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COUNTY AND CITY
CONSOLIDATION
1HL
Hrralù I &
LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914
MRS. CLAUDE DANN
INJURED ON STREtE CAR
Vol. 12.
No. 36
KANSANS WILL PICNIC MONSTER PETITION
HERE ON
LABOR DAY . f
_____
GOES TO COUNCIL
Mrs. Claiule Dann was seriously hurt
Halurday
evening about M o’clock when
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
boarding a car at Eleventh and Haw
Will Permit County and Cities to thorne. The conductor was U»> busy
Consolidate With One Government talking to nonie girl, to notice the pas-
sengers l*oarding, gave th« signal, the
City Would Run Whole Thine
train started with a jerk, only half of tlie
It is • question whether the pereon crowd were able to get on and Mrs.
Dann was thrown against the controller
who think» he will vole for the pro-
box and badly bruised. A doctor was
;»>»ed Conaolidatlon Amendment ha» calle«I when »lie got home. Site Is recov
weighed all phase» of the question. ering »lowly.
Tne conductor failed to report the
Such a plan would umioublodly be
better for the city. It will spread out I accident but tlie company d<»-tor calhvl
the next day, notice having is-en »ent in
the city'» Held of resource» wonderfully. |
from Ixnta. It wa» simply a case of an
The burden» that are now bourne by a inefficient employee.
few M|uare inilea would then be distri- i
buted over the entire county. It would .
I'boto by American Pre»» Association
mean a doubling of the taxation to the
French Artillery In Action
property owner in the country, in all
The artillery of France 1» one of the most efficient branebes In the nation’»
probability. At any rate he would feel
army The gunner» are well drilled, and the gun» are of the latest type. Field
a very substantial increase. If thia 1»
practice ha» always lieen Insisted on by officials, and the r«-»ult has been the
true. ami there is little or no reaaon to
Arrangements
are
iieing
made
to
high standard of efficiency that ha» tM*en establish«-«! In the picture is shown
deny It, of what advantage would it be
the latest type of guns tn action.
to a country <li»trict to be abaorl>ed by have speaking of a political nature on
the city? True it would get rid of its the street» of Lents next Tueaday
l>ortion of county office support.
But evening. Speaker» from the Anti-Sa
the same burden* would have to be ,
loon forces will be out to conduct the
bourne in some other way. The city • meetings. Something specially good
now doe» not maintain a department
is expectc«I.
for the registration of documenta,
Alsiut a week air» C. K. Kennedy (Editorial From Daily Eugene Guard.)
deeds etc. Such a department would
rentel
a six room house on Beach street
Baseball Notes.
•till have to be maintained. The var
Anything which looks like getting
ious courts would no doubt still have to
Itelonging
to D. L. Filley to Wm Stew I something for nothing is usually attract
One of Hie prettiest game» of the semion
be kept up. Possibly the Sheriff's
was played on the lent» grounds Sunday art. Stewart tittel the house up with ive to the voter and unless tlie people of
office couk) be eliminated but there
| furniture and repaint««! it inside, put on
would be need of an increase in the when the lent» Giants defeated the faat I new pa;»-r, and oiled the floors. In- this state study U m * propose«] $1500taxa
constables and police department more Hl. Andrews team by tlie »core of 4 to 3, | cidentally, he remark»«) that he was pre tion amendment the measure will carry
than sufficient to meet this. The as one single, two two tuuw hits an«! a triple paring to get marri««d. He was next at the poll» in November and tlie burden
sessment and colleetion departments wa» tlie beet the visitor» could do with «•»•ii al the time of the fire, dancing of taxation will be »hifted from the large
could not be confused, or united, with southpaw llytnan, whileeleven hits were around in an abbrevist««d shirt. The fire cities to the farms. Such an amendment
the department of city revenue. The gleamsi otT the Tacoma pitcher Wall- broke out alsiut 3:31) Sunday morning
sources arc too different and they iiiiaus, five of them for extra bases includ an«l tla« house and furniture were com- would remove from the tax rolls millions
wouki not work out together at all. , ing Messenger» home run in the sixth ! plctely <I«*troy«»I. Along at the first of dofiars worth of taxable property
About the only thing that could be inning with none on. Great credit is due j of th«« fire some of tlie ncighliori saw ami increase Qie rate of taxation upon
conducted without lo»» wouki be the to every Giant, ««specially Hyman, who , Stewart in hi» half dressed condition and all taxable property within the state
city 's educational department and that (ann«i eighteen eollt-ge men, got a two suggested to him he'd I m - run in if he
In round. figures tbe amendment
is so little a part of the city govern- t>aM- hit ami score«! once. Bill Bolan«! stayed around in that condition. He
would
exempt $150,000,000 worth of
ment that it could hardly be classed as play«d a won«lcrful game getting four seems to have suddenly realized his
property
and not one acre of land would
'
shortage
in
«doll»*
ami
disappear«!
in
the same.
hits in five timM to l>at.
stantly. and has not been seen since in be included within this exemption.
