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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1916)
* — This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. Phone ua your news Items—they are al ways welcome Lent«, Multnomah County, Oregon, March 16,1916 Subscription, $1.00 a Year COUNTY 6RAN6E VISITS WOODLAWN Woodlawn Granin« entertained the county grangv Wednesday in fine alyl««. And the granger« showed their sppresia- lion by turning <>ut in large tiiimlwrs and having a uioal enjoyable time. There were protmbly 2<Xi person* pres ent. Htate Msater Hpence wa« preaent and made two good talk« Report« were received from the various grange« of the county. After an excellent dinner the buxine«« of the day wax reaumed by the introduc tion <>f Mr. Hprnce, who «poke along the line of the need« of the agricultural clawa««. 8. B. Hall, county agent, then took the Hour for a dtocoeaion of the ob ject« of the |M«dtion he bold« and gave a very interesting talk, entertain lug the people for U«e next half hour. Fidlow ing hi* talk considerable time waa de voted to U>e answering of question* on various agricultural topic*. Mr. Gordon of Portland waa next called to the floor and lie gave a couaise review of mad construction work, ma terial. method« ami management for the ;>«mt year and urged llie grange to ob serve the direction the road movement was takiug. He anticipated the passage of a road law particularly favorable to certain contracting companies, the bonding Ute state for construction work, and continued high taxation. Following him .Mr. Darnall empita- siaed the importance of Mr. Gordon's suggestions on the proposed road law*. A committee waa ordered to investi gate Ute road mananageuient of Ute county bnt to the present Ume they have not been ap|x>intcd. The qoeaUon of a county field «lay was taken up and very warmly supported. It waa decided to invite granges from Clackamas, Washington, and even over in Ute Htate of Washington, and plana will be made soon to carry out the project In a auooeasful way. In view of Ute probable movement to promote a bill amending the present bndge ami road law« so Ute county com- mi «Blotter» couM not build their own bridges If satisfactory offer« are not re ceived, a resolution was passed oppos ing any such movement. Tlie evening seasion waa devoted to the IniUation of teu memlterv in to the tilth degree, the rendering of ail excel lent literary and musical program, ami Ute short address I nun Mr. Stillman of Montana, on rural credit. RELATIVES IN LAW. Mason’s Entertain HARD TO CATCH. Lents School Notes Mr. Grout and Mr. Kerchen visited Lent* School on Monday of this week. Ix-nt« Masons ba«l matter* of »|» m ’I*I Interest on tl>e program Saturday even ing which drew the largest attendance for many month*. Quite a num tier of tlie teachers are visiting other schools in Portland this week. Invitation« had been ■ent out to numerous visitor* who came from Gresham, Portland and other parts of the state. W. G. M , Frank J, Miller of Albany, Oregon; PG. M .Julius C. Moreland.H. G. W, ttehellenberger; J. F. Robinson, G. Her.; E. 0. Bronaugh, H G. D. and Andy Frittx, J G. D , were among tbe uuudx-i present, who made addrew«. Refreshment* were served and a very «uctvMhd event is reported. Among the interesting feature« of the evening was the presentation oi the famous travelling Bible, a mamive volumne that bn« become famous for its visitations. This book ba« an in- teresung history. On July 12, IMAI, fifteen of tbe officers and inemlier« of Yeatman Lodge 16.’, of Cincinnati visited Equity Ixxlge 87* nt Cbicogo, conferring a «legree. (ictober 22 of tlie ■ame year Equity Lodge returned tbe visit with 27 members and the Bible, which was loft with Yeatman Lodge for suitable record and inscriptions. From that «late until July fl, 1916 tbe volumne wa« on tile road, During the first two visits attending delegations presented degree work, but after that tbe expense <iue to distances prevented an attend ance. Ontliefltb of July it was re turned to Equity Lodge and exhibited by them to a monster gathering of Masons, 1500 in number, and suitable addresses were made relative to tbe Masonic Order and tlx- peregrinations of die book. Tlie visit in Lents is its 27th. It has been in Montana. Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, N. Dakota, Nevada, Virginia, Florida. New York, Michigan and Oregon During each visit the host lodge inscribe« its name on a blank page, and gives a list of its members, or a historical sketch. Some of tliees inscriptions are very artistic, la-nts Ltxige officers are looking for an artist to embellish their page now. GUARDING THE CHILDREN. Widews With Offspring Should Bo Sun« to Mak* Their Wills. Sometimes tbe failure to make a will involve* mor* than a loan of time and money. You are a widow and die with out a will, leaving children who are not yet of age. Now, you may not care who ipok* after your property, but you do have a lively Interest in tbe person who looks after your children. If you bad left a will you could have named therein th* guardian for your children Th* court must do so. and the guard ian appointed by it may charge com miasloua, counsel fee* and premium.« i payable out of your children'* share of your estate. Suppose you leave real estate. It can't b* sold without an order of the court. That involve* a long and ex pensive proceeding on the part of your administrator. If you leav* minor chil dren that stiff further complicate* mat ters. A guardian must be appointed for them who must join in tbe applies tlon—at a price—and tbeir share* must be set aside and held until they are of ag*—also at a price. "Infant's proceed ings," as soch action* are termed, are moat technical and expensive, yet un less every contingency 1* provided for good title cannot be given to the real estate. Nor can clear title be given for ut least two years after your death. If you had left a will you could bav* in cluded therein a power of sale, and at any time when tbe interests of tbe es tate demanded it tbe property could have been sold.—Samuel 8covllle. Jr.. In Good Housekeeping. A LRtls Advice That May Hstp to Msks Things Pleasant. If 1 were givlug counsel to tbs hus band and wife who would make each other happy and bold sach other'* love 1 would suggest that neither call th* attention of the other to ths disagree able qualities of ths family of cither. "My husband loves my people as if they were bls own.” a wife told me. "It make* me so happy!" 1 doubt If be did love her people very dearly, but be overlooked those charac teristic* which a more saltish man' would havo resented. If it was what a schoolboy would call a "bluff" it was a gloriously unselfish on*. Moat of us can stand ths tempers and idiosyncrasies of our own when we alone have to bear them. It is when we see them through the eyes of a third person that they become unendurable. Timt is [»erhaps one reason why so few roofs ar* large enough to cover two families. If each "tn law” exercised toward the member* of the household into which he or abe married the same par doning love that I* exercised toward one's own the aspersion* cast upon the mother-inlaw would die a natural A Bit of •lolly. death because they would have noth “There i* no Italian town more pic ing on which to feed.—Virginia Ter hune Van de Water In Mother’s Maga turesque than tbe Sicilian capital. Pa lenno," write* a traveler. "Balling zine. ■hip* of all rigs, their hulls (tainted all tbe colors of the rainbow, nose up WHIRLIGIG BEETLES. against tbe quay, where mule carts, whose driver* are shouting at the top Ths** Four Eyed. Six Legged Creature* of thetr voice*, wait to take away the Are Expert Swimmer*. merchandise. Tbe narrow streets where More than likely you have watched tbe custom house officers examine tbe him skating in "figures B’s" and all good* brought ashore Is a place of ter sorts of elaborate designs tn quiet rific noise. When a driver, two clerk* pool* along a stream or on the edg* and two custom house officer* are dis of a lake. He will turn this way and cussing the content* of a bale or a cask that, describing oue graceful curve aft it seetus aa though murder must be er another, and then dart off In a committed within the next few sec straight line when he's frightened. onds. Rut somebody sign* something, He's speedy, as well a* graceful. He'* the cart move* on. and everybody the whirligig beetle. laugh*." He ha* *lz leg*, two longer ones tn front and two pair* of short, flat pad Murdering 8hake«pear*. dles behind. These paddles make him "I never hesitate to cut and slash an expert swimmer. His front leg*, •nd change any play until it suits me." stretched out, look like arm*. •aid Stuart Robson to bls legal ad Nature was also generous in giving viser on on* occasion. him two pairs of eye*. With one pair “I «uppoee you edit Shakespeare with be look* at objects on top of the water, a blue pencil7” replied the lawyer. and with the other pair be keeps watch "You can Just bet I da” for preying flab below. “Then. I imagine, you would plead There are something leas than 300 guilty to an indictment