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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1914)
Daily Oregonian, Herald, Mc Ha I Magazine and Sunset, all for 17.80 i if aken at the Herald office. KNOWS ALL THE GOSSIP. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Ill the Amerh-an Msaaalno George Flt< h. the Illinois humorist, writes on "The ILoiiieburg Telephone Kxehauge.** lu which he de»< rlln-e the telephone iu Pte sc Taber 22S4 a small village In the following ex Rc»Mcs«.c 211 N. Maia St. Leali. Ore. tra< t lie explain« why t'arrle. the tele phone operator, known more than any Mrs. F. R. Foster ia enjoying a visit ««lie else In town: from her sister from Vancouver. "When m.v wife wants t<> know If h.its are being worn tit an afternoon lam Gates and wife returned from reception «he • alls Currie. Ten to one Mi. Scafi. Leal« aad Pertlaad McMinnville Monday, after spending Carrie has caught a «<-n<p of ««»uverwa lion over ¡be Hue «nd know« Itut If some time there on a visit. she hasn't she will cull up and hud out When a doctor leave« his oflli-e to make Baggage and General Hauling, Mr. an«l Mrs. Desky and sons of a call lie culls up Currie, ami «lie faith Montavilla. spent Thanksgiving with fully pursue«, him through t.«wu ami Trunks 50c Lach country nil day. If nwvaxnrv Wheti Otto Katzky and family. we are preparing for a journey we d<> DAILY SERVICE ' uot go dow n to the de|a»t until we have Mrs. Clara Wilson of Peterson Addi- . calle«! up Carrie ami have tuuiul out if I the train la on time And w hen out leave Baggage Check and Address Cion reports improvements now Iwing t«able« waialer away we no uiiigei rttu made on their home buildings. at Plummer Drugstore. i fra nt lea lly up aud down the street Thirst and Madison St. hunting for them We ask Carrie to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lent are happy advertise for a lost child seven hands in the birth of a son—a Thanksgiving high aud weuriug a four hour old fare wash, and wltblu five minutes she ha« gift—born Thursday, 3 p. in. called up fifteen people In various |«tris , of the town and has <lls< uv er,«l Hint Mrs. Dr. Hess spent Monday and sahl child ia playing Indian hi m « uio Tuesday at Carroll’s Point. Washing j back yard a few blocks away "Carrie is also our coutidant I hale ton. visiting friends to thluk of the uuml«er of things I ar rle knows l*row<lug Into our Hues The quarantine was removed from the while we are talking, u« she <1< h ‘ s lu Cox family Saturday and the children sean h of conuectloli» to take down Draka & Mauck »tie overhear* enough goasip to turu re-entered school Monday. MAUDRA HAT SHOPS II ouK-burg into u liotlusl of anareiiy if 12« 4TH ST 34? WASHINGTON ST. «die were to let It loose. Mrs. E. Pinekley, daughter of Boom* "Hut »he doesn't. Carrie keeps all Johnson of Gresham, and a nil dent of the secrets that a thousand other wo Pleasant Valley, diet! Tuesday morning. men can't She knows what Mrs, Wimble lloru «aid to .Mrs Ackle.v over the line which tun de Mrs..Ackley so Wagon Repairing and General A. D. Kenworthy is enjoying a visit mad that the two haven't apoken for from his brother, J. V. Kenworthy and three years Sb«* knows Ju«t who of BLACKSMITHING our citizens telephone to l*ayn«*AVllle family, from Anacortes, Wash. Matt Greenslade, Foster Road when Homeburg goes dry and order books, shoe«, eggs and hard boiled Lenta schools will give a («oultry allow shirts from the saloons up there to t«e X again this year Great interest is being sent by express tn a plain package. developed among the children, who are She knows who calls up Lutie Briggs every night or two from Paynesville, making preparations for the show. and young Alexander Bane would glre Tabor 3614 worlds for the information, reserving QUICK SERVICE Wm. Anderson ha» all the house num- only enough for a musket or some oth hers on the east «ide of Main street to er dueling weapon. FIRST CLASS WORK "There's very little that Carrie does Foster road. now. and will be pleased to furnish them to any one desiring them. not know 1 shudder to think what would bap(M*n If Carrie should get miff ed and begin to divulge Cnee we had G. W Utterback and wife of Chick a telephone girl who did this She was asha, Okla., enroute to California, are a pert young thing w ho bad come to visiting J. L. Robinson and family this town with her family a short time be fore. It was s mistake to hire tier Week. telephone girls should be watched and tested for dlHcretlon from babyhood Mrs. MaxMeyer, formerly of Lenta, up—but our directors did It and tie Furniture and Piano Moving has sold her farm in Clark County. cause she showed a passion for litera Express and Baggage Washington, and will return to Lents to ture and gum and very little for work they fired her in three months. She live, bringing two children with her. STAND 52 First St, Cor. Pine, with Post left with reluctance, but she talked Special Deliver). Phooe« Main 402. A-I4S2 with enthusiasm, and Horneburg was Residence. Mi Ave. and Marie St. Mh Ave. Charlie Reynolds, at one time en an artued camp for a long time" Station near Lent», Phone Tabor 3774 gaged in the grocery businem here with Herald and Daily and Sunday Ore his brother, Robert, is reported to have gonian 97.SO. been killed by a train near Florence. 