There wouki be no saving in road or
street work. In fact it is generally re
It wa» staled in one of the «laily papers I these parts. Everything in and about
The average home in any city in the
cognized that it coats more to get a tlie other morning that the bringing of tlie house apparently was lost. There
-state wiij not assess over $1500. It must,
given amount of road improvement Pat Easily to the B«-aver» from Ballard was some insurance on the building.
done in the city than it doe» in the would mean that Webb or Moeller would About the ot^ly way to account for the tiien-Alv. be concluded that the greater
county, going into the city means the b«- sent William» to re-inforce hi* pitch tire is to suppose that it start«! from portion of al! city property is to be
same numlier of employees with per ing staff. The writer also stated that tne oil«««! rags use«! al»ul the work that was exempted.
The farmer and landowner will receive
haps a few les* official heads. it will sending of these two men woul<l work a being done.
similar exemptions, but what will such
mean more supervisors and less .of pop hanlship on the semi-pro games at the
exemptions amount to if they are to tie
ular control of authority.
It will Vaughn St. groutnb«.particularity in Webb
Wm. HdsSInqer Passes Away
compelled to tvear the burden of taxa
double the work of the department leaving the Meier Frank team. Webbat
William Massinger, 78 years of age tion alone, excepting such assistance as
heads and hence require more time for this time ami ha» for the pact two
the accomplishment of any undertak seasons l»s«n with lire Lent« Giants ami died last Tiiurs lay of ki«!ney trouble. they will receive from railroads and
He livtsl witli hi» son-in-law, W. H. larger property owners in the cities.
ing.
that is when- lie gets his pay check. He
Kiekenapp,
and «laughter on the Spring
Such an amendment places a penalty
The individual who thinks he is going togi-tlier with Boland ami Freemen wer«
to cut down expense« and strengthen simply loaned to the Meier am! Frank farm. atsiut a mile out ,-a»t of lent». upon thrift and is falm^eeonomic doctrine.
popular control by uniting the citv and team »«i<i any time Webb goes to Ballard Th«' funeral was !»•!<! Friday the 28th at Why should the man or woman who
town will make a big mistake. Under Mr. McCredie will have to consult Man 2 p. tn. at Kenworthy’», Rev. W. Boy.l through industry has accumulate!
Moore officiating
He wa« a retired property in excess of the amount covered
■ city government a town like Gresham ager Forte Don’t forget this.
farmer
His
wife
ami
two daughters, by tiie exemption pay for the expences
might wait a long time before an im
Mrs. Kiekenapp and Mrs. E. L. Revere, of educating tlie children of the man
portant local improvement was even
Several people starved to death in
wiio lives next door and may have a
considered. And Gresham could do New York City lately on account of the of Spirit latke. Idaho, survive him.
good home, with a horse and buggy and
nothing but petition and wait.
high prici-s for frnxl. In tlie meantime
piano thrown in, alls of which the
Thus it will be seen that it will be the richest man in the world goes down
0. R. Johnson Loses Daughter.
assessor holds to be worth but $ 1200.
safe to vote carefully on the question to his office at 2»t Bmadway «laily and
Utile Berniie Jolinmm, fourteen
Buch a proposal is manifestly unfair to
of approving a plan where cities and sis* all thia suffering without any ex
months old chiki of O. R. Johnson, who a very large percentage of the people of
counties may unite in one government pression of pity ami he claims to be a
lost his wife by tuberculosis a few weeks Oregon and, if carried, would threaten
and that a city government.
