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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1916)
Phone u« your new« Item«—they are al ways welcome This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, January 20, 1916. Subscription, $1.00 a Year COLLEGES TAKING UP PREPAREDNESS Influential Alumni Strongly Favor Military Training at Wesleyan lor all Students as a Requirement for Graduation. Gsuorul l^uuurd Wood wm tiu» prln cipal »i>euker at tha annual bauqost of tbs Naw York aluiuul of Waalayan uul Vsralty, MUldlatowu, Conn, bald In Naw York ou Friday wenUig. Jan 14, under tba auapk-ea ut tba Waalayau University club or New X*»rk. at which were gathered over 000 aluuinl aud frieuds of tne uulverslty. Tba subject of General Wood's address was "The Colleges in Relation to Military Train lug " Tba questions wblcb be discuss ed were the prtuclpal topic for aU the other apeakera. Preaident William Arnold Hbauklin of Wealoyau aud lion Arthur L. Andrews, corporation conn eel of A litany and member of the Wes ley an claaa of 1875. also spoke. The Idea of dlacueaing the matter of pre|«rednee* at Uila occaalou waa de velo|M*d by a number of Influential alumni who are atrougly in favor of military tralulng at Wesleyan for all atudeutr as a requirement for gradua lion. Joint committee of the true teea ud faculty now baa the matter under couaideratlon. Colonel Jobu Gribitol of Philadelphia, aid on the military staff of Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania, and a Wesleyan trus tee. la chairman of the committee; For mer Public Service Commissioner John K Eustis, memlter of the l^fayetto Poet, No. 140, G. A. II. Wesleyan true tee and member of the Wesleyan class of 1874. is another member of the com mittea. lion. Stephen II. Olin of New York city, formerly colonel and chief of staff of the First brigade. New York national guard. W’aeleyan true- tee and member of the Wesleyan claaa of IHtkl, although not a member of the committee, la keeping in close touch with Its deliberations. Already Started at Yale. The movement for military training ia colleges has already started at near by Yale, where a light artillery corps la being organized Some alumni fa vor the proj>ooal to equip a signal corps at Wesleyan, under the command of regular army signal officers, who will be detached and assigned for that par ticular service. The student body at Wesleyan now numbers over 500. which la about the right size for the maintenance of a signal corps In all Its different branches. The physical and electrical laboratories at Wesleyan can. with comparatively little alteration. In ez tended to meet even the exu ting re qulreuietils of the regular army signal service Alrrady two wireless stations have Is-en erected and now are In <t|»er atlou at Weaieyau. An army officer of high rank who ha» recently visited Middletown for the pur|H.se of examining the topugrapllj of the city and surroundlug territory and the Wesleyan equipment rriHirt* that both are more than adequate to warrant the undertaking of the signal corps experiment. He further states that the athletic field aud the Payer weather gymuaalum. both immediate!* adjolnlug the campus, are well ada|K ad for practice in the fuudameutala or Signal drill with flags and the sems phone system, together with drill In laying and erecting field telephone* and telegraphs, while the many com mandlng bills scattered about Middle town in every direction and on both Sides of the Connecticut river are equally well adapted for the erection sf wireless statlous. heliographs and lamps of various kinds ffir working by ulglit it ia believed that the co-opera lion of the American Telephone and Telegraph company and associated companies can be secured to Install all the necessary apparatus at Wealeyan and ou the surrounding hills within u radius of twenty-Ove miles of Middle town. the erection to Is? su|s*rvlse<l by regular army signal officers. One eu thuslnstlc alumnus hns offered to pro vide an niltomoblle with a Held wire less equipment. Aviation bquad Suggested. Intimations have been received that the New York, New Haven and Hart ford llailroud company occasionally will put a special train at the disposal of the Wealeyan signa) corps, complete ly equipped for the transportation of digital apparatus, thus giving ample apportunity for the study aud practice of signal trans|K>rtatlon problems and the execution of rapid maneuvers A few alumni go so far as to urge the organization of au aviation squad as an integral part of the Wesleyan signal curl*, with courses of Instruc tion In aviation. For this plan at least two aeroplanes and a baijoon will be needed for the purposes of observation and spotting artillery tire President Wilson, who was professor of history and jurisprudence nt Wes leynn from 1888 to 1890. Is Interested tn the plart for military training there, as related to his larger plan of nation al pre|>aredness President Wilson re cently wrote: "M.v own thought turns back with the gfeatest pleasure to the memories of my two years at Wesley on. I have always felt that they were among the happiest years of my Ilfs' FLEW AMERICAN FLAG. PEACE, THE COMMON ENEMY. PRIVILEGES FOR GERMANS IN CAMPS OF BRITISH. British Stsamsr's Ms... ui .