1 < iregon. on Monday. Herald and I>«ily Journal H 'V All church. society. v«r»»n«l and local new. not publt.heU for profit. free; notice, of •«« Urtaitimrnt.. conduct<-<l for profit, published •t a ibc minimun, of L>‘ word«. Announce ment. and card of thank*, tame rate Adver tising rate, quoted on request Edward Mills EXPRESS HORSE-SHOEING NewMethodLaundry Lents, City and Way Points Ernest E. Hatter A. N. GARDNER JEWELER Watches, Jewelry Repair Work All Goods and Work Fust Class NeariPoet Office, LENTS Foeter Roa«l NOTICE! Understanding that the Lents Fuel Company is about to re tire from business, I will sell Wood at the following Prices until April first 1915. Best Live Wood ......... Dead Wood ................. Slab Wood Ties $5.00 $4-50 $4.50 $6.50 Lents Fuel Company R. L. WHITCOMB, Prop. Phone Tabor 1688 Office cor Main and Foster Road F. F. EHRLICH Ta i lor Suits to Order $15.Ovi and up Foster Road Next Door to P. O. Lents Sta., Portland, Oregon Eggiman's Market Cams of th« Telephone the Beet Port ed Pereon In Town. The Oddfellows have decided to invite the Haralo and Woodlawn degree teams to put on their degree team contest in the Mt. Scott Lxxlge ball in Lente. IMPORTANT EVENTS IQI4-IK AT 0.1K0N MRICUITURIH. COlLEGf WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, including Agronomy. Mrs. Carrie Blakesly, daughter of Animal Husbandry, Dairying. Horti* culture, Poultry Husbandry, Insects, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred is home for tier Plant and Animal Diseases, Cream- Thanksgiving vacation, Mrs. Blakealy an Management, Marketing, etc. is teaching at Battleground, Wash. Home Economics, including Cook ing. Home Nursing, Sanitation, Sew ing Dressmaking and Millinery. lente school* made a tine collection of Commerce, including Business Man Thanksgiving donations for needy' agement. Rural Economics. Business people in various parte ot the district. | Law Ofice I raining. Farm Account Engineering, including A large number of families were sup- | ing, etc. Shopwork and Roadbuilding. plied with fool arel other home com- I FARMFRS WEEK —FEBRUARY 14 forte. A general clearing house session of six days for the exchange of dynamic ideas on the most pressing problems The Epworth league of the M. E. of the times. Lectures by leading authorities. State conferences. Church gave a Country Fair Tuesday night. More than two hundred people EXTENSION SERVICE Offers lectures, movable schools, in were in attendance. The program was stitutes and numerous correspondence short but very pleasing and a happy courses on request. time was enjoyed by all. It was a de MUSIC: Piano, String, Band. Voice. cided success and cineol with many con gratulations. Mrs. C. E. Cleland, formerly of lent« writes from Dorres, California, in ap- preciation of their new home. Her son the j i Ira, who took several prizes in school cooking contest at Lente last [ year, wa« a winn-r on layer cake at the , Butte Valley fair recently held at Dorres. The I.ents Rebekaha’s have chosen Mrs. Clyde Sager for tlieir Noble Gran<l for the next term. Mrs. J. W. McNeal will occupy the chair of the ViceGrand ; Mrs. Mamie Cox was re-eh-cted Cor responding se«;retary and Mrs. R. E. Allen wa« re-elected Financial Secre tary. Miss Bessie Lightfoot was chosen , Treasurer. There is some talk of a joint installation early in January THE NEW RURAL CIVILIZATION By Patsr Radford. torturer National L'armer«' l'nlon. M'e are confronting a new rural civilisation It Is so radically differ ent from the life of the past that It may well be called new, not merely ' because of Its characteristics, but be .cause of its triumph in rural coopera tion and leadership. The utilization of modern agencies, and the use of farm machinery have greatly Increas ed the efficiency of the farmers, broa lutud their vitdou and made life more satis fying The moat serious enemlen to coun try life are Isolation and drudgery, and ptrhiips the worse of the two la Iso lation. It 1« the curse of the coun trv The hunger of young people for c panlonahip ha; been disregard« d ar I In various ways th« social In- rtincts hnve had their revenge Th« lr its of modern Inventive skill and e: • rjvrl«« have enriched country life a.i.I afforded the facilities of banish- !n>: forever th«' extreme isolation v l.lch us«’d to vex the farm house hold of thi past Th<< telephone Is a great social asset In the rural home; the rural free delivery brings the world's daily message to the door, the parcel post delivers ten million pack age« per annum at a half million homes, and the automobile annihilates distance making Isolation a myth The building of public highways has brought com nunitles and farm homes closer together One test of modern civilization la The the capacity for co-operation selfish days of the Independent farm er are rapidly passing and we are be ginning to catch the vision and share the profits of organized efforts There are many farm machines adapted to serving a community, but organiza tion of fanners Is required to pur chase and operate them on a co-oper ative basis, and new law, are needed to permit these transactions. Po I ¡.her». VOTE FOR . Liquids •nd Oils. Shining Parlor in Connection L. PETROVICS 114 Main St. Lenta Big Business and Small Profits 112 Main Street Lents, Oregon WINTER SUITS Best Patterns, Moderate Prices. Neatest Styles REPAIR WORK Cleaning and Pressing by Skilled Workmen OUR SERVICE GUARANTEED John Manz, Lents, Ore 1 fi fi fi ! 