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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1916)
Phone us your news Items-—they are al ways welcome 1H1. ^rntt lierait) Subscription, $1.00 a Year PUBLIC SCHOOLS DR. JOHN FAWCETT GRADUATE SUCCUMBS TO (USEASt Lent), Multnomah County, Oregon, February 10, 1916. EATING THEIR DUST. The death of Dr. John Fawcett at the Fine ¡lasse« ware graduated from all Mt. Scott echoola at the cloae of Ilia term Juat terminated. In spite of the exceptionally bad weather the attend ance was relatively good during Janu ary, especially in tl* upper grade« and very few failed to complete the work on account of irregular attendance. Each of llie achool« held «um« «ort of closing exercise* and at the end of the program« eighth grade diploma« were awarded to the pupil« graduating. From the five Ml. Scott achool« the following pupil« received dip.omaa Arteta: Iva Clough, Winona Blake, Florence Chapman. Mae Cnrrie, Alva Ihiflteid, Olive be J «matt, Ruth Oon- ■tantine, David Hawkin«, Lydia Univer sen. Walter Jacob«, Winifred McCarter, Benjamin Pollack. Leola Roh wet, Ver non Ruenie, Garnett Sau leer, Elsie Schaub, laora f*eybold, Francis Trai ner. Delbert WltJter, France« Wood«, Marjorie Haier H|ra Kailander, Helen Lee. Verna Lueaeing and Ix.rence Btreilman. t’renton: Sola Berdine, Clifiord Bur- rough«. Ingeborg Foatvedt, blather Erie«, Theodora Flook, Ernest Gillard, Helen U io ver, Kurt Keaaler, Ixtuiae Kreuder, Man Klopfenstein, Haael Klopfe« tain, Jean Mclx-an, Albert Prärie, Curlia Powell, Charlea Peat. Winifred Peterwm, Edith Stile«. Ada Btepliena, Edwina Hoott. Clifford Smith, Eldon Smith, Buryi Wood, Herwin Woelfer. Neal Zimmerman, Clifford Zimmerman. Hoffman i Naomi Cochran, Alfred Guthrie, Charlea Haldora, Pryde Hamilton, Harriett Jone», Richard Kiiiey, Amy Marvin, Wendell Miller, Fmeraon Thomae, Ethel Thoma«, Donald Ward. Lenta: Calviu Cox, Laverne Donald son, Kenneth Hadden, Hewitt Hatter. Bheodore Hauser, Lyman Hawkin«, Clarice Hawkin«, Clarice Harold, Har ry Hill, Florence Johnson, Demise Kearns, Walter Kiekenapp, Marie Knecht, Alfred Krieger, Isobell Mitch ell, Leile Moe, William Moore, Phillip Morrill, Laura Pierce, Zella Herve, Minnie Stack, I-eslie William«, Roscoe William«, Perry Wilson, Gladys Wood worth. Woodmere: Harold Brown, Vashar Cartesian. Ellie Cox, Elsie Crawford, Marie Dewey, Roxatina Dunn, Cecil Fletcher, Beatrice Frank, Alfrida Good win, Edith Haynes, Mabel Heiberg, Evalyn Hyland, Francis Johnson, Car rol Knutson, Anna Larson, Zella Matt son,Gretchen Merritt, Florence Nobiet, Bercia O'Neill, William Schellhouse, Evelyn Smith, Vera Thorton, Clifford Vaughan, Virginia Volt«, Irene Wen dell. battled every device of the medical pro fession. The Doctor ha« been suffer ing for several month« of a disease known ae Hodkins disease, contracted several moo ths previously while attend ing a patient. It was thought be had an attack of mump« for a time, but as it refused to respond t«< treatment a consultation of physicians was called and it waa decided that something more •erioue wa« the trouble. Hodkin*« diseasa is a disease of the lymphatic glands in which the glands ar* greatly enlarged, and preeeing*on the arteries and nerves develop intense pain. Bo far as Is known the disease Is Incurable. Dr. Nelson of Lents took the case over, when other doctors admitted I heir in ability to treat it successfully, and made a vigorous effort to find some treatment that would effect a cure. For the past two months the doctor ba« been in the hospital. Dr. John Fawcett was born in the province of Ontario. He lived for a time at Grand Forks, 8. Dak., where be conducted a hospital, and served ■■ a loeal minister in some near by towns. The Doctor has lived in Lents for the pest three years and has enjoyed an active practice. He was a surgeon of great ability and built up a big prac tice in operative treatment. He was very succeeeeful for although he treated hundreds of cases in this vicinity, very few of them failed to respond to bis care. The doctor was an active member of the Methodist church, and at one time studied for the ministry, but his atten tion was directed to surgery and that came to bo his life work. He was one of the best informed men that ever lived in this part of the city. There waa scarcely a topic upon which be could not enter and discuss intelligent ly, but as a student of the scriptures he was especially efficient. He waa