for murdering specie* of whirligig beetles and they're th* Bard of AvanF* scattered in a’ll part* of th* world. All "No; I would not, but I would admit summer you'll see their *blny bodies dissecting hla corp**" •hating tn spiral tracks and in curve* •n th* aurfsc* of pools and sluggish Springfield will vote on a 130,000 high stream« — Philadelphia North Am*r- •ahool. Vol. 14. The school garden plot is being plowed this week preparatory tn plant ing potatoes, carrot* and cabbage to aid in the furnishing of material for the school luncltM next year. Considering the nice weatlier we are having tbe school lunch record seem to hold it* own. Mrs. Darnall waa able to resume her work at school Monday. She is glad to get back to work again. Some 'J j O bird homes have been matte by tbe keys of tlie manual training classes and have been put up around in varions places in the vicinity of Lents. Miss Full baa a pair of little turtle* about the sue of a silver dollar in an ■quartan in her room. The children are very much interested in nature studies. She also has some very pretty plants and some tulip bulb* growing in water. They make a very rapid growth when grown in water. The executive meeting of the Parent- Teacher Club met in Room 2, Tuesday afternoon. —B«rrym«n in Washington Star. — CLAUDE S. LENT DIES LENTS 6RAN6E AFTER OPERATION HAS BUSY SESSION Our community waa shocked thia The Saturday meeting of Lent*Grange morning to learn of tbe death of Claude was a busy one. Several new appli 8. Lent, eon of Oscar and Viluria Lent, cant* were voted in and others were placed with committees. Five wen- early resident* of thia district. given the first and second degrees. He bad been suffering since Monday Quite a number of visitor* were present. of last week with appendicitis and was Immediately after noon A. W. Young operated upon at 10 o’clock yesterday was c Jled on th* floor and J. J. John morning at the Good Samaritan Hospi son waa de!-gated to tell him a few tal. At first it was thought lie was things at tbe conclusion of which be was progressing nicely but he did not com- presented with a past master’s pin. nletely rally from the anaesthetic and Mrs. Hogue presided in the lecturer's passed away at 8 o'clock this morning. chair and after a couple of musical Claude was born in Lent* 26 year* ago numbers from young people, Prof. and resided here during all his lifetime. Whitney of Oekey Green was intro He leaves a wife and infant son, duced to give a talk on his educational mother, father, sister and two brothers, ideals which include industrial training tx«ides h host of friends and acquain along with schooling. tances who are severely grieve«) at hi« The latter part of the meeting was de early passing. voted to business matters. Mr. and Mr*. Darnall were chosen delegatee to the State Grange, and Mr. and Mrs. Good News From Seattle A com Major C. B. Blethen, editor of the Y'onng were choeen alternates. mittee on entertainment was choeen and Seattle Times, sums up his reasons for some public programs are anticipated in changing from wet to dry in sentiment the near future. as follows: First—Seattle, during the wet period, Choato and ths Grson Bag. with 26«» saloons, averaged 2,000 arrests Very few of our lawyers carry the a month. In January, during the dry green bags which were once a badge of regime, only 400 arrests were made, ami thut profession. 60 of these were hangover* from the old "1 think tbe sight of such a bag once year. kept Joseph H. Choate from coming to Second—In the first three weeks of Philadelphia to make a speech." Mr. January, during the dry period, savings Conlen said. Mr. Conlen and another lawyer had deposit* in tlie banks increased 16 per gone to New York to invite the ex-am cent. Third—In the same month of Jan bassador to England to deliver an ad dress In Philadelphia Mr. Conlen'* uary, every grocery store and every dry companion carried a green bag. which goods store showed a wonderful in he laid upon Mr. Choate's table, evi crease in business. dently to tbe great lawyer's annoy Fourth—The increase of the sales of ance. v dry goods stores was in wearing ap “What do you carry tn that thing?" parel for women and children, and in he asked. "I have some law books." tbe young the grocery stores chiefly in fruit* and fancy grocerie*, proving to the satisfac Philadelphia attorney replied. “When I was a young lawyer," Mr. tion of Major Blethen, and as stated in Choate said rather coldly. "I was his letter, that the women and children taught to carry my law tn my head." —who suffer most from the liquor And tbe Invitation was declined.