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Phone us your news Item»—they are al ways welcome ÍKL Subscription, $1.00 a Year •---------------------- AND THE TRADING STAMPS PRESIDENT WILSON SUBNARINE QUESTION GET DECISION Body Blow Gives to Institution that Filches Money From Local Mer chants and Gives Cheap Prizes in Return. One of ths inconsistencies of tbe mercbaiilile business has l>een ths fight of the local merchant on the distant mail order house. Columns and pages and whole hooka have been written about bow uujnst it was to tbe local merchant to have the farmers and other customers send to Chicago or auy of tbe other mall order centers for articles of home necessity. Every imaginable ar gument has been pul up to show that this was false economy, that sending a dollar out of the community meant that tbe profit on that dollar was added to the wealth ol a distant trade center and thus In that financially strangle the local mercantile development. We have been shown that the local mer chant I* a necessity beyond argument. Every community must have somebody to buy its butter and eggs, and supply articles for Immediate necessity and it Is unanswerable. Tbe merchant who affords these facilities ought to receive the entire patronage of the individual who may profit by occasional favors. And yet one of the worst financial bloodsuckers any community ever had is the trailing stamp promoter. For a hundred dollars or so, each, be comes into your town, linos up tbe merchants and provides them with a book of stamps ami guarantees him some prizes. The customers who are sup posed to fairly fight for these sticky little stomps are required to buy a hun dred dollars worth of stuff before they can get a prise that io worth anything, and then when they come to get It they find they could have bought a better umbrella ot some local store or mail order house for about a dollar and a half. What has become of all the profit? The stamp concern has ab- •orlwd it and Is using It to build a sum mer home for the president of the com pany on tbe t«nka of Lake Minnetonka, or some other haven of looters. Had the same amount of money Ixen spent with local advertising companies the summer home on Minnetonka would not have l>een built, but instead, several large manufacturing concerns giving employment to a la'ge number of consumers would tie assisting to re duce the annual tax burden. The last Blate legislature attempted to put a finis on the trailing stamp business hut some "home loving” per sons attempted to fight It. It has been before the courts tor the past year and is not settled yet. Tbe United States Supreme Court handed down a number of decisions sustaining the restrictions placed upon trading stamps and coupon schemes by state legislatures. Under two of these decisions trading stamps are driven out of Florida and the state ot Washington. It is interesting to note the lack of good opinion by the Supreme Court as evidenced by the statement in one of the decisions, which first treats of adver tising as “well defined” with "nothing nltertior; it is the practice of old and familiar transactions that has sufficed. * But the schemes of trading stamp pro moters are declared ¡to "have no such directness and effect." They rely up on something else than articles so sold. They tempt by a promise of a value greater than that article and apparent ly not represented in its price, and it hence may be thought that thns by an appeal to cupidity, lure to improvi dence. This may not be called in an exact sense a "lottery" or may not t>e called “gaming." DO YOU KNOW THAT Four per cent of the inhabitants of certain sections of the South have malaria? The United States Public Health Service has trapped 616,744 rodents in New Orleans in the past lfimonths? The careless sneezer is the great grip spreader? Open air is the Iteat spring tonic? Typhoid fever is a disease peculiar to man? Measles kills over 11,000 American children annually? There has not been a single case of yellow fever in the United States since 1900? Presliient Wilson lias been over whelmed with telegrams from all parts of the country, commending bis stand that (h-rmany shall not sink merchant vessels willtout giving tliem warning, whether they are defensively armed or not. This is plainly tlie International law of tbs world, and President Wilson is only doing what a stalwart American president should do, in upholding the rights of American citizens to travel anywhere on the ocean they wish to, and that the United States Govern ment will uphold their rights when they do so. The resolution of Congress proposing (list American citizens who travel on defensively armed merchant vessels, must do so at their own risk, is the moot cowardly and disgraceful pro,Men tion that was ever considered by congress. Umili Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, March 23,1916. THE INTERPRETER. —.--------- ------- - ------------------------------------------ I *fLL t This is a good time to re new your subscription to the Herald. Vol. 14. No. 12. REVIVAL MEETINGS IN TME Cl IN ftA V QTftPM NEW EREE METHODIST CHURCH öUIWAI ö1 Urtivi CLIMAX OE YEAR Last Bunday a good crowd attended 1 the opening service in the New Free Methodist Church, 9108-67th avenue. Severe Weather of the Past Six A neat comfortable church edifice Months Surpassed by Sunday that is a credit to Lents has been j Evening Storm that Did Exces erected by Rev. C. I. Harrington, I sive Damage. pastor of Portland First Church. Last | summer be pitched his tent near the! What may well be hoped to be the Library and a number were converted I closing storm of the season ended the and a class was organized; end now oneertain weather of last Bunday, About five o’clock io the afternoon the they have a nice bouse of worship. Rev. W. T. Klotzback of 8t. Louis, clouds grew exceedingly black and Mo., is now assisting the pastor in maaaive and an unusual electrical dis- special meetings. He is a preacher of began. Thunder was heard half the old Methodist stamp. His presen- ,D hour before the storm broke, and tation of Bible truth is clear and force-1 when the fal1 »1°«»« «boat ful, conveying conviction to hearts of five-thirty tbe heaviest fall of the year bis