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WANT “ADS" Them In B>61111111 Only One-cent a Word Subscription, $1.00 a Year. Utt* ^rott Iferatò LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, AUOUST 6, 1914. Vol. 12. No. 32 - LINTS CITIZEN MUR DERERS VICTIM 0. R. ADDITON LENTS SUFFERS ANOTHER FIRE AT FINAL REST IL Ecker, Resident Of Park Street, Victim Of Quarrel Neat Blaine In Tillamook County. Cooper Known Here. First Manuiacturing Institution ol Lents First Promoter Sinks to last This Suburb Falls by Fire Satur Long Best After an Illness 0( day Nifht Will Rebuild in a Four Years. Nerve Trouble Ends Short Time as Business Demands. Career Begun In New England. It took several hour, for people of Altho this bas been an unusually O. R. Additon, who for a long time long dry spell Lents has had leas than was the leading citizen of ths Mt. ricott its average of fires this summer. Not District quietly sank to bis last rest Bunday afternoon. Mr. Additon has until near midnight Saturday night, been suffering from a mental derange bas the town been disturbed by fi«e of ment for the pint four years, jlue to any consequence for several weeks. A netve degeneration. M'<st of this time small vacant residence on Seventh has been passed by him at hie home avenue near tbe car hoe was found to with frequent long walks over tbe sur be on fire. It was stored with the rounding country, but as hie «Unease furniture belonging to L. H. Carter, re progresee«! his trips were shortened till moved there after the Carter home was he was practically helpless. For several destroyed by fire last spring. The months be has been ccnrtantly cared building and contents were a complete tor by some friend or employee. It was loss, covered by $500 insurance on the feareil for a while that bis end would furniture. Tbe insurance ba«l been come in violent mental derangement, taken out only a short time. In- but that tu*n of complaint did not cendiariem it suspected as tbe source of develop. the fire. Otis Richmond Additon ’«« born in Just ten feet south of this building Androscoggin Connty, Moiue. in 1843. was the factory of the Portland Broom He went with his parents from there to Company, recently completed and Abington, Mae« , where be engaged in stored with brooms and broom making tbe mere«a ile business. At the be materials. It was so close and the ginning of the Civil War he enliate«! in wind so favorable that tbe fire soon spread to it and it was only a short time until it was in ruins, together with all the machinery and other con tents. This was burned beyond salvage. A half dozen employees are out of a job and tbe two young men who owned the business are considering their loss, which is about half covered by insur ance. It is probable they will rebuild. They have orders for their products to keep them going for a year and it is hardly probable they will consider dropping that business. Tbe volunteer fire companies of Lente, Gray’s Crossing, snd Tremont and Engine31 of the Portland depart ment, checked tbe flames from further devastation. Lent» to arrive at an understanding that one of its citizens had fallen the victim of a quarrel at his homestead near Blaine In Tillamook County. The delay was due largely to the fact that the wife of the victim is employed at work away from home and could not be located when inquiry was first made concerning her whereabouts. But bv Saturday it was deflnately kuown here that M. Ecker of Park Street. Lents, had been shot and killed at his home stead in Tillamook Courfty. sometime during Friday. Sunday afternoon the body arrived and was turned over to the undertaker and several of the people of the town inspected it. Mr. Ecker took up a homestend in Tillamook County several months ago Pbolu copyright, 1S14. by Panama-FaclBc tnMrnaiiuual ktapuatlum Co. H. a. Crocker Co_ official pbolograpneia and had been living on it fftr three months. The claim was located a long SCULPTOR FINISHING ENLARGEMENT IN STUDIOS OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION. way from the more developed part of the country, and to get to it was a big undertaking. Mrs. Ecker had not attempted it yet. Near Ecker were the Coopers and one or two other families. Ecker and the Coopers seemed to have had trouble from the first Some of the Coopers assisted in Emma Goldman, the notorious an A letter from W. A. Hall at " Alleging that property owners along "packing in” for Ecker when he first went to his location. Three of them archist of international disrepute, has Wapinitia reports that the big irrigation the Ba»<- lune road are going to I* worked three or for days and it is said come out as the champion of the liquor work they are engage«! upon is moving loturs by $23,760 if the rogd work pro put in a claim for $35 for services. interests in ths pending dry statewide along nicely. They have a large force pored by tbe County Commissioners is This had never been settled by Ecker, campaigns on the Pacific coast. , ot men and teams at work and are ex- carried out. a temporary restraining tho a part of it