a pro ficient Greek and Hebrew scholar. After coming to loots, the Doctor waa married to Mrs. Clara West, whose death preceded bis only three days, aa will be noted in the announcement elsewhere in this paper. By a previous marriage the Doctor leaves several children, namely, Roecoe Fawcett, con nected with the editorial work on the Oregonian; Mies Margaret Fawcett, Librarian of ths University of Idaho. Moscow; Mrs. Eva Carkin ol Ft. George, B. C ; Wilford Fawcett of Minneapolis and Harvey Fawcett of Denver, both engaged in newspaper work, and Clarence Fawcett of Portland. Tbe funeral will be held under the direction of Kenworthy, at tbe Ken worthy Cbapel. Lenta, Friday after noon at one o'clock. Rev. W. R. F. Browne in charge, assisted by other ministers of the town aud tbe Beaver Male Quartette supplying tbe music. Herald Misses One Issue* Mrs. Clara Fawcett. No More Ü h - For th« first time in it« history, either ae the Reaver State Herald or a« the Mt. Scott Herald, this paper mlseed it* regular publication last Thursday. It was evident on the morning of the second that should the storm develop into a "silver thaw" the previous ex perience of power trouble would be ex perienced. As the day grew worse and temperatures fell, the wire« went down nnder their load of sleet. Power con nections were not restored until Wednes day. IS :30 p. tn., a week after they w>>re destroyed. The Herald waa com pelled to miss one issue, as the time for preparing the regular Issue would have been altogether too short. But, as al most everyone has had about all they could think of without inquiring why, we trust they will accept the explana tion and continue their kindly friend ship for the local paper. The pro prietor appreciates the attitude of all who have mad« inquires for they have been of a charitable nature, disposed to regard the matter as a joke on the printer. Lumber Orders Pile Up Unusual activity in the lumber in dustry in Oregon a« soon as the season opens is predicted by 8. (). Johnson, timtierman of Southern Oregon, former ly of the Wendling-Johnson Timber Company, with large holdings in latne County. "All indications are now that the mills in the vicinity of Klamath Falls will run day and night as soon as th«' season opens. The capacily of our mills is between 500,000 and 700,000 feet per day, and we have more orders ahead now than we can handle." Vol. 14. HEROIC f fFORI TO SAVE WOMAN'S LIFE Th* week haa not been wanting in heroes. One of the heroic undertak ings wa« that carried through by Dr. Nelson, Claude Coffman, I. F. Coffman, aod Dr. O’Donnell. When it became apparent that it would be necessary to remove Mrs. Blair to tbe hospital if further effort were made to save her life, tbe men mentioned prepared for the trip. On Tbureday afternoon, when thing: we.re about ae uncomfort able ae at any time during tbe week, they started. It was like cutting tbe right of way with a enow plow. When they got as far a« Ladd tract they got stuck, dug themselves out and got stnek again. As they were about to give up in despair Leer^McKiAfey’s four horse team came along And pulled them through. When they reached tbe hos pital Nelson was so nearly exhausted that he turned tbe case over to . notber doctor. The end of all was that the woman died but the men did their part just tbe same. Bit Classes Complete Courses at hospital shortly before midnight on All ML Scott Schools. One-Hun Tuesday closed the career of a useful dred and Ten PupUs Promoted to man, and terminated an illoew that Hlfh Schools. This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. Johcsc? Creek Full Again. —Hedge in Spokan« Spokesman Review. W eather Simply U nexplainable The unusually bad weather of the past week is simply inexplain- able and as everyone around here knows as much about it as the editor we take it that they have had enough of it and don’t want to hear anything more. We all agree that it was the worst ever known in the history of the State. Heavier sleet, longer cold, more snow, and more distress than ever known in these parts be fore. Most of us agree that it beats their experience anywhere, so if there is anything necessary to complete the comparison we fail to furnish it We will do our best to supply better weather hereafter. only a few day« after the Doctor was pronounced in a serious condition, and she went to her reward ahead of him, only a few days. The funeral address waa made bv Rev. W.R.F.Brown