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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1915)
WANT "ADS” à Them In B-6II1 1111 Only One-cent a Word iHt. Hrretlù LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915. Subscription, $1.00 a Year. OLD CURIOSITY MT. SCOTT GIRL SHOP OUTDONE WINS PRIZE NOW THAT SPRING HAS ARRIVED. i A 1 Ladles ol the Laurelwood Congrega Creston Girl Captures $26 Prize as Premium on Her Literary Ment, tional Church and their Friends as Viewed by Automobile Trade Collect Big Show of Interesting Association. Curios. !.aat Wadneaday afternoon and even* Ing we viaiteal Ye Old Corioeltv Shop given by the ladle# of the laurelw<xxl Congregational Church and their friende, and in eome featuree II waa •• intareeling aa a »tail to the Oregon Hiotorical Roots«. There were carlo« of every form and from every country. Perhapa Mr. Gruber had the largeat collection, eome of the moat important being, wooden «poona and fork« made I by the Yakutat Indiana of Alaaka, a groteaque contribution box made of ' Mi«« IxMiian Townaend ol MH, ROAD MASTER YEONS’ PAVING PU The Well Laid Plans of Construction Company and County Road Master Gradually Failing Before Repeated Thrusts. Yeon Plays Final Trick. 41 Ave., 8. E., ta the winner of the $25 In Events that have developed within the past sixty days show con clusively that plans have been maturing for the past three years mobile Trade Aaaociation for the l*wt for the saddling of Multnomah County Roads with a two inch coat letter written ileecriptive of Portland, of Warrenite. In view of these recent events it is now quite clear and ita aceuic advantage« Mira Town* why people connected with the Warren Company were so inter «end wrote a letter to iter aunt and it ested m defeating the Bingham Road bill at the last session of the wae a conctae etatrmrnt of Portland ad- Legislature. That Measure would have provided for competition vaiHagrs. Then- were *l«out ftuO con- with some other class of asphaltic pavement in all cases when the tenant« and it ia quite- an honor that patented Warrenite pavement was to be considered in a county comro to Mt. Kcott to have tin* winner paving contract. With that measure out of the way the Warren wood In Uie ahape of a turtle, from an <uuong u«. at leaet a eludeul in oar of people began to “fix” things for the big contract about to be let in Indian church in Juneau; copper, In Ila I li>a Mt. Scott nehoole. this county. They promoted the bond issue and directed the cam crude form, from Butte, Montana; a The control wae proponed to «eciirr a paign that Mr. Yeon made. They assured Mr. Yeon that paving large plate made of copper from a wreck •ample letter that could be placwl be at Montague laland, and tea guile' egge fore the pupil« of the echoole of U m * city, might be laid with a ten year guarantee, and whether he knew it and bear teeth Irom Alaaka. when he began the campaign or not, he knew before he was that tlwy might have a good «ugteetive Mr«. Rhory and Mre. Hnyder both bad form to uro wle-n writing to their eaat- done that the Warren pavements were the only ones that were large collection«. In Mre. Bhory’« die ern relative« and friemia about Portland backed by a ten year guarantee. He knew too, that the bonding play were found bend-made baby gar- and iter advantage« for touri«tei. The company that offered to stand behind the ten year guarantee was menu flfly-Sve yeara old; tiny play letter will be ahown in tbeacbooi«, other diebee fifty year« old ; quaint "mult'i Liter» will be written along the line it controlled by the Warren Company, and that they would refuse to loot" «ball« brought Irom Jamaica forty •uggeate, and throe letter» will be mailed give the same guarantee on any other class cf pavercent Of year« ago; a beautiful old «bawl; a let to relative« and friend« all over the course Mr.