— business—receive the greater benefit Philadelphia Ledger from prohibition. How Silver Bow Got Its Nam*. Silver Bow creek received Its name from a party of prospector* who reached Its valley tn tbe vicinity of Butto in 1864, says a bulletin of tbe federal geological survey. While di* cussing the best name for the stream the clouds broke away, and the sun shine, falling on tbe creek as It circled around the mountain, suggested tbe name 811ver Bow, and It was accord kigly so called. A Smooth Aporoach. "You seem hard worked, sir.” said the affable stranger. "I'm half dead.” 'Then I called tn the nick of time I'm selling life Insurance. If you're half dead you can't get ■ policy any too quick.”—Louisville Courier-Journal Impossible Post. frats Father—Don't you think, young man. you can walk Into this houa* and bang up your bat Timid Suitor— I know I can’t, air. You're sitting on it—Baltimore American. Th* mor* you «peak of yourself tb* mor* you ar* Ukaly to ita.—Zlmasar- Miss Dawson’s class will render a dramatization at the Parent-Teacher’s meeting on Friday, March 1% in the Assembly Hall. Miss Dawson's class are little boys and girl* and it is a good thing for the little folks and they would appeciate it very much it tbe parent* would come and bear them. Mrs. Anna Reeves Burled Mrs. Anna Reeves, wife of E. A. Reeve* of 9604, 58 avenue, wa* buried at two o’clock on Tuesday, tbe 14th, the funeral being held at Kenworthy’s. Mrs. Reeve« died on tbe 12th. Rev. Hornschucb delivered the funeral ad dress, and the burial was at Mt. Scott. “ PLEASANT VALLEY n------------------------------ T. R. Berry waa a Gresham visitor Sunday. Mr. and Mr*. Geo. Robinson of Brooklyn spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Richey. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield of Portland were guest* of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rogers Sunday. Mrs. Flwood spent the week-end with friends in city. Superintendent A. P. Armstrong paid a visit to our school Monday afternoon. A number of Pleasant Valley grangers attended Pomona Grange at Woodlawn Wednesday. Mr. and Mr*. L. R. Sager of Hutton, Alta were guest* at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Sager a <x>uple of days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sager leave for tbeir northern home Friday. Mrs. J. W. Frost Sr., had the mis fortune to fall in such a manner as to break her left arm just below tbe shoulder. Tbe accident happened Sun day evening. Tbe special meeting of tbe grange held last Saturday evening, having for its object the discussion of tbe feasabil- ity of organizing a cooperative associa tion at this place was fairly well at tended. The question was pretty thoroughly discussed and resulted in a committee being appointed to investigate the plans of the East Multnomah buy ing and selling cooperative association and report at the next regular meeting of the grange. Pupils of Pleasant Valley School who are entitled to have their names placed upon the roll of honor for the patt month are: Primary Room, Pearl Restorff, Francis Dahlqwst, Rut hi ven Poppleton, Alice Restorff. Barbara Cornely, Agatha Comely, Tresa Schmid, Chris Reetorf ami Cukue Njyie. Ad vanced Room, Pearl Dahlquist, Ray mood Brasswell, Arthur Bliss, Katie Cornely. Edythe Butler, Clyde Moore, Anthony Schmid and Eigen Olson. Carved by Newton. In the Newton chapel of tbe church at Colsterwortb, in Lincolnshire. Eng land. where Sir Isaac Newton wa* born. Is to be seen one of tbe most in teresting relic* of tbe greatest of phi losophers It consists of a sundial and was carved by Newton when he was a boy on a stone in tbe bouse In which be was born, bis only tool being a pen knife. Tber* it remained for many years until removed to Colsterworth GILBERT church. Unfortunately tbe organ has s------------------------------------ a been built directly In front of thia in Mrs. Lawrence ot Kenniwick, Wash., teresting relic, so that unless on* knows of the stone's existence and its •pent Sunday with Mrs. C. H. Bateman. presence in tbe church it 1* overlooked. No. 11. COUNTY A6ENT CAILS MEETING Practically tbe entire advisory board appointed by the various granges of the county met with Mr. 8. B. Hall at the Library at Gresham to organise the work for the year. Those present were; J. Ward Evans, Corbett Farmer«’ As sociation; G. W. AI Ider, Multnomah Grange; James G. Kelly, Evening Star; F. H. Crane, Rockwood; James Pounder, Columbia; E. J. Stansberry, Wood