Christian We don’t want more libraries, ago. wa» buried Th uns lay The ih«ath
to retard the development of tbe state
The proposition set forth in the two church«* or colleg«*. We want a better
was «lue to tuliercular meningitis. She lN«cau»e lands in the face of an unjust
amendments providing for tax laws chance to live.
had lieen living at tlie home of Rev. proportion of taxation would liecome
that »hall give more freedom to collec
Carlson. 5718, F. 41st. 8. E. Mr. *'arl- less attractive to the investor and home
tors, and commissions having in hand
aon conduct«! tlie funeral at Ken bUil«i«u* whom commercial organizations
Sister’s Beau
the levying of taxes or in any way con
worthy’s.
are seeking to induce to com«« west.
struing the law or the instance should When sister’s l»‘au comes Sunday nights
The argument that the proposed
be considered very carefully. Giving We always turn on all the lights,
amendment will enable tlie poor to own
Should Work Both Ways
the privilege to any body or commis And l*a and Ma ami Sis and me
sion that will enable them to discrimi- j We entertain the company.
An English nobleman was defemling their own homes is overdrawn. There
nate as to who shall pay more or less H«1 sit» across the room from Sis
the hereditary nobility, and said: ”1»it is no logical reaaon why after a man
taxes, or a higher or lower rate, or on l.ik<- ..........................
this not r>ghi that, in order to hand down to acquires property worth $1500 he should
a greater or less valuation proportion
)H>sterity the virtues of those who have not pay his small portion of the burden
Our twdtinie's nine n’clock, you know,
ately to other property, is a danger
been eminent for theii servicw to the of taxation.
<1 just pretend, but do not go).
ous one and one that will not fail to
country, their descendants should enjoy
Tli«> lights they seem too strong for him,
meet abuse. Even the present law of
the honors conferred on them as a re
Proof Positive
And so they turn 'em awful dim.
"equality and uniformity" has been
ward for such service»'.*’
Two Irishmen were working on the
Ami lie sits on th«« couch with Bis
abused so what could we expect from
’ By the »am«« rule," cbim««<l in th** roof of a building one day when one
Likethis.
a provision that suggests discrimina-'
late Henry Labouch««rv, "if a man is ma«ie a misstep an«i fell to th«« ground.
tion between property owners. It is Ami when they think we're all asleep liange«! for his misdeetis, all his posterity Th«« other lean«««! over and eall«>d: ‘‘Are
absolutely im|a»ssible to assess and col Their talking stops—(I take a |>eep)— should l»> hangtsl too.”
yer dead or alive, Mike?”
lect taxes in a manner that will not he And no matter what the Umpt-ralure—
"Oi'm alive,” said Mike f««ebly.
proportionately more oppressive to I don't ««e how they can endure—
But when tlieA« Americans who are
“Sure you’re such a liar Oidon’tknow
He's
sitting
there,
ami
so
is
Sis,
some people than to others. The pres
new in Europe .Io get home, just think whether to beliav«« yez or not.”
*
L til
ent law is probably as fair as any. If (
of the »tori«* they will have to tell. An«i
■'Well, then Oi must b«« «lea«!,” said
ik i
all people paid taxes on their full val- ,
how they will revel in telling them.
Mike, "for vex would never daro to call
«*»
uation there would be little to complain
m«> a liar if Oi wor aloive.”
of and it is perfectly rational to be When h«« ami Sis part at the door
Even th«« millitants couldn't have
lieve that as large a proportion of peo It seems to part it's ‘‘never more;”
brought alKiut a greater smash i'ian the
The choir of the lent* Baptist Church
ple pay their apfiortionment of taxes, It’s first "gooti-bye,” and then "good
one in Euro)»«.
met
as the guests of Mrs. Warn«vck, of
night;”
and justly, under the present plan as
Third Ave., on W«lnes«iay evening of
At
last
he
turns
out
the
dim
hall
light.
any other. What then would lie gained
Yon haven’t hear,! of any of the thia week.
by changing to a plan that offers as a And long he stands—and so is Sis,
Russians in this country trying to get
Lt
first essential condition, , t|»t there
John Eggiman lias return««! from a
back home, have you?
i h
wouki be discrimination. The amend
month« vacation at Bridal Bush and
k i
ments given on pages 12, 13, and 14 of
With both a vast supply of grain ami Mt, Jefferson. Mr. Eggiman reports
e «.
the pamphlet will bear careful study.
—Washington Post.
a tlemand for it in sight? the calamity that fishing is exceptionally good.
prophet cannot expect a very sympathetic
Members of the local Masonic' fra
awiience.
