ruft Hcralù Phone us your news Items-—they are al ways welcome • LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT., 9, 1915. Subscription, $1.00 a Year. GRAYS CROSSING BRADFORDS LOSE FIRE MYSTERY SONS. GAIN DAU6H If RS Midnight Fire at 6S09153 Street Reveals Surprise to Neighbors And Officials. Gasoline Explosion Starts the Trouble. The Epworth League Cabinet of the M E. Church held B bantpiet at ttie («rsonage Wwinesday evening of this week Hubjeets of much ir,terest were The Bradford family of Park Htreet baa been undergoing serious clianges within tf>* past two weeks. to establish domiciles of ! Norene, J. B. Ott, their own and wliether the family ia the When W. C. Prine cams home ofe>ut loser or gamer try the moment is accord In the dwtuibnnoe midnight on last Thursday night and ing to the view. orders«! a hot lunch hr provided for two young women have been important. trouble that he may have to clear up in factors. Father and motlier Bradford ' the United Htatee Courts. The lunch have ar-cepted tliem as daughter» and so I it is safe to assume that the family iiaa wee prepared over a gasoline stove. grown rattier titan shrunk in size. Ttie The etove exploded and eet the house first public announcement of tiie family on fire. Prine ran out in hie night eliange wax made Heptember first when clot bee and gave the alarm. The Gray a Ixrwell C. Bradford was united by mar Crossing. Lenta, and Kern Park De riage with Miss I »ttie Granthan of Port land. the father, C. H Bradford officiat partments turned out and put the fire ing. Tire ceremony was performed at out. The Prine'e saved nothing from the home of O. Yates, a relative of ttie the mine But they were on the scene groom Tbe young people were studanta early the pest morning. From some at Reed College. Lowell completing the winged clothan they reecued a roll of course in three years. He will tie oc greenoacha, end they displayed great cupied as an instructor in ttie high interest in some shoes that were more school at Hillsboro this next season or leee damaged by the fire. They par- On Tueeiiay evening a number of licularly looked after the left shoee of friends from ttie Evangelical church several pair, and though they probably visited tbe Bradford borne anil brought saved eevera), the neighbors grew sus a number of tokens which will tie duly picious and notified the city officials. appreciated by ttie brides and grooms, An Investigation exposed the fact that aside from ttie pleasant hour spent. the left shoes of eight or nine pair all Wrdnea«lay evening was the date for had holes in the heels, bored through tiie second wedding in ttie Bradford from tbe inside of the shoee. The holee family. Alvin K. Bradford and Miss were all covered by the loose leather Lilali Clark. were married at ttie home lining, but a little inveetigatlon dis of tiie bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. closed holes about an inch wide and an N. Clark, a mile south of Lenta, ttie inch deep In one of the holea a father, Mr. c. 8. Bradford again officia quantity of opium was found. mg, just member* of tiie immediately The Prines have been renting the relate«! families lining present. A livuse from Thomas lN-geubart of tbe Forest Fire Fighters Return Opal Elliott Reweds wedding lunch was served and the even Grays Croesi ng Land Company. ing was spent in wedding style. The The company of firefighuere that left Rsporta from Vancouver of Sept., Itegenhart ia away at the bop fields and young couple started this morning for Lenta a week ago last Friday evening ' third, states that Opel Elliott, a former will stand a loos of several hundred dol Han Diego, where Alvin has a p«sution lars on the bouse. returned on Tuesday evening. They Lente girl, and C. E. Hiett, now a con- as assistant physical director in the Meantime Prine and wife have not were carried to Clear Lake by auto, doctOT on the Northern Pacific Railroad, Y. M. C. A- The two boy» will tie bees seen in tbe vicinity. It remains from Boring, and began work Sunday wer* married on the evening of the grvatlj missed in lienta where they have to connect them with a smuggling busi morning on the fire line. They lived second, at tbe home of Rev. R. H. Is-eu active in tiie work of tbe Evangel ness. but that will probably be possible out doors most of the time, eating and 8**y*r. the wedding being a quiet ical Church, and its srweral societies, They have iieeo free with money. They sleeping in tbe open woods, bad plenty