had been paid. Then On Bunday night she lectured in a pecti g more. They are installing a order has been issued on complaint of there is a story of some chittem bark, ba” over a Portland saloon on the topic big pump and boilers preparatory to J. P. Hinterman and others. peeled by Ecker on Coopers land and I "Prohibition and Continence." For an sluicing out the big cut, a work that for which Ecker had not paid, tho he Hinterman is a property owner in hour she poured out the vials of her will require the movement of 40,000 promised to do so as soon as he could tlie asseroment district and is repre wrath against the dry policy and all yards of eartb. The ditch when com dispose of the bark. It is said Cooper forme of chastityZ* ’ • X pleted will be 14 miles long, with throe sented by Attorneys Fulton and Bower threatened to kill Ecker if he did not She lauded ttoesthsiae and tost, de reservoirs, and will irrigate 11,000 acres man. The writ in returnable August 7th. settle these bills. gain it is claimed clared that alcohol was necessary to oi the Juniper Flat country. It is Tllr complaint alleges that Wanenite that Ecker had insulted the mother of wash the dust cfft 6f miner s' lung»; de thought that this country will be ns wa> selected arbitrarily as the paving the Coopers. clared that cMastity led to insanity ; be important as the Yakima district in a material and that the shutting out of It was with the intention of settling rated the CatbolK’V'iiurch for rte-Listor- few years, due to the close proximity of competition will cost tlie country and these difficulties that a neighbor by the ic stand in defens* ot the marriage tie; Portland. Last week was notable for a property owners $23,760 a.- the Oregon name of Allison asked Ecker and the and declared tliA “the average law a visit from a delegation of Portland Independent Paving company would Coopers to meet at the Allison home abiding citizen hasn’t an ounce of capitalists who were considering the furnish a |«ving material equal to and agree on a settlement. Ecker brains in his bead.” possibilities of the project and the work Warrenite for 60 cents a square yard came armed and when Allison tried to She declared that the only way the being done. in comparison with the 88 cent contract get Ecker to give up his arms, he said Catholic church could keep its priests with the Warren Brothers company. It it was not safe for him to be without was to "permit them to have house also recites an offer by the Oregon it when the Coopers were around. A keepers;” stated that "there is no such Hassnm company to furnish a material row followed and Ecker threatened the thing as morality in nature.” of equal value for 66 cents a yard crowd. Ray Cooper then went home Much of the "lecture was unprintable, delivered within four miles of the im and secured a rifle. When he returned and of such a charter as could not be provement. they began shooting at one another, discussed in reputable society. It was The allegation is made that the re resulting in Cooper being grazed and an hour of abusive tirade against the Tuesday evening next has lieen monstrance 61«>d contained the names Ecker getting shot, the bullet entering drys and against chastity. The chair selected for another band concert by of owners of 60 per cent of the property on the right side of his face near the man announced their porpoee to "put the City band. It will be given as nose and passing out through his left the churches out of business" and ex- before, at tbe Playground Park. The effected by the assessment district, or ear. He must have died instantly. 1 plained in detail bow to consort with program is as follows and should have ;W4J acres of the 5367 acres contained in the district. Enough of the property to Cooper soon after that telephoned the Iswd women without danger of infec tbe attention of everyone in I^nte. It make tbe total on the remonstrance lees sheriff and coronor, and when they is not probable that another concert tion. than the 51 per «-ent repuired to make arrived he was placed in custody, given Miss Goldman declared that it was will be held at l^nte thia summer. tlie remonstrance effective were dis a preliminary and bond over co the nobody’s business who paid her for this March, "Star»« and Stripes Forever” carded by the county commissioners grand jury under 12500 bonds. Honea; Malta, "Dolores” Waldteufel; kind of talk. because of irregularities. Eckers body shows that he must have It is said that the Goldman woman Overture, "Merry Wives of Windsor," been beaten over the head with some will repeat her performance at strategic Nicolai; Oriental Dance, "Sultana," heavy instrument. Several bad bruises Liquor Supporters Meet pointe oa the coast in behalf of tbe Vaelker; Popular Medley, "Tip Top,” indicate that he was severely injured liquor interests and against the pending O’Hare. Intermission, Excerpts from. The meeting in Seward's Hal) Friday before the shooting, or else someone dry amendments in Oregon, Washing "High Jinks," Friml; Paraphrase, "Die evening was fairly well attended, tak