Quarterly m««eting of Friemls will
Frau Schmidt—I umieratand that you
ternity together with the Eastern Star
be held in Lents Friend’« church Sept.,
gave an open meeting on Wednesday intend to have your little l>oy I«ecomean
In addition to numerous other good 4, 6 and rt. The Educational Conference
evening and entertained a number of artist How will you get him started?
reasons
for holding the French Ambassa- a«ldn ss will lie givenon Saturday at 7:45
Frau
Klein
—
The
first
thing
will
I*
to
their friends.
Refreshments were
served, a good program was rendered, have him wear hi» hair long. AU the , dor lip for $900, that Sherman Major p. m. by laivi T. Pennington of New-
t«erg. Ore.
prot>ably needed tbe money.
rest will naturally follow.
and a very fine time was reported.
SIRE EI SPEAKING Al
LENISIUESDAY EVE.
EAKLY MORNING FIRE
SHIFIINGIHE DUR
DESFROYSGOOD HOUSE
DEN OF TAXATION
Tbe Kanna» SocM-ty ofOregon v .» ^.1
' ‘ r »«« i
a picnic in Lent«, on tlie grounds of the ,' Petition of Over a
r
Names
«0tor of the Herald, six blocks north of
Presented to Citj
«, Askinc
the station, at 2:30 p. m. next Monday i
afternoon. That Iieing Labor Day, a' for Park Improver y and Swim
legal holiday, it is probable that every I mine Pool kt Lents r «aygrounds.
ex-Kan»an in Portland will be at libarty
to attend. While the picnic will be
What is undoubtedly the largest pe
nmler tlie «iirection of U m « Kansas Society, tition that ever went up from the en
all ex-Kanaans will be welcome. Tlie
time will be mostly given over to social tire Mt. Scott District, or any part of
intercourse, but there may be some > it, was presented to the City Council
program, not yrt r«-a<iy for announce on Thursday morning, Sept. 3. Fully
ment.
1000 names, all property holders, were
Th«- society invitee all Kansans in tlie i upon it and it was enough to make them
county to put in tlieir appearances at.
this picnic, bringing well filled baskets, i •it up and take notice. The petition
haa been in preparation for several
weeks, and has been handled bv officers
and members of the I^nts Parent
Teachers Club. Quite a number of the
older boys and girls have given assis
tance but the brunt of the work haa
been done by the women.
The new building for the Lenta
The proposition is to convert the
Library is about ready for use and the gravel pit that occupies so large a part
Library will be transferred and ready of the playground, into a swimming
for opening in the new location on pooL This would not be such s stupen
Tuesday next. The building is located dous task either. All the material for
the walls could be taken out of the pit.
at the comer of Foster Road and First The gravel for the building might all
Ave. The public will be admitted at be taken from the pit without any
one-thirty. Someone from the main trouble and very little moving. Much
library will entertain the children in of it is so clean that it would need no
story telling and the room will continue washing. A little smoothing down and
open through the day as usual.
filling in at the back end of the pit
would be all that is necessary and then
The Board of State Fair Directoni be set the walls in, bank them up with
lieving that it can give a number of boys dirt to the second story level. A good
auditorium would easily cover the
who are thoroughly interuted in agricul swimmingpool, ar.d an unsightly hole
ture and who might otherwise not attend would become an object of convenience
the State Fair which opens September and great practical value. This was all
28, 1914, an opportunity to see and to worked out a year ago but tbe action of
the people in voting down park appro
learn has inaugurated the Farm Boys*
priations held it up for the time bei«>g.
Camp and will give two boys from each
It is to be hoped that all this will be
county a week of observation and in changed now.
struction. A regular program has been
A committee consisting of Mrs Otto
outline«) and each day tlie boys will be Katzky, Mrs. Mamie Cox. Mrs. Murray
taken on a tour of the State Fair at the and Mr. Darnall and Dr. Sells waited
expense of the Board of Directors. Well on Mr. Brewster, presenting the peti
direct« 1 tours of the grounds will be of tion and urging the location of the
far more advantage to the boys than an swimming pool. Tbe Commissioner
ainil«*»» wandering from building to met them cordially and expressed a de
building. Master of the State Grange [ sire to meet with the Committee's
Spence will give his services. Also N. C. wishes, but owing to the demands that
Maris, field director of the Oregon were being made from so many other
Agricultural College, while E. F. Carl-! parts of the city, would promise noth
ton, superintendent of the Industrial ing definite at this time. He thought
Department, will give of his entire time, i at the very least, about $2500 would be
spent at Lents next year for improve
ments.