lawn; H. A. Darnall, Lenta; H. E. Poppleton, Pleasant Valley; H. A. Lewi«, Ruaselville; O. I. Neal, Gresh am; C. H. Stone, Fairview. Paul V. Mari«, state director of county work wa* present an«I made an introductory talk which suggested the duties of the board and tbe part they could take to make the work of the county agent a success. Mr. Hall out lined a number of problem« which he thought the people of tbe county would be interested in. These included liming soils, spraying for potato blight, inocu lative culture« for clover and vetch, se lection and distribution of seed, alfalfa, crop rotation, marketing, informing tbe people of projects, farm account«, farm taxes, and real estate value«. The committee readily selected liming of soils, spraying for potato blight, marketing, selection and distribution of see«i and farm account* a* being the most suitable for study and develop ment of the first year. Mr. Hall stated that he had been around the county considerable during the past two months an«i he had found no place in the county in whieh the soils did not give acid re actions, evidently showing the need of developing an interest in liming tbe soil to sweeten it. He showed a keen in terest and knowledge of conditions throughout the county. Mr. Stansberry developed tbe fact that potato yield* in thia county were falling off, which waa either due to deterioration in the yield or exhaus tion of tbe soil for that particular crop. Mr. Evans stated that California seed dealers were trying to engage seed po tatoes of next year’s crop at 75 cents per sack. It was felt that seed potatoes were worth double that amount, at least, a* they regularly retail on the California market for four times that figure. The committee organized by ejecting H. A. Lewis chairman, and Mr. Hall secretary. The committee will be called together from time to time at the call of chairman or the secretary. One of the first duties of the com mittee will be the listing of a number of fanners and potato growers thronghout tbe county in an experimental plat of ground treated with lime. The lime will be obtainable for about $4 25 a ton and it will take about two tons to treat an acre. Members of the committee met with the county grange on Wednesday and Mr. Hall discussed several of the ques tions to be considered during the year. Take an Inventory Take an inventory of the farm. Find out what you are actually worth. It is a good thing to know. Tell your bank er abont it. He will have more con fidence in yon when he knows you are doing tilings in a business-like manner. The banker is afraid of slip-shod methods. He considers it a greater risk to invest money when such method* are in use. Therefore, he chargee a higher rate of interest. Write down in a blank book a list of all your reeonrees and give value of each item. This will include land, live stock, machinery, feed, supplies, grow ing crop«, also cash and bills that others owe you. Then list al! items that you owe, or your liabilities, and the dif ference between total rosonrees and total liabilitiea will be net worth.—O. 8. R. Advertised Letters Advertised letters for week ending March 11. 1916: Brune, Mrs. Charles; Darling, Olive; Dunlap, Mrs. William; Furtney, Mrs. Albert C.; Johnson, Miss L. E.; Porter, Wm.; Porter, Wm.; Smith, Mi** Sylvia. Geo. W. Spring, Postmaster. Extram« Ennui. Nelson’s Me»«age.** “I fear her* is a no(>eless case. She's In a book called “National Humor” a tired of everything." A creamery is planned for Stanfield. serious footnote states that Nelson'* “Everything?" Medford now expect* to get a beet celebrated message. "England expect* “Yes; even of going to th* doctor.”— sugar factory. each man to do bis duty." wa* phrased Kanus City Journal. by the famous admiral aa “Nelson ex Bricketta may be manufactured from pects," etc., and that on* of bis officers Cured. waste at the Florence mill*. suggested th* cbsng* of tbe first word “Bacon lost a lot of money In a big A carkxui of peppermint root* wa* to "England.” Nelson's greatness was sugar deal That cured him of «pecu shipped from the surrounding country •videut in bis immediate acceptance of lation." tbe change. A smaller man would to Albany last week. "Sugar cured, so to speak."—Boston bav* f*)t Insulted at tb* proposed elim The U. 8. National Bank plan» to Transcript ination of his pwn name. build a 1250,006 structure ia Portland. Only *vU grows of lisait. For f*od- A cold storage plant tor hmsdifag dtop Plan* are being drawn for a 1100,000 a*** we want affo« and cowag«. sea fish i* proposed for O mm Bay. hotel at G*arh*art.