of the Lente M.E. Church, of which Mrs. Fawcett wm an active member. Rev. Gilliban, Rev Horne- ehneh, Rev. Riley and Rev. Nelson were all associated in the funeral cere mony. Muaic waa furnished by the Beaver Male Quartette of the Methodist Church. Tbe funeral waa held at Kenworthy's Tuesday afternoon. Her remain« were laid in Mt. Bcott Cemetery. Mrs. Marie D. Blair Buried Mrs. Marie Itorothy Blair of 5802, HOth street, aged 34, died Friday. Feb. 4, of kidney trouble. She was removed to tbe hospital while in an extremely dangerow uondition, during tbe stonu of last week, but died soon after reach ing the institution. Her death was ac companied by the death of an infant child. The funeral was held Monday at one o’clock at Kenwortb’s and she was laid in /Multnomah Cemetery. She leaves a husband and three small child ren to mourn her loss. Mrs. Blair’s trouble was one common and is to prospective mothers, technically called Nephritis. The disease is a kidney trouble, and usually makes its ou'ward appearance known by swelling of the lower limbo. Oc casionally it attacks the larynx and it attacked Mrs. Blair in the latter way. She wa* in danger of suffocation for hours before her death. Physicians say that the disease is very common to women of her condition and can only be warded off by medical attention. DtAFHDNLY ACTIVE VISI TOR THE PAST WEEK Never liefore in the history of one week bas so many deaths occurred in Mt. Bcott. And Mt. Scott has been especially fortunate in having some one so efficient to take care of it« dead as the firm of A. D. Kenworthy. They have l>een busy almost every hour dur ing the week. With tbe death of Al bert Kalkofen on Sunday, tbe firm were caring for the remains of eleven deaths. This condition was due to the extremely severe weather that prevailed during all last week, particularly after the second. The success with which these cases were handled proves the skill and facilities of Mr. Kenworthy to take care of any condition that may arise in tbe future, as it is improbable that such a congestion of distressing cir cumstances will occur again for a long time to come. Ellen S. Adams, Departed This week has seen Johnson Creek plum full again. This stream haa been rea sonably sober for a couple of years but tbe extreme weather of last week was too much for it. Aa soon aa tbe tern peraturea began to moderate the creek began to celebrate by getting full and spewing ail over tbe country east of Lenta. The track was nnder water for about a mile and quite a number of people were forced to leave their homes. But there is some excuse for it. These have been unusual time« and an irre sponsible degenerate like Johnson creek cannot be expected to keep ita place at all times. If the creek is to be re strained some reasonable inducement« must be offered to keep it within proper bounds. Lents Grange to Meet. 11 Lents Grange will meet at 10;30 Sat urday in I. O. O. F. Hall; at two o’clock during the lecture hour F. M. Dempsey, Deputy Diet. Atty., will speak on "Some Needed Legislation Regard ing the Welfare of Women and Cbil- dern." A short program will precede this address. Obituary No. 6. PASSENGER RATES EAST SIDE TOPIC East Side Clubs Busy With Rates, Street Improvements, Factory Developments, and Assess ments. The East Hide Buxine«« Men’s Club, through its transportation committee, ha« asked the Public Service Commis sion to supplement the complaint filed by the club with tbe Interstate Com merce Commission against discriminat ing passenger rates from Chicago to the Northwest, and thia may be done al though the secretary, H. H. Corey, «aid in a letter to Secretary L. M. Lepper that the commimion would file an inter vention, and not a complaint. Mr. Lepper replied urging that the commis sion file an independent complaint and pointed ont that such complaint would add weight to the Oregon case before the commission. He called attention of the commimion to the fact that the Washington State Public Service Com mimion had filed it« complaint, hot that Oregon should do likewise, and then all the complaint« filed can be combined at the bearing before tbe commimion. Secretary Lepper said yesterday that a simple intervention on the complaint filed by Washington would not have tbe weight that a separate complaint from the Oregon Public Service Commission would have at the hearing. Secretary H. H. Corey, of the Public Service Commission, writes Secretary Lepper that a hearing