllo Rabasa and I.ul* Elguero lays it and finishes up. Tbe KS cents is Itahaaa I* said to have brought President Huerta's resignation to be for the material delivered within three handed to the board if certain coaceeatona are made to the Mexhaa or four nnlen of where it is to be used. dictator Halvaaa arid Elguero on their fl,at visit to the Cui ted Mates said that they marveled at the rapidly mor Ing Alurrlcn people, the tail raetrota.il tan buildings and tbe great faclllUse for rapid transit. Ha ba so Is st the right tn the Illustration. Vera Cruz Waterworks, a £torm Center; Our Men on Guard . GRANGE MAS GOOD PROGRAM The morning session was taken up with the initiation of several candidates for This i* also the last day of the fonrth degree After a good dinner Jone 23 will lie a big day in lenis school and in connection with this idea and social hour the entertainment the Pareul-Teacber’* Club decided to features were taken up. A half dozen have an all day picnic at the park. children from the Hoffman school were Parents are requested and urg'd to le introduced and they gave a song under present. Each one is to bring a basket | the direction of their teacher, Miss ol good things to e«t and go directly to Hart. Dorothy Sniderand Helen Rider Mrs Geo. Snider the park. Ths school session lasts as gave recitations. long as usual on the last day and then was present and gave several of her the children will join their parcels at excellent readings. Little Mt«- Ethel the park and eat their lunch out in the Wise sang a little song and gave a recitation. Winnifre«! Smith recited "out-of-doora” Ths director, Mi*« Wettsrl.au*, hi* a selection. Mr. Darnall opened up the arrange«) a program of games and asked discuss on of the school book question, The Mrs. C. A. Daniela to furnish several 1 and a general discussion ensued musical numbers for both afternoon balance of opinion was in opposition to The discussion and evening. The musical numbers the free textbooks. con 1st of four selections by tlie ladle- lasted for an hour. Olive Ash .and her sister rendered a quartette, composed of .Mesdamea The day was .«ell spent and Daniels, Sella, Repp, and Sindlwrg. In song. the evening a male cir rus and choir 'everyone went awav happy • ill tender several numlwra All who are inie'e-led in the growth of the park should make a sp*«-ial effort to tie there at least some part of the day. If enough interest is shown in tlie park this m miner Lents can gain a This has been one of the busiest great dea more lor the improvement of weeks on record for the Kern Park Fire be the park Ice cream and cake will Itepartment Reginning Sunday even­ sold and the proceeds will be used in ing a one story frame house at 6239, buying a Victrola for the park. Seventieth street, recently occupied by Mrs. Daniel*, but at tlie time unoccu­ pied, wns evidently set on fire. During tlie coufl igra’ ion a hut water tank ex­ ploded and «hook things up severely, breaking window* in neighboring houses The house was owned by Henrv llankln and was entirely des troved Mt. Scott Lodge Dirt lias chosen its On Mondav evening the h-mi« of Jas. otllcers for the next six months. In­ Mcllargne at <1111 id Fortieth avenue stallation will lie held early In July. was burned under very peculiar circum­ stances. The Mcllargue's have lawn Joe. Hchweitees has been elected N G , visiting in British Columbia for a num W. F. Bush will hold the V. G. chair, Iwr of month* and in the meantime and Ralph St i x las I wen chosen tlie house was occupied by Mrs. J MrHargne’a in­ Secretary. 1. D. Filley has resignid Smith and family tended to return Tuesday. Smith's the office of Financi 1 Femtary and moved out Monday, except a few W. J. McNeal has been elected tn fill it. articles. Monday evening atamt ten GIANTS WILL PLAY WEONA S SUNDAY ARIE LA IMS SERIES OE LIRES mi . scon I. o.o. r. CHOSES OFFICERS FARMS MAKE MONEY Photos copyright. Itl4. by American Press Association HE complications «rising from the capture of the waterworks at Vera t'rux by the American forvea caused the federal troo|is loyal to Preel dent Huerta to threaten to attack our army The Mexicans detuandetl control of the waterworks, but General Funston, realising their Itu IHirtnnce. stated that tinder no consideration would be yield them The lllus (ration shows the main pumping station at the waterworks and a detachment of A inerti a n infantrytueii guarding them. It la stated that tbe Mexicans trliHl to iHilson the water supply of the American soldiers Figure I shows the firing Une and tlgure 2 the waterworks T ’. I., k . •h* h.