a^**r- Mr. and Mrs. Hiett were and in various other relations through dressed better than any one else in the of work, lots to eat. good ’esaUuent wed J married in 1910, but found married life out the city. But with many regrets at district, silk underclothes, and al) the unsatisfactory and secured a divorce. their departure will lie joined a greater a fine experience. They were gone nine latest tailoring. They saved very little They seem to think conditions have day«, saw a lot of country, that under regard for their future and it is hoped in tbe clothing line from tbe fire but changed or that they did not under their fortunes will i* cast in happy and ordinary conditions would have cost they can afford to loose if they escape stand each other as they now do, so them a neat sum. They had a chanee successful fields. tbe law. to see some game, caught a few fish, they decided to try it again. TONNAGE OF A VESSEL duet What It Is and the Methods by Which It Is Measured. To find th«- tonnage or displacement of a ship is rut her puxxllng Tbe tou- uage of u ship is tbe measure of Its fubk-al or carrying capacity expressed in tone. At tbe present time there are four metho«)* In use of expressing tbe tonnage of a *ldp. known respectively as tbe gms* lounage. the net register tonnage, the deadweight touuuge Hud the displacement tonnage. In calculating tbe gross tonnage the whole interior capacity of the ship be low the tonnage deck is found, iuclud Ing that of all covered In spaces on deck used for stowage, anti tbe result in cubic feet la divided by ltk). Tbe net register touuuge ia tbe gross lounage minus all the spaces used for the accommodation of the crew and instruments aud tbe working parts of tbe ship, it is on tbe net register ton nage that almost invariably dues un paid. The deadweight tonnuge is the men* ure of tbe exact amount of cargo thut a ship can carry without sinking too deep In the water. Tbe displacement tonnage is the apa<-e occupied by tbe ship lu tbe wa ter. The amount of water displaced by a ship ia, of course, equal in weight to tbe ship nnd all It contains. As one ton la equal to thirty-five cubic feet of water, the displacement ton nage Is found by dividing the Utimber of cubic feet of water displaced by thirty-five when the ship la Immersed up to Its draft or load line.—Ixindon Standard. • Quotes ths Headlines. GEOLOGIC PERIODS. Stories of Tims Told by Fossilised Plants and Animals. KTeutlsta hesitate to estimate geo logicul time in term* of years. Hucb estimates Lave, however. Iieeu made, and one published by Professor Charles Hcbucbert lu 11110 states that altout 12.UK),tasj years have elapsed since tta close of tbe carboniferous age, an age. as tbe uatue suggests, in which great deposits of carbon, in coal, wen- lieing formed lu mauy parts of tbe world. This age has beeu divided by geolo gists into tbe Mississippian. Petiusyl- vaulau aud I’ermlau epochs, of which tbe Mississippian is the oldest aud the Permian the youngest. Tbe Pennsyl vanian epoch alone is estimated by Schucbert to have covered 2,100.(KK) years, aud uuimal life is supposed to baie existed ou tbe eurtb for over 14.- (KXI.OUO years lie fore that time Geologic jieriod* are recognised pri marily by the animals and plants that lived in them, so that tbe study of fossils plays a very real and important part In the progress of geologic know I edge Ris ks of carlsiuiferuus age. as shown by their fossils, have a wide dlstriliu tlou lu tbe Unlteil States, and they are apt to alsiuud in these remains of plaut and animal life. The fossil shells which are found in them, however, may vary greatly from jsdut to point, beenuse the animals they represent lived lu different periods of geologic time or in different regions in tbe car- boulferous is-ean.—Argonaut. Took The Paper Leven Years I've stopped the paper—yes, I have, I didn’t like to do it, But the editor he got too smart, And I allow he'll rue it, I am the man who pays bis debts, And will not be insulted, Ho when tbe editor gets smart I want to tai consulted. "Do you see that youngster standing on tbe corner with hl* hands In his pfs-kets and whistling with all hla might?" "Of course I see him and hear him too." "lie’s one of tbe calamity howlers In our neighborhood." "You must lie mistaken.” I took the paper 'leven years “No. I’m not. He sella newspapers And helped him all I could air, after school." — Birmingham Age-Her- Bnt whan it comes to dunnin' me, aM. I didn’t think he would, sir, But that be did, and you can bet March of Progress. It made me hot as thunder; "What has become of love In a cot I says, “I'll stop that sheet, I will, tag*. anyhow?" If the doggone thing goes under.” "■t lias given away to Incompatibili ty In a bungalow." -Kansas City Jour I hunted up the editor nal And for his connin' caper The first duty of a man Is still that 1 (mid him 'leven years to quit— Yes, sir, I stopped the paper. •f subduing fear.