will likely be held early in March. Copies of tbe complaint tiled by tbe East Side Bnainem Men’s Club with tbe Interstate Commerce Commimion has been «ent to all tbe passenger agents, transportation clubs and civic organisa tion in the state of Oregon, and they have been asked to amiet in tbe move ment to do away with the paseeuger differentia against Oregon and the northwestern sone. Secretary Lepper in hie letter to out ride clnb mys: "We urge that your splendid wide knowledge, your unabridged and marked abilities and yonr strong in fluence—your 42 Centimeter Transporta tion and business wisdom GUN8 be brought to bear to bring about NON- DISCRIMINATORY PASS E N G E R RATES, from Chicago, Eastern and Mississippi River Pointe to the Pacific Northwest, for the GREAT GOOD of Oregon—our Oregon. Such equalised Passenger Rates would bring M1LL10N8 OF TOURIST DOLLARS TO OREGON and WASHINGTON, annually, which we do not get now. The distance returning from Frisco via Seattle to Chicago and the East be ing 352 miles less than via Southern Route, through Loe Angeles and Texas Pointe, why should tourists be com pelled to pay from *17.50 to *21 75 high er rates, for returning home via EVER GREEN OREGON and WASHINGTON, over the SHORTER ROUTE, and thua escape the HOT SANDS ami MON SOONS of Southern California and Arizona Deserts, and California gets 90 percent of their vacation money, while OREGON and WASHINGTON gets only 10 percent. Lucius H. Felt, who has been known to a good many people in Lenta, having made bis home here for moat of the time during the past nine years, entered into hia everlasting reward on Jan. 23, of thia year at Loe Angelas, Calif. The deceased was born in Bos ton, Maes., March 18, 1841. He was united in marriage to Jeannie Milier at Alton, Ill., in June 1868. He waa a soldier in tbe Union Army during tbe Civil War. Besides tbe widow, four children remain to mourn the lose. Geo. L. Felt, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Helen F. Price, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mies Nanne Felt, Loe Angele«, Cal., and Mrs. Julia F. Kneeland. Clackamae, Ore. Mr. Felt had not been well for some time. It waa on account of the state of his health that he moved with bis wife from Lents to Loe Angeles. The end came peacefully. When the Baptist Church waa organised in Lenta tbe de parted waa one of nineteen to make That Vancouver avenue should be up the charter membership of the church. He was a man who loved the kept open for all time to a connection Lord. Hie hopes of the future were with tbe interstate bridge by way of Union Avenue approach was tbe un bright. animous sentiment of the Albina Busi ness Men’s Club, expressed in strong resolutions passed yesterday at the regu • Lloyd Hamilton at Rest Hollis Lloyd Hamilton, son of Ernest lar weekly luncheon of the clnb. After E. Hamilton of 7007, 55th avenue died extended discussion the club decided of pneumonia on the 4th of the month. that the principal thing it should do was The fnneral was held Friday at Ken- to insist that the elevated roadway now -vorthy’a at 10 o’clock, Rev. Trullinger standing be maintained from Columbia officiating. Hollis was seriously in boulevard to the Union avenue ap jured on the 27th of January, when at proach until a solid fill can be made tempting to climb on a wagon Some some time in the fnture. It was stated obstruction hurt him in the right aide at the meeting that the County Com and ae a result he seemed to develop a missioners had tentatively agreed to paralysis of tbe lower pait of the body, close up Vancover avenue between these points, within a year’s time and terminating in his death. this action the clnb will oppose. At the present time we should not Berdie Peebles Dead start any improvements involving heavy Little Miss Birdie Peebles of «323, expenses on the property owner, said J. Seventyeith street, died Feb. 1, aged M. Pittinger, "but the elevated roadway eleven years, four months, of pneu on Vancouver avenue can he kept up at monia. She was a daughter of Geo. M. a small expense and this central dis and Mary S. Peebles. The funeral was trict, including Williams, Vancouver held at Kenworthy’s Monday at two- and Gantenbein avenues will have di thirty and the remains were laid to rest rect access to the interstate bridge. Of in Multnomah Cemetery. course Vancouver should be paved as •oon ax it can be done, but the erection Henry Mason. Octogenarian. Buried