-n-e «as discovered to I m * I lower floor and most of the upper. I' wa« . videnflv set on tir». Several other places have been burned ir... > A as ► «• oHi*td in the iln**t* ■ n tlie vicinity of the Mcllargue home I ..li er b •• iii' t.s p'lnbd lo prr nn.ler similar circumstances and it is oil« I. t shd * ilo- tire The build ausrwited that a firebug has tieen the g « « I >♦ I tf H MOtl «eli all m.e before agent of the losses sustained. I'rent-| and v»t the Kern Park wood has suffered within the week from ssved practicilly all the a similar fire. H e t h cl A week from today will aee tbe com­ pletion of the new eiub house of the Portland Gun Club near Jenn« station three mile* east of I«nta. Tbe week beginning July 13, tbe uorthweet hand­ icap tournament takee place on the ; new club grounds, when it te expected one hundred and fifty thousand clay pigeons will be slaughtered. Tbe club baa secured an ideal spot for Ito new quarter«, and took possreeion about a month ago. The conatruetion of a club boose waaimmediately started under contractors E. T. Jone* A Com­ pany of Greeoam in preparation of thia July event. But tbe selection of this ideal site was not accomplished until after a long search. The club had op­ tions on half a dozen other places. At tbe same time it was getting ready to abandon its grounds down at Linton where a considerable investment bad been made. To tbe layman it might seem that any place would be suitable for shooting clay pigeons. But the sportsman ambitious for a record wants ideal condition*. Tbe shooting ground* at Jenne are the level crest of a hill. In tbe im­ mediate vicinity tbe eye^reete on the light green oat fields. In tbe distance is a low even line o’, dark green trees. This sky line is the important thing aa tbe hunter’s eye doee not catch the biro till it rises above the line of vege­ tation. At Jenne the light is said to ie the beet of any grounds on tbe coaat. The sportsman face« tbe north and tbe sun ia always at hi* back. That is, tbe siz trap* are laid out in a near semi-circle, converging to a poet in the field that marks tbe common center. Three trap* are now in daily use and tbe other three will be in before tbe day of the tournament. To tbe west there is a long wooded s I odc parallel with tbe trap grounds | which forms part of the reservation of twenty acres. It waa only after Preei- dent Metzger and the other officers of tbe gun club 1 ad visited all other sitee The Lents Branch Library received a around Portland within a radios ol fif­ new ¡¿c«'gnment of books last week. teen miles that thsy finally decided oa the one east of Lents. Then keeper, These, with the books already on band, Ed Matthews, and bis wile, were moved furnish interesting groups on bungalows up from Linton and homed in a tent and house-plans, (Hit-door life, mechanics and the work of gettingtbe new groun«le fancy work, games, travels, bible stories, in order was commenced. One of tbe first things instal'ed was the water and^biograpby. svstem. The water supply comes from ¡^Vacation temks are now issued lo a fine large spring at the foot of the hill. those who wish to spend tlie summer The water is pumped with an engine in­ elsewhere. Ten books may be drawn, to a thousand gallon pressure tank. at vs» time by each person and held Here the water is stored under pressure until tlie first of October. Mias Fisher of compressed air sufficient to raise it to is again lack at the library after six the top of tbe hill and through the months study of tlie Library course at building. the Central Library. The club paid F375 an acre for its land. The contract price of tbe build­ ing is two thousand dollars. By tbe time it is equipped and furnished the total investment will represent doee to fifteen thousand dollars. The club house is forty v forty, two stories. A The Lents Giants son another game feature is the two large balconies, above Sunday which was very much one and below, ten feet wide, the full sided. Webb bad it all his own way all length of the building. Here onlookers but the first inning when poor support may sit in the shade and watch tbe let the in have two runs. The score war shooting at the trape oot in front. 10 to 2. Lartre French windows open out on to N»r’ Sunday the Giants play the the balconies. Another home like Weonas on the Vaughn street grounds fi-atuie is the wide open fire place at Bill Heales lias as strong a line np a* the rear of the main room. Thia ie de­ can la- got outside the leagues so a very signed to warm tbe entire house. An B*nts one n av sit anhe first floor A stairway Mri i nle’a Pa*k ■eads up on either side the fireplace from the main club room to tbe upper I are two lavatories and the Miss Ida BundyRBonored piivste rooms of tbe keeper’s family. MI- b I«ia Bandy was honored by her There i* also an L, ltt bv 26, at tbe Grand mother, Mra. I). II. Mi-Kinlrv, r ar on the ground floor for use of the Saturday evening. In a reception and keeper. partv to all of the 9th B c I hh - of the The Portland Gun Club has a mem­ I^nts schools. Over thirty of the cl bership of 150. The initiation fee is were present. Miss I la ia a meiutcr five dollars and no dues. The club is of thia class. A very i leaaant time ia reported. After the nanal Corn alitie«- supported from the small profit it de­ were tl.’ongh all participated in values, rives from the sale of the Blue Rock pigeon*. *si| from th* sale of shells. and ice cr»im a»d <*>»lie. All went Thus at a cent and a half each tbe 160 away wiahi *r there were more thought­ thousand pigeons at the tournament ful Grandma* in Lenta next month should ’ring in a gross revenue of *2,360. The new ground* are «bout ten miles Work la* been commenced in the pre)>ara’ioii of a 400-acre tract of land from Portland an lie j-iat south of the one mile from Hermiston for the ptirpow Powell Valley road near tbe crosn road. of. seeding the entire acreage to allalfo Thev .