—Carlyle. In common things the law of aacrt flee takes 'be form of positive duty.— Fronde. The Herald $1 per Year No. 36 MT.SGOTTSGHOOLS SHOW GROWTH diwumed and plans made for ttie year’s Many in Hop Fields, Yet the At work. Those attending the banquet tendance Nearly as Good as Last were W. Boyd and Mrs. Moore. Edwin Year at This Time. Late Ar Two of the boy* have forsaken Die parental roof and decided Vol. 13. Epworth League Cabinet Banquet DRAINING IT. See notice of our new serial story, page 5, we want your judgment. built roads, fought fire, had lota of fun ami got information enough to write a book. Those in the party from Lenta were C. Tillman, E. O. Hedge. Elmer Morterude. A. Steiger. T. Logan. W. W. McDowell, T. Drake. J Farr, Leo Fay, J. Boland. Theo. Glenn. W. O Neil, Jay Peabody, G. Crombe. and three or four others. One More Use For the Hammer. A hammer is a convenient tool for drawing two wires together Make a loop on tbe end of oue wire. Run the end of the other wire through the loop over tbe hammer head, and catch the end with the claw of the hammer. Use SIX MEALS A DAY. This Husky Old Laborer Had a Fairly Healthy Appetite. Undoubtedly it is better as a gen eral rule to take food sparingly thau to eat to repletion, aud there are some people who even advocate living on one meal a day and who practice what they preach. But there was no "one meal a day” nonseuse about tbe aged Sussex laborer whom E. V. Lucas met. Thus he described his daily round and common task: "Out in the morning at 4 o'clock, mouthful of bread and cheese and pint of ale: then off to the harvest field, ripping and moen trenplug aud mow- Ingi till 8: then morning breakfast and small beer— a piece of fat ix>rk as thick as your hat Is wide: then work till 10 o’clock; then n mouthful of bread and cbet-se and a pint of strong beer (fore- nooner—‘fartioo tier's lunch.' we call it); work till 12: then nt dlnnet in tiie I farmhouse, sometimes a leg of mutton, sometimes a piece of ham and plum pudding: then work till 6; then a nunch and a quart of ate munch was «•Leese, 'twas skimmed cheese, though); then work till sunset; then home and have supper and a pint of ale.”—Ixin don Chronicle. For the Out-Door Cave An out-door cave—or under-bou»e ■ tel lar—after a prolonged wet spell, . often becomes moldy and generates an offensive smell. A friend of mine tells of how she thoroughly runted every speck or smell of mildew in her cave by ' building a fire of corn cobs on the cs- I ment floor, closing door and windows, j subjecting the room to prolonged dense i fumigation. Results were satisfactory and productive of great rejoicing. —Mrs. A. E. Wells. the hammer handle as a lever, turning tn a clockwise direction. The second wire will draw through tbe loop and wind on tbe bead of the hammer. When tbe wire is tight enough lift up on tbe hammer handle and make a loop in tbe wire. Hsn Manure Mixture. Many persons propose to mix ashes with ben manure, but no material con taining lime in tbe form tn which it is contained tn ashes should be mixed with moist manure, as the lime will cause tbe liberation of a considerable part of the nitrogen In the manure, and It will escape as ammonia gas. Ashes nnd dry hen manure may be mlxeti immediately before applying the manure, as the ammonin will mostly t>e alisorlnid and held by tbe soil. The proper material to mix with manure is acid phosphate, as this serves to fix tbe ammonia, instead of liberating It. and also re-enforoes the manure with phosphorus, which is the element m«ist needed by most soils. Fores of Association. While the owner of the touring car dismount«-«! during iid’essary repairs, the young front wh«?el timidly ask«e! th«> old Imck wheel: "Dow’t you get weary «if the social whirl—revolving anil revolving and revolving?" "You’ll get used to It." said the old wheel. "Our owner Is a spinster, with nothing to do but go round, till some times F feel like a Daughter of the Revolution myself."