-r-i'c t v-d Cargo of $5,530X30 According to mem. . ,« o. ihe • r»-w < the British at< ■amslilp < lt.i of I n • < which arrived In B<r-um irom Hie fi> east, the captain oi the vea el nd-.plc « all possible devhes for 11 <! ug * >u>u rines In the JledlterruiH-in ■•<<-.i !<• displaying the American flag a.i'l pttlut Ing out of the name ml eaeepi the word "LI iho I ii y.otbug v.« -e«,n however, of aiibmnrlne-- and. Harriott temfM-atuoua Weather III the Atlantic tbs voyage was nut unusual Big shipments of rubier uud slab tiu formed ImiH.rtnnt Items of the cargo Tty» vessel brotij-lit in I.UfiO tuna of rubber, valued at approximately *1. 300,060. and 2.’’IO tons of tin. estlmat ed to Ire worth upward of a million dollars. The total value of the cargo was $5,000,000 81xty-slx thousand cases of Iraan oil. loaded at Lialny, Jap anese Manchuria, comprised one of the largest shipments of the kind ever brought here. The City of Lincoln also bad large consignments of spices, tap ioca, sago flour, rattans and curios. Lanlency and Thoroughness Make Confinement Comfortable. WAR HITS FRENCH THEATERS. Rsceipts Cut Nsarly In Two, but Movies Sutter Little. Official returns show that the re celpts at theaters and other entertain ment houses in Paris in 10)5 u mounted to only 41,300. am franco tfUOOuM* as compared with U8.3oo.an francs <$13. 7W.U0O) In Hila The theaters took tn 14.0U0.0U0 franca ($2,800,000) during the past year as cumpared with 2t)000.0U0 franca ($5. 200,000) during 1013; the concert re celpts were S.aiO.OOO franca <11.000. 000) agaluet N.ouO.ooo franca (JJ.flOO. 000); the decrease in the receipts from musicals; was 9.000,000 francs, while the receipts from balls decrensed from 1.230.000 francs ($290,000) In 11113 to 700,000 francs (J140.000> during the Mt. Scott Mental Culture Club past year. After having been twice postponed, A feature of the returns la the fact that the moving pictures were affected the meeting oi the Mt. Bcott Mental little by the war. The receipts of the Culture Club waa held at the home of movies decreased from 81,500.000 Mrs. F. W. Dobbs on Woodward Ave.. francs ($10,300,000) in 1913 to fllJOO. Thursday afternoon. Lees than a 000 francs (110,290,000). dozen members braved the cold and Lents Will Have Registratloo Of Deer Arrangements have been ma le where by County Clerk Coffee will send a special registration clerk to I*-nt* about February first to attend to the regis tration of qualified voters in tin* part of the county. This is in line with ideas advanced two years ago. TI h - require ment that everyone in Portland should go to the courtlioUKc to register is about the most atwurd that through live Legislature. ever slipped According to improvement* made in registration laws at the last session tin- voter will not be required to register every year, liere- afler. Those who fail to vote or who move from one precinct to another will have to account for themselves, how ever. The local registration officer will be found at the I^nts Pharmacy. Ml Place Burned The home of Wm. Bell at 6716-Mth street, burned to the ground Friday forenoon. Mrs. Bell was busy clearing the snow from her front walk. While she was doing this fire caught from the flue and sl>e barely saved the furniture. Kern Park, and lAinte Volunteer fire men turned out but both were delayed by the snowdrifts and high wind. When they arrived there was no water to fight the fire and !