beat his body up as marks on the head Iioreley,” Neevadlia; Scenes from, "The ing into consideration tbe warm even ton and California. would prove it. Bohemian Girl,” Balfe; Patpourri, "A ing, etc. Mr. Fred Jobelman spoke for Ecker Is well known around I^nts Bundle of Rags,” launpe; Two Step, about forty-five minutes regarding the and Portland where he has lived for Grange Meets Saturday "This is the IJfe,” Berlin. Prohibition amendment'to be voted several years and has been engaged as The regular monthly meeting of Lente upon at tbe November election, show an electrician. He was a man that Grange will be held Saturday. Tbe af ing by very convincing arguments the Sunday Game at Lents was strictly on the lookout for Ecker. ternoon program will be a "Woman's fallacy of such a step. He dwelt partic With the score 6 to 4 in favor of the On the other hand persons living in day.” The program will be os the ularity upon the economic feature of it Lenta know the Coopers and char I "Arrangement of the Kitchen,” by Harriman team in the last half of tbe all and showed conclusively that to ninth inainig. and the I^nts Giants acterize them as being difficult to Mrs. Blaufns. Mrs. Hogue will speak presume that by haVing prohibition up handle. The funeral of Mr. Ecker was on the "Emergency Cupboard,” Mrs. with 2 on and none out, I’mpire Miller on our statutes we would advance from held at Kenworthy's on Tuesday morn E. P. ritnltb will speak about the "San gave the game to tbe Giants StoO an economic standpoint, was a wild ing and the body was interred at Mt. itary Water Supply" and Mrs. McNeil when the manager of the railroad meh theory. Mrs. Abigal Scott Duniway called them off the field. Shortstop Scott Cemetery. will discuss "Good Plain Cooking vs made a very impressive Speech and Moore < i the Harriman team clearly Cooper will be examined by the Specialties.'' There will be recitations every one present appreciated tbe op running Tillamook County grand jury and will by Miss 1 avis and Mrs. Shoemaker and interfered with Mickelson, portunity of bearing Mrs. Duniway from second to third, and when Miller no doubt be held for the murder of Mr. a dyel by tbe Misses Johnson and talk. No one could doubt the sincerity called the rnnner safe at third on ac Ecker. McNeil. of her stories she vividly drew regard count ot this interference, tbe Harri ing the effect of curtailing personal man team was called off the diamond. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Passes Webb Wins Game For Mdr frank Team I Mrs. Agnes Elixalieth John non of 303, Yeast and Bryson did the battery work liberty and tbe general workings of Mrs. Duniway told her Webb pitched a great game of ball < Park Avenue, died Tuesday afternoon for the visitors while Hyman and prohibition. hearers that for seventy years we have Sunday in the Tri-City League game, ' at ft o’clock. She had lieen suffering Mickelson worked for the Giants. getting 13 strikes and allowing 6 hits; ! from tuberculosis for several months Hyman fanned 12 batters and pitched a had prohibition in some parts <4 the also getting a hit that scored two runs. Mrs. Johnson was born in Minn<>opolie, beautiful game, was there with the United States and the net result has Bill Boland lirgured strong the game February 1887. The funeral »»« held stick, and fielded his position without been to breed hypocra«'» and a low class of criminals. through. Bill was pitching the second Thursday at Kenworthy'a Chapel, Rev. an error. The meeting was presided over by inning. Bill got a single that scored Carlson officating. The burial was at , Mrs. John Krall, vice president of the two runs and he scored himself. The Ml. Bcott cemetery. She leaver a Bids will be a»ke«l (or within a few I Woman's Equal Rights League, an or Score was 7 to 6. nuaband aud sister, Mrs. Marion days for the construction of the ganization which has for its aims and Enwal), and numerous friends to mourn Columbia Highway in Hood River objects the bettering of women and It is estimated that by the expenditure her loss. Conntv for which a bond issue of men. This League stands for such of $10,060 the Crook Connty end of measures as the woman's eight hour The first stretch of bard surfaced $75,00 J was recently vote«!. ..... . ■ . , McKenzie pass can bo put in good con road in Oregon constructed under the law, the fifteen hundred dollar tax ex dition. connty bonding set was opened to E. I* Rayburn «nd Tom Cowing Imth emption law, the abolition of the state rubber tired traffic on the 27th, at returned from the Juniper Flat Country senate, tbe Clsyton anti trust bill as The new Library anil the Yott building which time the delegates were taken ba«-k of Mt. Hood on Monday afterndon. ¡amended in the bouse, the bringing of ar«- both being rapidly pressed to com over ths highway and shown what They report good progress on tbe irri child labor down to a minimum and pletion ami cause our town to have a Jackson County has done to make gation ditch, and say that tlie land there other measures that benefit the com Southern Oregon a good