—.fudge. Hie View. Willis— Do you think a man should t>e allowed to bold tbe highest honor In tbe Unite«! States more than four years? Gillie—Sure thing! I say. If a Advertised Letters man can top the It-ague lu batting for Advertised letters for week ending ten or even fifteen years let him stay September 4, 1916; Oulheon, Mrs. Jen In the game for the goes! of the sport nie; Davie, G. W.; Fenley, MTs. 1? 8.; -Boston Journal. Hull, Mr. 0. A.; Inlow, Henry; Kurts, Mrs. J.; Lowe, L ; McKenxie, Mr. A Difficulty. John ; Olsen, Mrs. Elmer 0.; Potest. A.; "When I marry the woman I want Spurrier, IJ. E.; Wood, Andrew W , mnst be the possessor of brains." "But anpisiee she makes the same 6324 96 th 8. E. Geo. W. Bpring, Postmaster. requirement?"—Baltimore American. M m Ruth RucseJ, Miss Laura Wilbanks, Hubert BleyUi- , ing. R. J. Wilkinson, Charles Wilson, J. W. Davis and Miss Catherine Butter field. Tiie Epworth leagne has a pro gressive and loyal membership whose ' influence in not only felt in local work ‘ but in a broader field, Edwin Norene I being secretary of the District Epworth League and Hubert Bieything presiileut of tbe sob-district in whrch Lents is lo cated SHARPENING A PENCIL Ths Way s Child Does It Is an index te Its Character. It is very often tbe little things that i bUdren do which give tbe best indi cation of what their future cUaracters will be. tkhoolteacbers, for instance, have a first rale opportunity for watch ing tbe different traits in tbe «-hildreu who cu . do before them !■ their work aud in their play tbe sort of man or woman the child will become is dally unfolded In such a small matter even as the --harpening of a pencil valuable bints may be obtained by any one in the least observant Here it may east ly be discovered whether a boy or Kiri is careful, «festructlve. wasteful or e«-«» nomical Tbe toy. for instance, who sharpens his pencil into a stub is inclined to be economical, careful and quick in after life. Tbe boy or girl who takas an inordinately long time to make a slen der point, cutting very precisely and regularly all tbe time will usually prove to be of an artistic and dreamy disi>«>witiou. Tbe < bild who. regardless of tbe look of the pencil. go<mee out great pieces in order to get to tbe load will abvw impulslvenetw and generos ity Mere destructiveness, however, be come* apparent when a child takes a delight in sticking hta knife lu bta pen cil and splitting it or destroying it tn some other way. Barents, watch your childreu when sharpening their pencils, and correct and advise them accordingly. — i’ewr- aon’s Weekly. The Dead Horse. Tbe smart traveling man stood on a corner in the little country village at duek. He was looking for amusement and tbe first object that attracted his attention was an overgrown bey. per haps fifteen years of age. riding a horse that might have come out of tbe ark. "Hello, sonnyf shouted the sales man. “How long has that horse been dead?" Quick as a flash the boy replied, "Three «lays, but you’re the first bux- 74ird that has noticed it." The travriing man moved on to the hotel.—Youth's Companion. Ths Faust Legend. rivals Will Swell Numbers. Mt Hcott schools as a part of the entire <-ity system were reopene«! Tuesday morning with a gtxxi attendance. There was a very noticabte evittence of inattendance doe, no donbt. to many of tbe pupils being away from home just • now, probably bop picking. With these all atxounted for, as it is easy to learn that such pupils will be here later, the attendance will surely exeeed that of last year. Lente enrolled t>43 on tbe first day .of last year. Tbe first day this year there were 500 and at least 100 accounted for in the hop fields. Lente has a few changes this season. Misses Waugh, Anten, and Hhinn have been transferred to other schools and new teachers sup ply their places. There are twenty teacher* in all, exclusive of Prof. Hershner, who returns to eontinne the work here. Woodmere school enrolled 445 last year, and 426 this year. There will be other* to drop in later One new teacher. Miss Catherine ICei-eny. takes the place of Miss Hershuer, who was married in June. Prof. Dixon still di rects the work. B The Hoffman school will again lie un der tbe dire«-tioa of Prof. McDonald. They began business last year with 269 pupils; they resume work this year with 1282. Arieta was ro-opened with Prof. Speer at tbe head and with 598 pupils again* 606 last year, many of the pupils are in tbe bop yards. The Creston school enrolled 406 last 1 year but they count only 361 tin* year. This