John Ryberg Dies
NEW LIBRARY IS NOW
READY FOR OCCUPANCY
The funeral of John L. Ryberg of 82nd
St and McKenzie Ave., about a mile
south of Grays Crossing «»x-iirrod Wed-1
nesday at 2 p. m. Mr. Ryberg was a
native of Sweden, 58 years of age. His
death wa» due to appoplexy. He leaves
a wife and one son. The funeral was | Saturday was celebrat«^ by members
held at Kenworthy’s an«l the burial was of Ijents Grange, numerous visitor« and
at Mt. Scott.
friends, as being the 10th anniversary of
the founding of Lents Grange. Though
Secretary Frank Meredith of the tbe grange really was not organized till
Board of State Fair Directors advises toward tlie spring of 1905. Then the
organizer anti first Master of Lente
the general public that advance prize Grange, Mr. A. F. Miller, wa» due to
lists or premium lists will be mailed free : have a birthday so the two event» were
to any person requesting a copy. Ad- , considered sufficient excuse for a «liver-
dress Frank Meredith. Secretary Orog«>n sion. Dinner was served at noon and
following that, T J. Krender, in charge
State Fair, Salem, Oregon.
of the program introduced a number of
___________________
speakers. Mr. . 'iller was calle,I upon
A Total Stranger To Her
first. Following him came Rev. C. E.
“I came, sir, in answer to your adver- 1 Cline of Portland, H. A. Darnell, C. T.
tisement in last night’s paper. You said i Dickinson, Mrs. H L. Vail, W. H. H.
you wante«! to employ a man who was a Dufur, J. H. Henderson. H W Snashall.
Mrs. C. T. Dickinson, Wilson Benefiel,
total stranger to fear.”
H. A. Lewis, Mrs. Darnell, Mrs. Otto
“Are you a brave man?”
“I am sir. 1 have given proof of my Katzky and others. All of them ha«i
courage in many parts of tlie world.” go«x! things to say of M. Miller an«l the
grange. In fact so many nice thiugs
“Yea?”
“I have faccl bullets in Mexico anti were said concerning Mr. Miller that hi«
wife l«ecame alarm«! lest he tecome
machet«* in Cuba.”
overly inflate! with «'go and suggestel
"Good”’
“I help«! to defend the missionaries further boquets be withheld.
Lents grange has grown to be one oi
against tne Boxers, and I was present
at the siege of Port Arthur.’*
tlie largest in the state, having a member
ship of over 200. It contains many of
“Fine.”
"I have fought the infuriate! walrusoi the l>cst families around Lents au«l in
Baffin bay ami th«« madd«*n«*d bnll- the way of promoting ««durational stand
it» membership ranks
elephants of Central Africa, as well as ards among
tlie bnll-moo«e of Maine, and I went among the best.
through an Armenian massacie without
losing my nerve.”
The Beaver Male chorus, of the Lent-:
“You seem to he the man I want. M. E chinch, were hosts at an elaborate
Would you be willing to go out on affehl dinner last W«lnesday evening, at the
in front of 20.000 fair-minded, sp«»rt-lov- home of Mr. and Mrs. F.. Frost The
ing Americans and umpire a baseball tables were set on the lawn, anti pre
game honestly, deciding against the sente! a most appetizing appearame.
home team when n«'essary ”
The chorus «consists of: Messer» R. A.
“8o that’s the job, is it? Well, I Repp, G. Berget, 1st Tenor; Charles
don’t want it,” replie«! the man of cour and Kenneth Wilson. 2nd tenor; Ren-
age, and broke into a cold perspiration selaer Wilkinson, Fay Smith, Baritone;
and a run for the door simultaneously. Fred Frost, Wilford Hollingworth, Mr.
—Newark New».
Klock, Bass. Their guest» were; Mr».
R A. Repp, Mrs Berget, Mr». Frost,
If some of us could make as much Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs.
money as Sam Blythe and Jack London Hollingworth, Mrs. Klock, Mias Ruth
by quitting drink, and then writing Howe. Miss l»na Crandall, Miss Lanra
•bout it, w«'d b« able to load up every Wilbanks, Mim Hil.la Turple and Mia«
Raie Stark.
nigiit.
LENES GRANGE HOLDS
ALL DAY PICNIC