*>nts “chemical" wa* not available. The loss was esti mated at $1500, partly covered by in surance. Dog Causes Eire A playful dog caused a fire at 7828, 57th avenue .Monday night alvout mid night. Tho owner of the house, I). M. Davis, had just returned from the theatre and when he lighted the lamp the dog jumped against his master in joy, knocked the lamp to the floor, and set the bouse on tire. Owing «to the high wind the fire spread quickly and burned a nearby vacant house. Kern Park Firemen tried to give assistance but owing to the enow drifts could not reach it. Patrolman Drapeau reported the tire. Vol. 14. snowdrifts, but those who did, enjoyed one of the most interesting and stimu lating meetings of the year. A program on George Barnard Shaw had been prepared by Mrs. Blanche —CtiMr* in New York Bulk Kdthly-Parker Wedding On tl>e afternoon of January 11, 1910, James M. Keithey was united in mar riage to Montia E. Parker at the home of live bride's father, Pete Parker, on the corner of Hu retie and Nickle streets, Lenta. The wedding ceremony was performe<i by J. M. Nelson, pastor of the local Baptist Church. The bride is known to many here, having lived in this place for the past four years, and having graduated from the Lents school. Th«- groom spent several months here one year ago tliis winter, when be formed the acquaintance of his bride-to- be. Mr. Keithly left with Mrs. Keithly on the 20th for bis home near Midvale, Ida., where he has a farm. Their Lente friends wish the newly wedded couple muclt happiness in their married life. Thurston. Her paper on "Man and Superman''and also Mrs. J, J. Hand- saker’s on “Pygmalion,” brought forth a great deal of spirited discussion. Alter the program the hostess served delicious refreshments. A full attendance is desired st live next meeting with Mrs. Wm. Woodham Robbers at fairview on Jan. 21st. It is Red Ix-tter Day aud While a family of Japanese living near Mrs. Frederick Eggert will speak on the and west of Fairview were entertaining Scholarship Ixvan Fund. company on the evening of the 11th, masked men forced entrance, lined Miss Audra Dozier at Rest them all up against the wall and took Miss Audra Deader, eldest daughter of what money they could find, $18, which Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dozier of Gilbert happened to be the pocket money of the Station, died Sunday, at her parent’s three visitors. The theives wore black They fired home on Lenox Avenue. Death was stockings over their face«. due to tubercnioHis. Mias Dozier was some shots to frighten their victims. ill for several months and was the object of many an anxious friend’s best wishes. forty-first Avenue Man Hurt She waa dearly loved by all who knew W. T. Townsend of 5418 41st avenue her, both friends and relatives. Her tried to board a moving Mt. Scott car gentle disposition won everyone who Monday morning and waa jerked end saw her. The funeral was held at Kenworthy’s wise, lit on his face, which was severely parlors ou Thursday at ten o’clock and cut up. He was taken to the hospital. she was buried at Mt. Scott. The mem- His injuries were superficial. tiers of the family have the sympathy Arrested for Taking Coal of the eutire neighborhood. Rudolph Salquist of Lents was arreet- ed Monday for taking half a ton ot coal Henry Blndseadler Dead from Edward Freeman of 346 Glisan Henry Bindst-adler of Damascus dit-d struet. Salquist claimed he was ordered He Saturday the 14th, aged 69 years. He to take the coni to a Chinaman. was a native of Switzerland and a gard took the coal while Freeman was away ner by trade. He had been in Oregon delivering coal to some one. ahout a year, coming here from Califor Pipes Burst nia. His funeral will be held at 2p nt. Fri J. Gribble and family of Woodmere day the 21st, at Kenworthy’s, Rev. Kratt of the 4th German Evangelical Church, escaped serious injury Sunday when 4th and Mill street giving the address. the pipes running through their stove .exploded and threw lids and utensils in He was buried at Mt. Scott. all directions. The family was in the room but fortunately no one wa* hurt Robert J Wagner Dead Robert J. Wagner, of 91st street aud 60th avenue, diet! Thursday morning, the 20th at 7:45, death being due to pneumonia. He took ill Saturday. He leaves a wife, two daughters, Mrs. A. Brugger of Itente, and Mrs. Roderick Clark of Medford, and son, Emil Wag ner of Lents. Mr. Wagner was born at Nav^ard, Germany 73 years ago. The funeral will probably be held at Kenworthy’s prole ably Saturday. The last ceremonies will I m - held at Multnomah cemetery. Vary Bad to Hoe. ‘‘1 heard something very sad this morning,’* said a mistress to her serv ant, in explanation of her not feeling well, as the girl commented upon her mistress's nppea rance. •‘Well," said the girl, “I can feel for you, ma'am. I heard something sad this morning too." Daily Mails “You dfdT* said the mistress. “Pray, Mails at the Lents postoffice arrive tell me, what was ltY' “The alarm clock, ma'am.’’— Ladles' and depart daily, except Sunday, as fol lows : dome Journal. Arrive Depart Peace would be universal If there 0:00 A. M. 7:15 A. M were neither thine nor mine.