0 LOVETTS FURNITURE STORE New ind second hand household goods bought and sold. Wall Paper at prices that will surprise you. Window Glass. House painting and Paper Hanging figures. Lead and Linseed oil used at close New Taoke for the Rural Church. Save the Necves SALF---Poli.hr., The Market With the Co-operation the Key Note. Rubber Heels ON Extra Good Line of Fresh and Salt Meats, Smoked Ham and Bacon s 0 s 5 The Copeland Lumber Company 9 9 M 9 The average bird 1« the farmer'* beat and truest friend—stand by your i friends—the feathered songsters. ABLE PRICES A fiine Supply of Pickles, Kraut, Saucesand Fresh Vegetables A Good Roof A Low Price Take good roads for your text and go everywhere preaching the gospel j of better farm -conditions. REASON Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, or Chickens—-order at once Cronolite Roofing Sewed or Nailed Expert Shoe Repair Work GOOD WORK AT HOLIDAY It ia a dramatic moment on the fi farm when machinery «mancípate« the «lave of drudgery The evolution of farm machinery la a continued story of human ingenuity. One man now, by the aid of modern mechanical device«, car do as much as five or ten men used to perform and the work Is le«s burdensome and more fascinating The miracle of conqueet Bought in Carloads direct from the «111 lift th«- curse of drudgery that Factory has crushed the courage out of farm boya and caused them to retreat to the cities Three are many labor waving Get our prices on this Superior devices for the homes that can relieve Brand of Roofing liefore you place the wife of backbreaking tasks I .a borsavlng machinery haa wrought your order. educational problem* that have en gaged the attention of the boys, re- lleved the housewife and added tie* economies and values to farming and Phone Tabor 1371 has taken away self pity and glfeh fi them a genuine pride In their callÁig Fo«ter Road and t'ainpl«ell Sta. lento Station, Port'and, Oregon We need to take full advantage of “OOOOOOOOOICXOIOOIOOOO these facilities SOLES MENDED We Have Them WILL TAKE YOUR ORDER FOR The Slave of Drudgery. The rural church has been slow to adjust Itself to the new order of things The churches are discover ing new opportunities for serviss, broader community usefulnees and a greater social mission. The chsrch must gird Itself for new tasks and under a new virile type of leadership undertake real community building No tuition. Reduced rates on all rail with the modern church as the center roads. For further inf« rma ion address, of activity and source of inspiration The Oregon Agricultural Collage. and guidance The triumph over iso ft« 12-l-to-l-l) cultVALUS (MteOON lation and the gradual emancipation from drudgery, the development of good roads, telephones, rural mail sar vice and th- wonderful evolu.ion of farm machinery make for religious advancement. The Increase In Intel ligerice, new social consciousness, growing spirit of co-operation added efficiency of rural institutions, ch»r acter, home building and better rural moral* afford opportunities for a com munity serving church to demonstrate Its power The rural church to ful fill Its mission must swing around It the influences for progress. WANTED—Small furnished house, or two housekeeping room» in vicinity of Saginaw Heights. O. Jacobson, 5IM Everett St . Portland. FOR"SAI)E—A good rig. hor-e, bar- net* and wagon, cheap. Suitable for family use, grocery, market gardner, berries, right delivery, or express Everything in go«»! condition, and rendy for immediate use. Also ■ s««t of good double harness, medium heavy. One, 12 ip. plow (Oliver, steel) One, 12 in. Syracuse chill«! iron plow. One ■iouble shovel plow, one teed cutter, and many other articles. Come and see th«« things. They are all in good eon- ; dition and they are cheap. W’alter ' Danvers, Kendall Station. The Rural Church the Guiding Star of Progress. <■ Miss Maude Alvord Candidate in the Journal Trade and Circulating .Contest, from Mt. Scott District No. 3 Votes left with W. E. Goggins, of D«nts, <>r mailer! tn Mira Alvor«! at ftirjii Forty- ! sixth Avenue, 8. E., will be accepted with thanks. Phone Tabor 2352 3 No Job too Large for us to bandle 106 Main Street South, Lents Oregon Hay, Feed and Grain Washed Gravel, Sand Cement, Brick, Lime, Wall and Land Plaster S McKINLEY & BUNDY Phone* Tallir ; Home 3112 ■v INSURE NOW * In Oregon’s Most Reliable Association Oregon Fire Relief, Oregon Merchants Mutual Fire, American Life and Accident In surance of Portland PROTECTION AND BENEFITS MODERATE RATES John Brown, Qresham, Ore.