* Yeon said nothing about this and neither did any of the ter bearing a ton cent «tamp of the flrot Eaet. The remit will undoubtedly be papers around the county that were promoting the bond issue. leaue in the United Blatee and a cup that many enrol vieitora thia year will The aim was to secure the financial backing on the assurance that and eaucer ueed in oerving tea at an be influenced to come by way of Port Knglieh family chrietoning one hundred land. a ten year guarantee would be required, then if the question of a and fifty year« ago and brought to tbie Miaa Townm-nd'e letter ie ro follow«: different pavement was advanced the promise to the voters of a country in the «ailing veeeel, Garrick. 5418 Forty-flrat Avenue Southeaet. ten year guarantee would bind the Commissioners to stand by that In Mre. Hnyder'« oollection we aaw em Portland, Or., March 19, 1915.—Dear particular pavement that could secure the ten year provision. Mr. broidered mitu from London; an ex- Aunt Belli: I am glad you will vieit Yeon is very much disturbed just now, it appears, about keeping qoiaite* lace bankerchief from Scotland; Portland on your way to the Panama- a wonderful old eword and gun ueed in Pacific Exposition. his word with the voters on thia point. He insists on a ten year The various social organ ixations of guarantee. the Mexican war; «ball« picked up from Ixmgmir»-, Waah^ May 11, 1915. Portland ia a wonderful city. It ia District Attorney Evans says such a guarantee would the battle field of Gettveburg; an origi the iargvvt wheat, lumber and «almon Dear M r. Darnall: 1 got hack to (frvgon are to meet in tbe Third Annual not be legal, and that it would eliminate all competition. Social Service Conference at Reed Col nal copy of the New York Herald, dated port in tlie world; the aeraod hu-geat my work right »ide up. yesterday, after The Road Master and his first assistant, engineer Nunn, have lege on May twenty-first, twenty-second April 15,1866; a queer wooden fleii furniture manufacturing center in the a total ri<le of 577 mile« without a blow and twenty-third. been busy for the past two weeks with specifications. They drew Hrction« of the con book and quaint tiead ring, vet with United State«; the largest meat packing, out, and I certainly enjoyed tlie trip ference will deal (1) with tbe prevention opaioacent etone, made by Alaekan In liveetock, apple and prune center in the up a set of specifications so evidently discriminating that ths in and tlie hoepitality of your Grange and of unemployment, (2) with removing dian« and a hand-made coin eilver WecL tention was clear at once to any one that read them. In the speci County Couunimionere. That trip up epoon over eighty year« old. We have an unlimited «upply of pure the Columbia River wee the tineet drive the danger to society thru the neglect of fications on concrete they required what is known as Wayne County mental defectives, (8) with the task of Mre. Jenaen ha<l an intereeting ex water, which come« xtraigbt from tbe I have ever taken. I have written Mr. making the dweller« of our jail« and specifications. The concrete was to be composed of 1 part cement, hibit from Denmark A copper mortar melting «now of Mount Hood and plenty Mark Daniela, General Superintendent roformatoriee better men and women, 1 1*2 parts sand, and three parts of stone or gravel. The Pierce and peetle need for cruehing epicee; a of drinking fountai-ia on our xtrrotx of National Park«, urging him to atop and (4) with the plan of the financial •mall «elf-healing iron; hand-made ell- County Washington specifications, according to which the best TI m - beach reaorta may be reached in a off in Portland aometime and go over co-ordination of the various social ver bracelet« and a mini«« eilver tea few tMMir«. Thia mild climate make« roads in that county have been built, require 1 part of cement 2 tbe road to nee tlie poeaibility of eon- agencies. pot. Rhe bad aieo a jewel box made of thia an ideal winter reaort. of sand, and 3 1-2 of stone. According to these specifications it aUuding highway« in "imporoible" Our purpose ie to concentrate on the beautiful myrtle wood from our Yon will enjoy a ride on tin* Columbia ptatwe. It 1« to I* hoped that the pub- requires about a sack of cement to a square yard of pavement these