—Italian 12:5OP. M. 12;30P. M Pro ver U 5:30 P. M 3:30 P. M. • ' ’“J—H The Old Calendar British leniency and German tbor- ougtineas have co-ordinated to make England's enemy internment business a positive success. Five London bob bies and a ten foot fence of American barbed wire guard 750 of the kaiser's military ellgiblee at Islington, North London. Inside a great central build Ing and auxiliary structures which in antebellum days composed a municipal refuge for the poor is today a model system of self government where 750 “citizens” have worked out their own restricted salvation. The regulation quarters in the main building consist of high walled, well ventilated rooms with from eight to fifteen sanitary couches. These, with general lavatories, washrooms and bathrooms on every floor, make this Internment camp more like a well planned hotel. Large day rooms where visitors may be entertained, commodl ous yard with rain shelter, workshops tennis courts, dining rooms and tea rooms make It unnecessary for the men to occupy their sleeping quarters during the daylight. Aften.oon tea is a daily event Here is the routine: Arise at 8, breakfast at 8.30; work, study or diversion until noon (working is optional, but hun dreds are busy at various tasks under sujiervislon of the council of captains); dinner at 12; work or entertain wives and children until 5; tea with trim mings. 5 to 5J0; supper at 7; to bed at 9. Other features are: Unrestricted smoking except in woodworking shop; bimonthly theatricals; a weekly paper printed tn English, privilege of writ ing two letters each week in German, to Germany or elsewhere; opportunity of leaving the premises, under guard, for medical treatment; teetotalism. UNION OF NATIONS SEEN. R. W. Baboon Presides at Anti-war Meeting In Boeton. Members of the Society to Eliminate Economic Causes of War met tn Faneuil hall. In Boeton. and listened to several addressee on bow war can be avoided. Roger W. Baboon presided and read a number of telegrams from different sections of the country on the business outlook after the war. „ Roger 8. Hoar, discussing the need of an Internationa] flag, declared a union of nations was coming. “Let prevention be our watchword." he said. "The conviction Is steadily growing in this country that it is relatively unim portant whether the kaiser's militarism or England’s navalism is responsible for the war. “The real guilt is for the one who left the matches around for the boys to play with. He la the evil genius of our civilization, whose good name la patriotism and whose bad name is na tionalism.*' Other speakers were Walter Wood of Philadelphia. R. L. Bridgman and Ed ward 8. Payson of Boston, who talked on internationalism S. B. Hall Named 8. B. Hall of Fairview has been se lected by the county commissioners for the job of County Agricultural Advisor. It is safe to assert that Mr. Hall Is tackling the hardest job he ever tried, altho he was raised in this county and is fully aware of the high standards p re vailing among farmers liere. Mr. Hall has been well traineti for the work. He is a farmer’s son. educated in the Oregon Agricultural College, who has been agricultural instructor in the M« m 1- ford high school, the Loe Angles high school, ami has served as superintenden- of an extensive Southern California farm and ha* been a member of the faculty of- the agricultural school of the University of California. His familiarity with farming conditions in this county will be decidedly in his favor. It is to be hoped that fanning interests of the county will avail themselves of Mr. Hall's services as often as they can, f«.r though we have fin«« farmers, they are most uf them ready to get new ideas wherever they can. That is what makes a suceeesfnl farmer. No. 3. WEEK OF STORM PASSES Worst Week in Twenty-five Tears “So Say We AU of Us.” Nine Continuous Freezing Days. What is admitted to be the coldest, on an average, the windiest and snowiest week in the past 25 years came to a eloae Tuesday evening. Some of the pioneers say it is the worst in 30 years and one rash fellow said it was the worst in 4U years, but m he wa* only 35 years old and a "Swede fellar" at that, there is doubt about the authenticity of hi* data. Anyhow it has been "fierce,” for Oregon or any other decent place. Of course we hear of people who came in from Eastern Or««gon, Pendleton, and elsewhere, who pretended our tittle flurry was just like spring to them after dodging 20 degrees below weather, but who wants to live in a wont place than this after having