road paradise. is as good as any in Oregon. mon people. lively appearance. LIQUOR IN1ERESTS GET W. A. HALL RE BASE LINE IMPROVE STRONG INDORSEMENT MENT RESTRAINED PORTS PROGRESS BAND CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING O R. ADDITON. till tbe end of the war. After the war Evening Star Grange had a large at be resumed tbe dry goods business in tendance at the last meeting, August 1, Abington till 1878 when be came to considering tnat it is a busy time of the Portland and entered tbe employ of year, and aleo vacation time. Olds A King. From there be went to Tbe propose«! eight hour law was dis Corvallis, Ore., and «as active in the cussed, and not very favorably con development of that place. He spent sidered. Mrs. H L. Vail told of her •ome time in California, and returned recent trip to Eastern Oregon in inter to Portland and engaged in the milling ests of the Grange, and how people will business at Front and Madison, west go long distances to attend Pomona side, and conducted a commission busi Grange. ness. In 1894 he moved to Lenta and After dinner the following program, soon after that entered into the real- in charge of B. F. Ball, the Lecturer, estate business. He assisted in selling was rendered: Piano solos were given off a large proportion of the town of by Miss Helen Humphrey and Nellie Lenta. He wae tbe first "booster" Banders. Vocal solos by Miss Eliza Lente ever had, and be proved a good beth Ball and Miee Maud Curtis, who one. Lenta grew by leaps and bounds was accompanied by Miss Nellie under hie influence. He advertised Sanders. A paper on the "General real estate bargains at Lenta and drew History of Celilo Canal” was read by large numbers of newcomer». Later Miee Nellie kaueet. The address of the other real estate promoters took it up afternoon wae given by Mrs. J. J. and the population doubled and doubled Handeacker. whose subject was, “The and increased by leaps and bounds. In Historical Wealth of Our Own 8tate.” al) this Mr. Additon proved a good It wae a timely subject, and much ap friend to tbe poor and the unfortunate. preciated by those present. Mr. Geo. Hie reputation tor kind neee ano up H. Himes of tbe Oregon Historical right dealing wae always good. He Society aleo gave some pleasing histori was always on the side of better things cal reminiscences. Remsrks were aleo I for Lenta. While not actively engaged made by Rev. Mr. Parsons, a visitor in religious work be wae friendly to present. every good movement, generous and sympathetic. He quit the real estate business about Incoroporation articles for the South- erlin, Cooe Bay A Eastern Railway have six years ago and retire«! to rest and been filed with the Corporation Com- look alter hie own affairs, which had miHeioner at salem within tbe past few grown to be of considerable burden. days. According to the papers the From that time on to hie final illness he incoroporature expect to oonstruct a wae not so conepicioiis in matters per line eastward to Boise. Idaho, and taining to locai advancement, but the , j westward to Cooe Bay. Twenty-seven work he began is going on. It is now about three months since miles of the line, toward Cooe Bay, have been surveyed, the survey pene hie only child, a son, Alton Additon, a engineer and teacher ot trating a splendid body of titubes. mining Sutherlin people anticipate the early Berkeley, California, wae taken by construction oi two sawmills and a box heart failure, leaving no children Thue factory, these industries to receive their the wife, Mre. Lucia F. Additon, is left supplies of materiol over the new road.r alone in the home they have so long occupied. But she has in her various The Central Oregon highway through social and religious work won a boat of Lake Connty is to be ma reed by a set friends who will extend her a full of heavy steel signs with the lettering measure of sympathy in her last great cut into the metal in such a manner as bereavement. to make it conspicuous under auto head- ■ Charles W. Cot tel, president of tbe lights at night. Wooden guide poets Portland New Church Society, read the will also be provided for the lees im burial services at that church and a portant roads an«i crossings through , chior rendered the music. The White Ribbon services of tbe Women’s the county. Christian Temperance Union were held following the church ceremony in A contract will soon be let for the honor of Mr Additon’e interest and construction of the Columbia Highway Mre. Additon’e long years of work. in Columbia County from Tide Creek Mrs. Frances E. Gotahal), a close friend to the Multnomah County line with the <4 Mrs. Additon snd member of the exception of a stretch from Columbia Woman’s Cbristain Temperance Union, City through St. Helene to Warren. Jt delivered a brief addreee on Mr. ie probable that a new route will ba Additon’e life. laid out for this section between this Tbe funeral was held at tbe Evangeli railroad anil river before construction cal Church on Thursday at two o'clock. The remains were cremated. ie commenced. Evening Star Grange Meets