four problems for the accomplish own Cooa Bay country. Mr« Churchill Highway, which ia tin* finert and mod lic official» having eon trol of tl»e paving ment of specific results during the next The Wayne county mix will require more than a sack and would abowed a glaaa vaae and pitcher from | picturesque road in the world. Front it of chi« magnificent road will give a few years. Tlie conference will be put the cement contractor at a disadvantage of about |12 cents a Europe, three hundred yeare old, while may be aeen five «now-capped mount thorough, unprejudiced and impartial known as the Oregon State Conference yard, and would thus give his competitors a better chance to out Mn. Havnee bad on exhibition a pair ain«, waterfall« and many fir-clad hilla. consideration of the relative merit« of all Srosionx will be of old aheare Irom Miaaiaoipi, one hun Portland ha- one of the iteet achool pavement« before adopting any type. of Social Agencies. bid him. held on Friday afternoon and evening, dred and fifty year» old, and eome pot •yatem« in the Unitwl State«. Modem traffic require« a pavement on Saturday afternoon and evening and The reason for tbe richer Wayne County mix as used in Michigan hook« which had been in the family for I will graduate in June, when I will foundation tlial ia absolutely firm and was that it was laid on an earthem base, and was subject to tem on Sunday afternoon. five generation«. Mre. Eiebburn brought be free to vieit with you our city park«, unyielding, and. thin i« particularly dif Your very kind co-operation in for perature changes incident to that climate. a much prixed needle-caee with «olid museum«, art galleriro ami theater«, for In these western roads ficult ko «ecure ia thia moiat climate. mer conference« is remembered and ap gold bodkin, an ancient muatard cup which Portland ie noted. We can view where there is rarely any freezing, and especially where the base Ilta lolly te> expect a uruabed rook preciated. We wish to extend to you a from England and a aun glaaa from the annual regatta on Ute Willamette* is a well settled gravel or macadam base there is no reason for the bane to «tund up long under the tre- special invitation to co-operate in this India. (By the way, Mre. Fiehburn haa from my new motorboat. mendoua weight of modem vehicle«. 'richer mixture. a wonderful collection of curioe in her The Columbia Highway and tlie many The weight per equate ft. on tie* founda oonference by attei>ding. by sending The ¿’serimination in the specifications is not all limited to ce J special delegatee, and by taking part in own home.) Mre. Ball dteplayed a miler of clean, paved «treete make Port tion of many building» 1« no greater than the discussion«. Please advise ns if you delicate knitted thread cap eighty yeare land an ideal city for motorieta. ment concrete. Tbe specifications as drawn by Mr. Yeon and Mr. the preaenrr per «quart ft. exerted by old ; an old chair from Virginia and a Hoping yon will be here during the one of there modem 14 ton truck« wonid like programs mailed to you. Nunn provided that asphaltic concrete should be laid on a five inch William F. Ogburn, Prof, of Econ lovely old «ampler ninety yeare old, worid-famou« Roue Keativai, I remain, cement concrete base, but the Warrenite might be laid on a ma pounding along a pavement. Ami it omics and Sociology. from England. Many other time Your affectionate niece, would be ro senaible to conatmct a rroi- cadam base. When it ia understood that the only difference in honored articlee were on exhibit; an ixininr Townaend. d«nce foundation of oruabad rock and Asphaltic Concrete, or Topeka, as it is sometimes called, and War — old Bible which bad been in Mre. Brad aaphaltic cevaai«« «a tevaurlace a trunk bury’« family for over a hundred year«; renite, is a larger percentage of coarse rock in the latter, the evi highway with that type of pavement Parent-Teacher Club Program. a homw epun linen abeet, made during dent intention to place the Asphaltic Concrete at a disadvantge is A contmrte broe la-abaolntt*fy e»«ential Tomorrow