tried it here. The nastinem of this storm was due to the cold, the snow and the wind, all com bined. It may have been colder; there may have been deeper snow, and the wind may have blown harder, or longer, but never within the post 25 years have all these things united their forces to constitute one long week of devilish discomfort and torment. The total amount of snow probably did not exceed nine or ten inches but it drifted from the first and by the close of Monday it was blown to the bore ground in some places and heaped into all sorts of hill* ami mountains. People’s front doors or back doors— doors fronting west suffered worst— were blockaded. Yard fences ■■ some instances, were covered entirely over. Drifts >n Main Street, Lents, were waist high. Horses were stalled, automobiles made vigorous efforts to continue but frequently three or four would be mixed in the some drift. Many of the country toads were impassible. Footer Road beyond Srrsunore was drifted away over the fence. It ia safe to say that neve r before was the sled as popular for all sorts of purposes in Portland as it has been the past week. Dairymen have made their deliveries on all sorts of sleds because their wagons cut through and stalled in the drifts. Sleighs have beeu considerably in evidence. Temperature* gradually fell from Tues day the 11th, till Saturday. While variously reported from weather head quarters, as low as 13 above zero, in the Mt. Scott section it is doubtful if the temperature went that low. Six teen to 18 above seemed about the limit. But that was enough to make it exceedingly uncomfortable. For eight days the temperature never got above the freezing point. At noon Tuesday, the 18th, it climbed to 34. At 7 a. as. o’clock Wednesday, the 19th, the coldest hour of the period was reeor«ied, 10 above. A good many water pipes froze up, several burst, and a good ma»y suffered from scarcity of water. The ground is frozen several inches in ex- posed places. Winds were high during the entire storm and reached the extreme on Mon day, when it came in unsteady gusts that fairly took pedestrian* off their feet, rattled windows and doors, and threatened to rase the buildings. It went through you like needle* and while there was little actual suffering from freezing, it wav extremely un comfortable But those gusts were the storms dying gasps. Before night it had noticably moderated, temperatures crawled to 26, and there was actually some melting of the snow Tho windy and cold, Mon«lay wa* reasonably clear, Tuesday wa* cloudfes* and the air ac tually warmed up. Business began to revive and the week’s oppresoion was rolled off l«-aving an impression- like a heavy burden, or a calamity narrowly escaped. January 1st to 17th, particu larly the 10th to the 17, 1910 will be another monument for the okl timers of 1925 to recall with shivers and wild comparisons. Mrs. Sophie E rickson at Rest A shraf ot days this ribbon bold. A whole long year Of shade and Shine and snow and bloom Wa* gathered here On this old calendar. It dwindled slowly, leaf by leaf. Just like a rose Whose full blown petals seek the aod Waa each day's close On thia old calendar. And now the end. and there are left For witness brief The pointed scroll and silken band Th it held the sheaf On thia old calendar. But somewhere, some time, we wlU find The leathered leaves Bound In a record of our llvea- The chaff and aheavee On this old calendar. —Memphis Copimerclal Appeal. Multnomah State Bank Elects Officers All that was mortal of Mrs. Mophie Erickson, wife of J. G. Erickson of 87 street, was laid to rest Tuesday in Multnomah Cemetery. Mrs. Erickson was 79 years of age. Death waa due to pneumonia. She wa* a native of Sweden and had lived in Lents 20 years, 26 in Oregon. The funeral was preached Sunday the 15th at Ken worthy’s by Rev. Buchannon, but owing to the weather the burial waa «lelayed. Will T. Wright, Bert' Wilberg, H. E. Bloyd, F R. Foster ami Henry Hark- son were chosen directors at the meet ing of stockholders of the Multnomah State Rank held Wedneedaj Follow- , ing this. Will T. Wright was elected President, Bert Wilberg, Vice President and H. E. Bloyd. Cashier for the next year. With such a well known and popular board of officers the bank is stronger than ever. Selecting local men on the latard will be approved by the Clackama* County has levied a two patrons of the bank. W. T. Wright was formerly State Bank Examiner and mill tax for hard surface roads. Boon But taxes he ia now prominently connected with no other kind w<ll be built. must come down first. the Scandinavian Bank.