is partly due to changes in the Franklin High School arrangements. Franklin High begins with 43* ami thia is likely to be changed sosnewbat- Prof. Ball is principal of Franklin and super visor of Creston, Mrs. Allhands holding tbe principalahip. There are four new teacher*. Work on the new Franklin high building is progressing nicely now, though the lateness of beginning will prevent ite being use«! any time this fall, and probably not this season. The classes are being divided up between different schools. Anniversary Meetinq September 3, 1873, tbe Evening Star Grange was organized and thi* anni versary was fittingly remembered in a talk given by Master J. J. Johnson. He told of tbe work done by the Grange Lt general, then of tbe work of Evening Star. He mentioned the names of ite charter members and also some of the more prominent officers. Judge T J. Cleeton spoke on the Juvenile Court, outlining his plan of work and asked support of the grange. Mrs. Lucia F. Additon told of her re cent trip east, and of some of her im pressions and new ideas in matters of reform. She said she wiehed that ail tbe churches would remain open 365 dive of tbe year. She said she hoped that the new conditions arising after Jan. 1, 1916, will be met ih a proper wav—one to the benefit of all. Mis* Violet Zinzer rendered two vocal solos. Mies Mamie >Kelso gave some instrumental music as also did Claudia Fletcher. Dorothy Hams gave a recitation. A few well chosen remark« were given by Mr. Wilson Benefield of Lente Grange. For 1.4011 years the Faust legend - tbe sale of a human sou) to a devil— has existed. Tbe first recorded hint of its vitality is given in tbe sixth cen tury story of “Theophilus.“ That story suited the early Christians in their ef forts to stamp out tbe necromanclng devices of evilly disjiosed [leraons prone to seek power by unholy means. Tbe association of the name of Faust, how ever. with tbe legend is not more thau 44Ni yefirs old. The likeliest prototype of the modern Faust is tbe man of tbe same name who in Cracow Isildly pro claimed himself a professor of luag'c. In the sixteenth century stories Helen SONG OF Trit ^«REW. of Troy was liestow«*d l>y Mephisto- pheles upon Faust, an«! not until the middle of the eighteenth century does It Is Pitched So H.£h That Only Sharp L*ra C~n Hear It. there appear a shadowy Margaret in The high p.;<.iM-d squeakiug or whis the form of a "beautiful but ¡xior girl," wh«> afterward develops into the .Mar tling of the uuiev.- is a curious wound aud fr«*<|iieutly acquires quite a soug- garet of Go<qhe. like charu. le:. More often, h«»wever, th«> voice of the shrew I* raised in au Flowers For Table In Winter ger, for it is ii pugiiaciouH little aulmal. Flowers were scarce last winter and and ttie male* liave fierce «-embata In the usual floral centerpiece for the the spring of the year. It Is a curious dining table not always obtainable, un fact that many people are unable to til I hit upon the following device. beqr tbe shrew'* squeaking, not that Several sprays of Wandering Jew were the sound I* not loutl enough, but be cause it 1* so highly plti bed that only placed In a low vase of water. They sharp ear* can r«M-«>nl tbe vibrations. soon sprouted and furnished greenery Though often spoken of ns a mouse, for the whole season. The addition of a the shrew is of an entirely different bunch of geranium blossoms, begonias, species, bving Inser'tivorou* aud having fuchsias, or whatever happened to be in sharp teeth on each aide of the mouth bloom when wanted, kept the vase a Instead of front teeth, suitable for thing of beauty and joy forever. The gnawing, such as are IHMsewsed by south window furnished desirable mice aud other rodents. Though it exists in very groat num colors. Water in the vase mnst be tiers and can very frequently be ob frequently changed.—Mrs. Alice Elisa served. much remain« to lie dlwovered beth Wells. regarding the life of this little crea ture. an Italian spet'lea of which is oar smalfeet known mammal. It is still a Daily Mails mystery why so many dead shrews Mails at the Lenta poetofllce arrive should be found about the roadside« and depart daily, except Sunday, as fol and pathways. They are fearloas little lows: animal*, and even when disturbed in Arrive Depart their spring journeys from one place to 8:0U A. M. 7:15 A.M. another they do not allow themselves 12:30 P. M. 12:30P. M. to be put out of their coons hf a tvMe 3:30 P. M. 5:39 P. M. — Ixindon Rpectator.