at 2:30 tbe Lente Parent the Civil war, by Mro. Handaaker ; a in any «ucceeafni pavement. And it apparent to any one. If Asphaltic Concrete should be laid on a Bible and achool hooka over a hundred Teacher Aeaaciation will be entertain <-o«t» much I««« to make »hi« **ha«e” cement base, should not Warrenite also be similarly laid? Tbe re yeare old by Mre. Zebrang, while Mre. ed by a lecture, Prof. Rebec of tbe State The Park Department has issued its rich enough to withstand traffic ftuelf, sult of “ fixing ” the specifications was that Mr. Yeon was in Hlakox eahibited a bed-«prM.i made by Univeraity on "The Natural Order of than to lay over it any «tandard type of annnal concert program. I>nt« will be the Development of tbe Child*« Mind." structed to get out a new set specifiying equal requirements for all her greet grandmother and linen woven Hurfacing «ucn a« aeplialt, asphaltic con entertained June 29th an<i August X Into cloth eixty yeare ago from flax Prof. Rebec ie a very able man and an crete* (Warrenite) or brick. Multnomah Si xty-si x oone»*rtn sse provided st various classes of pavements, and allowing cement concrete bidders to bid Lenta parent« points in* tbe eity, besides Sunday con rained in Penney Ivanin. Mre. Hammare intereeting «peaker. County own«.a rock «rushing plant that on either the Wayne County or Pierce County specifications. The after ehowed an old-faebioned patch work •bould all take advantage ol thi« cliance nanUim out eaueUent material for con- certs at Washington Park noon concerts will be held at three The next question to settle was the ten year guarantee. Mr. quilt and Mre. Welle ehowed a woven to bear an able addreee. crete pavement at a very low coat, ami o’clock; the evening at 8 p th Evans stated that no part of the money raised by the bond issue Mice Moran*« cla«« will prevent a dia red and blue bed-epread, both being a ■hould therefore be able to get a first could be used in providing a bond or maintenance fund. He also century old. A bed-epread knitted by logue. Election of officer« will follow das« pavement at a low price. expense in a concrete pavement. It Parent« are especially urged to be at Mre. Davie' grandmother at the age of The present macathini road« are ideal «Tilt require 20 pert ent more cement in a said that the discrimination produced by requiring a ten year bond 91 yeare, wae aeen, and a beautiful tbie meeting. for a foundation for concrete pavement. 1-1S-8 mixture than in a 1-2-3^ mix would be unjust and probably illegal. He advised a five year bond black lace ecarf over a hundred yeare They «hould be scarified and the surplus ture. This 20 percent saving would and the court decided and instructed Mn Yeon Monday afternoon old wae exhibited by Mre. Lockwood. rock should be used for dressing the amount to 860,000 in the work now in Advertised Letters to draw specifications providing for a five year bond. Mr. Yeon Another handrome old ehawl wae Advertieed letter« for week ending «haulders, so that it ia doubtful if any contemplation in your county, for I advised the Board the following morning that he considered the ebown by Mre. Woolworth and a linen May 15, 1915: Converse, David H.; additional rowk for this pnrpoee will be notice in the Oregonian that the specifi ebeet ebown by Mre. Prattan which waa ten year bond essentia] and implied that he would not carry out cations require a bl*^-3'mixture instead Coomb«, Mr«.; Jone«, Mr«. C. H ; Kerr, iwiniasd. woven by her grandmotner in Scotland T would' m-ommend a pavement hav the instructions. This seems to be his last effort and if he cannot of the l-2-3\ mixture that has been so Mr«. Alice; 9609, (17th Ave., 8. E. (2); a centn. y ago. Among the quaint and ing a 1-2-3X mixture. 