of a viaduct over the O. W. R. A N , filling Vancouver avenue to the Union Henry Mason of 3290, 51st street, 88 avenue approach, and the extension of years of age. passed to his long reward Williams avenue to Vancouver are not on the morning of Feb. 3, death being necessary at present ami can wait, but due to pneumonia. The. inneral was held at Kenworthy’s at one o'clock on we cannot afford to ever permit Van the afternoon of the 9th, and he was couver avenue to be closed up." The funeral services for Ellen 8. All that was mortal of Mrs. Clara Adams were held on Wednesday morn Fawcett passed to its reward on Satur ing at ten o'clock at Kenworthy’s, her day morning of February the fifth. death having occurred on the morning Mrs. Fawcett was ill many weeks of a of the 4th, due to appoplexy. She was very disagreeable skin trouble. It seems buried at Mt. Scott. Rev. Taylor of St. singular to most people that a mere skin Pauls Episcopol Church conducted the disease could completely overcome n funeral. She was 75 years of age. strong woman such as Mrs. Fawcett was She leaves to mourn her death, her only a few short months since. But husband, her daughter, Mrs. Helen her disease was a singularly severe one Body of Portland, and her two grand that refused to respond to any medical children. Mrs. Body's eons; Harvey treatment, and that daily fastened its Adams of Lents, and two daughters in microbic hosts deeper and deeper in her Ohio. She has been a resident of Lents system, polluting her blood with their about eight years. poisonous products She gradually weakened, her energies were diseapated, her hope failed, food became repulsive James E. Parsons Dead and her death came as much from ex James E. Parsons of 7820 Fifty-fifth Albert Kalkofen Buried haustion as from disease. Her death avenue, Woodmere, died Tuesday, 88 came as a glad release from a failing Albert Kalko'en, 75 years of age, the years of age. He had been a resident battle, and it was not unwelcome to her. Ixm s harness maker, living at his shop of Oregon for 40 years and was for a Iler friends, sad in her h's«, admitted on Foster road a few doors east of 92nd long time employed in the water de the futility of attempting to prolong | street, died at his home at 12:30 p. m partment. He leaves a widow, three her existence so her departure was ae-1 Sunday, Feb. rt. Death wa« due to daughters, Mrs. Geo. L. CoIvey, Mrs, cepted as providential. pneumonia. The funeral was held G. C. Sanders and Mias Ruth Parsons, Mrs. Faweett was lx>rn in Saratoga, at Keuwortby’s Wednesday, Rev. and a son, J. W. Parsons, the latter of Iowa, in 1867. She was married to Fred Riley, officiating, and he wre buried at whom was in the furniture business in A. West, who died in 1912. She and Mt. Scott cemetery. Lent« last year. Mr. Parsons had been Mr. West came to Oregon in 1908, Mr. Kalkofen was one of Lents' a sufferer from rheumatism for several settling at Dundee, and after his death unique characters. Few people under years. she came to I^ntsAoJivn. stood him, and the misunderstanding The funeral was held Tuesday at 3 Of immediate relatives who remain to was unfavorable to Mr. Kalkofen. He o’clock in charge of Kenworthy and the mourn t.er loss, there is her (laughter, was German born, having come to this burial at Mt. Scott. Mrs. Lena Groth,of Dundee; her sister, country over fifty years ago. He has Mrs. Rena Foster of Nortons, Oregon, been a resident of Oregon for thirty five and brothers, James Bates of Boliver, years, and for the past six or seven has Edward E. Parker Passes Mo., and brands Bates of Bellingham, conducted the harness shop on Foster Edward E. Parker of Jenne Road Wa-li. road. He leaves a family of six child- I near Sycamore, died January 31, aged Mrs. Fawcett had been the wife of ren, Mrs. Geo. Griffin of Colfax, Wash.; 60 years and three months. Mr. Parker Doctor Fawcett only a short two years Mrs. R. W. Ellethrope of Conran, was a native of New York. He leaves They were quite happy ‘ in their com Mont.; Mrs. Bert Brnmwell of Donald, a number of relatives to mourn his panionehip, and it appeals to everyone^ Ore.; Mts W. H. Duckworth of Lents; death The funeral was held Tnesday who knows of tlie peculiar incident of John Kalkofen of Portland, and Alex at 1:30 at Kenworthy’s and he waa her illness. She was takeu seriously ill ander Kalkofen of Colfax, Wash. buried at Mt. Bcott cemetery. buried at Mt. Scott. (continued on page two)