-»i. I- h >**< 'n tl e K iaeada electric venture to la* immensely succeaefnl, as line it 1* s *1 o-t walk from Jenne he has en producing alfalfa in that statibn ecroee the bridge to the grounds. vicinity for a number of years. Visitor* are always welcome. BOOKS PARtN 1-ltACMtR CLUB The Saturday meeting of Lenta AND SCHOOL 10 PICNIC ' Grange was up to its usual standard. City Park. ROAD BUILDERS MEET TROUBLE Nothing But Additional Tax, Des- Acerage Tracts Near Lents Show cnmination and “Unfair” Roads Good Returns When Weil Haa- in View to Resident Taxpayers. aged. Specializing gets tbe Re: Remonstrance Coming. suits. Mt. Hcotl schools are busy with elat­ If present arrangements are carried ing preparations thi* week. All of them through. Inmts will have one of the are getting in their last "licks’* in the biggest times any Suburb of Portland final work ol tha tortns. Hchool gardens «ver had, on the Fourth of July. The are being put In shape for inspection committee on Programme has been This Inspection »Mould have been given looking up feature* ami they have de­ yesterday afternoon but the Inspectors cidad on A. W InifTerty aa speaker of did not gat aroun I. Tha gardens are the day and Mr Mfferty haa agreed all looking tine. Tha Lente garden is to coma, small but it 1s right up to standard for The Mall Carriere' Band has been quality. Each room is represented and engagod and various musical and enter­ It is doing fine. Ariel* garden ia ths taining feature« are being planned. largest in ths city. There la about two A meeting of the various committees acres in II and about everything that waa held on Monday evening and the grows in an ordinary garden is living entire work ahead waa gone over and raised there. Their garden lo in go»sl the work of preparations was pretty condition and shows an unlimited well placed. amount ol work uu the part of teachers If all things go aa anticipated there and pupils. The Wia«lmere garden is will be one round of fun and joy un­ not so large but it contains twenty-four alloyed all day. The people will begin lied* and some Hower beds. it was in to come in about sun up and they will go«xl shape Wedneeday when the in­ keep coming all day. Along about ten spectors were around. oclock there will be some entertainment lente schools will have their exer­ commence. A good share of the sporta cise* Friday evening. The daee will of the day will tie called during the give an entertainuieut and the proceeds forenoon, before the parade. About will be applied on incidental expeneee. I e|CVen oclock the band will arrive, the The Parent- reseller club entertaine«! pered,, will form, and march to the the teachers today at a noonday lunch. I park Music and speaking will be the , On Munday there will lie an exhibit of program, following which the dinner; home grown garden stuff st the eclioo - hour will ensue. house. Many ol the pupils will have Then there will be sports for the j substantial exhibits ol garden stufl thry children, music, and along about three ; have producml at home. About twelve o'clock a ball game will be pulled off dollars in prise* will be offered tor tbe at the ball park. Lovers of the beet «tuff. On Tueeday tbe echool* yiational sport will have a chance to will have a picnic at tbe playground ventilate _______ ____ their lungs Thoee who which will be attended by all children I prefer mildcr entertainment will I re­ and many ol the parent* The child- m„n at p(ay ground park. Aftor reu will operate a vegetable market st ftve o^ioeg the nnk >ood music ia Elmer E. Rice, Albert E. Mason, llssel aaaur,^| an(j several good strong men M. Eaeon. Emma A. Willbanks, Fran«-«* W1U o„ hand to.ttend tothe man«ge- I. Hartwig, Onela R. Munny, Ruby M '„I 3^, of them will train up Woodworth, Ruth A. Rodgers. Phebe „p^-uHy for thj, occasion and the Ione Forte, Alice Wood, Alta B. 1-*°- mfR,,, that attempts to start------- □ome- doo. Adelle Roitomley, Id* Bundy, lh|njt wjn grt ?o|twl hard he wont Hylvia Hmith, Alfred W. Nyg**r»>. wake up for a month. Higred F. Richardson, Donald John ' Conferences with the City Com- McNeil, Mabel M. Hweet, Fay Kline- misaionera yesterday developed the man, Eugenia E. Ellie, Hasel E Long, attitude of the commissioners to tie Alice B Smith, Wilson W. Morrill, favorable to giving the people all the Alice Hmelhursl, Cyril E. Benner, favors they could for the day and no Floyd D. t-mith, Helen G. Hull, Ruby doubt all will by satisfactory for the Ellen Keen, Albert Miller, Valma May convenience and pleasure of the people Hager, Elsie H. Heytlng, Rose Ila*- for the day. mussen, Merrill H. Eldred, Waller Thomas, Ralph F. Nichole, Chari«* (t'onliniMni <>n r*r Vol. 12. No. 25 Xxj