7 inch«« thick in surerosfully constructed ’ in Washington, j Lippar, Jamee. make that stick he has only one hope and that is that his Warrenite fantastical exhibit« were tortoiee ehell Geo. W. Spring. Po«tma«ter. the middle and 5 inches at rhe ertgre. Wisconsin, and many othsr xtates. It will win out right or wrong. bracelet« from Vienne, by Mre. Wool* A richer mixture titan this is a waste-of seems to me that the County Commis It is worth while noting that the attorneys who appeared before worth; a petrified I- aeter egg, by Mre. ie over five hundred yeare old. Mre. money. Wayne County, Michigan, sioners might he able co make this sav Cornwall; Indian bead« from Idaho and , Leroy wore a chintx drew belonging to uaes a LH»-3 mixtun*, but their pave ing of 150,000 by notifying bidtters to the Court in this matter were Mr. Montague, attorney for the Indian moeceeine from Alaaka. by Mre. her great grandmother and carried a ment« are built entirely on very unstable submit bids on the 1-2*3H basis as well Warrenite people, and Mr. E. E. Coovert, attorney for Mr. Yeon, Brenner; windmill and liny eboea from tiny gold enuff box which wae very foundations-—wo soft tliat wheels sinh to as the 1-1H*3 as I am advised that bids Mr. Benson, and evidently on good terms with the Warren com Holland, by Mre. Gerling; cribbage auaieat. A vwvy rare celleetion, nod the hub before the roads are paved— may bi* filed on various pavements not pany. Mr. Coovert has a brother who is an engineer for the board made of a real’« tnek and «-work tbe one which would «ureiy have taken and fort hern: on*, all their pavements sailed for in the sail for bids. Warrens. backet mad« of the ehell of an arma i a prixe, had a prize been offered, waa are bnilt by county forces under politi I wish again to compliment your dillo, by Mm. Paque and a Mate rnp from Julmaea and owned by Mr. and cal management, and11 was adVised by committee on tlie thoroughness of its In the matter of guarantee, it is understood by most everyone from Routh America exhibited by Mm. Mre. J. J. Handeaker the County Engineer of that county on investigations into all type« of pave- that the company giving bond for maintenance always adds Wineor. Thia cup wae ueed to eerve Many expremion« of wonder were my trip there over the roads ationt a ineaMt iu thf« state anti to endorse every enough to cover possible losses In the case of fifth street, Port mate, a drink they eerve ae we do after- heard from the «pectator« and many year ago, that tlwy changed their mix «tatemeut in the uxeehent report snb- dinner coffee. Mre. J. L. Ziegler people diecovered that they had at ture from a 1*2-4 to a l-l}fc-3 because miiied tn the bounty Commissioners. land. which is pointed out by the Warren people as such a fine ex ehowed a precioua old epoon made from home «omething unique, old or fantaetic the craws sometimes were careless and The people of Multnomah County are all ample of their paving, the city pays them 2 1-2 cents per yard for the eilver knee buckle« worn by one of which they "would have brought.” It this rieher mixture gives them suffi«i«*iit entitled to the information contained in ten years to guarantee the maintenance. They claim an expendi her anceetore In old colon!*' day«. Mre. ie tbe opinion of the writer that the latitude for variation without vndarqn-r- that valuable report and it should be ture of $325.00; the city has paid out $3314.90. If that is true, Wiggin and Mre. Ide dieplayed an in- Mt. Scott district could famtah a good ing tbe mnilta. KansaaCity uaes a l-2)k- publislted and circnlatsd extensively. then the city can well afford to carry its own maintenance. If it trweeting collection of ornament« from eieed mneeum if each family would 4>» mixture on its city «treets ami has Kindly give my regards tn Mr. ia not true, then no one knows what it has cost the company and Norway, while perhapa tbe oldeet bring forth their vetoed rolice end built Tfl mile« of successful pavements Johnson. Yours truly. no one will know, as any record the city has, will not be given article ebown waa a Dutch com pa«« allow the public the pieaaore ol in- of it. M. Roy Thompson, out for publication. box, tbe property of Mre. Leroy, which epeciing them. Cement is of course the big item of P. O. Box 933, Tacoma. gold prix« offered by the Portland Auto ROAD ENGINEER CONFERENCE AT WRITES HERALD REED COLLEGE LEWS WILL HAW TWO CONCERTS