bearers. He is a man of wide ex was seen. It did not last so very long perience, having traveled and preached but it came fairly in sheets and mixed in many states of the union. The ver with it there was a considerable amount dict of those who have heard him is of bail. Tbe roads were soon rivers that they could not afford to miss a and the water collected in balk before Isaac Martin Dead it could run away. single meeting. Accompanying the rain was a heavy lease Martin, for some time a resi If you are interested in lively old- dent of Arnaud, east of 1-ents, died last fashioned revivals like they used to wind that blew the rain right into Thursday at his home, after a lingering have, then come out to the services things, and at the same time made havoc of everything loose. From re Illness. The funeral was held Monday, every ni^ht at 7:30. ports abont tbe country a considerable Rev. T. B. Lane of tbe Uenteuery Metho —Donneò in St. Lvu>a Globe- Democrat. amount of damage was done. Along dist Church being in charge. He was Musical Program the Portland Railway lines to Oregon buried at Mt. Ncott. He leaves a wife Lent« Baptist Church, Friday evening, City a lot of pules blew down and and several children. Bennies being March 31. closed traffic for several hours. Below connected with tl>e Methodist church, Piano Solo, "Alice,” Miss Fay Albany tbe line of the Oregon Electric lie was a member of the Modern Wood Hickox: Chorus, "Wake the Song"; was cut and a car was stalled for about men, and tbe latter had charge of the BREEZY ÍTEMS CONTRIBUTED BV HERALD REPORTERS AT NfcARBY POINTS Violin 8olo. "After Vespers,” Milton 18 hours. A considerable number of funeral. Kauky; Vocal Solo, Selected, Mrs. W. the passengers were students from the * GILBERT J A. Koller; Reading, Selected, Miss State University and they were kept CHERRYVILLE GILBERT Mission Commended Blanche Minor; Ladies Trio, “Teach from Monday classes. 1---------------------------------------- Tlie Lenta Holiness Mission, known as Me, O Lord,” Meedames Warnock, Between Lents and Oregon City a Tbe vernal season has arrived. Ed Woodman left Tuesday for Tbe the Redeeming Love Mission, has Now that tlie sun baa crossed the line Dalles, where he expects to remain for J ulian and Nelson ; Chorus. * ’Come, large number of people were injured by moved just north-east of Copeland’s Tbon Fount”; Flute 8olo, “Dreamy damage to buildings and other proper we are looking for the spring to be with some time. Lum tier yard where there will be ser Momenta,” C. G. Ward; Duet, “Beau ty. One report cites the appearance of ns once more. The friends of Mrs. H. Henderson vices every night at 7:80 p. m., except Earl Baxter, who has been with a will be pleased to know that she was tiful Moonlight.” Mr. and Mrs. Nelson; a tornado like twister that tore things Monday and Saturday. Bunday School logging camp down in the Bhskiyous aide to return to her' home Wednesday Reading, Selected, Mrs. G. E. Barker; up. It is doubtful if such a cloud was at 2 p. m. Preaching, 3 p. tn. Here mountains tbe past winter has returned from tbe hospital where she was oper Piano DneU, “Dance of tbe Demons,” seen, but at any rate several buildings you can hear ttie gos;>sl preached and to his folks for a visit. He says the ated on some time ago for appendicitis. Misses Cooper and Hickox; Contralto were removed from their foundations, the doctrine of Holiness advocated aa it Solo, violin obligato, “Day is Ended,” upset, and cut into. Flying timbers enow was ten feet deep down tlierv last Mrs. George Ashcroft and little son waa by John Wesley, Clark. Bpurgeon, Mrs. J. M. Nelson; Reading, Selected, struck people and injured them severe winter. Tibbel of Drt.,1. , Kansas, spent Tues Watson, Steele and others. Rev. Harvey Louis Ritaer, at the shingle mill, says day at the home of her uncle, 8. E. Miss Blanche Minor; Duett “O That ly. Several large trees were twisted Buck recommends this Mission to tbe We Two Were Maying,” Mr. and Mrs. and broken off and numerous orchards be talked with a party lately who waa Johnson of Belroee. Mr. and Mrs. public. seriously injured. Around looking over the route for a logging Ashcroft will make their home in Port Ward; Quartet, “Come Where the were Lillie’s Bloom”; Plano Solo, "Grand Clackamas Station the were road up Cedar Creek into the 3-6 land. Polkade Concert, ” Miss Marguerite important. Houses owned by Arthur country and they told him the road Mrs. L. Robinett, formerly Mias Lizzie Union Service Sunday Evening. would be built this season without Isles ot this place, is in tbe hospital Cooper; Ladies Chorus, “The Linden Breckman, M. B. Webeter, and J. W. All the church organizations in fjenta doubt as the timber must be moved where she is being treated for a burn Tree”; Solo, flute obligato, “The Roots were reported practically ruined. will unite in a service Sunday evening, soon, as it was ripe and would soon received some time ago when a stove in Angels’Serenade." Mrs. C. G. Ward; A dozen places near Donald, Ore., on at tlu> Evangelical Church. There will Chorus, “Rocked in the Cradle of the tbe Oregon Electric, were badly deterioate, lies ides the market for lum her home exploded. Her arms and be v;x*ciaj music and other attractive Deep.” damaged. ber waa looking up to a remarkable ex neck were badly burned. features. Rev. Mrs. John Riley will Free admission. Everybody invited. The only fatality reported occurred tent. Mrs. If. Clark returned home Tues make the address of the evening. near the top of Mt. Scott, a mile and a The question for discuseion at the day from tbe hospital where she has half east of Lenta and about a mile Literary Society last Friday night was, been a patient for the past two months. C. P. Stayton Visits Lents south. William Marks was killed by Rest .ed: That Truth is Stranger than She is reported to be slowly improving. Portland, Oregon, March, 9, 1916. tbe falling of a large fir tree which Fiction. One speaker on the Negative Members of the Gilbert High School told of the strange nature of fiction in have prepared a play and will give an Mr. H. A. Darnall—Editor of Mt. 8cott struck him on the head and crashed Walker vol« s for a $25o0 union high the Tales of the Arabian Nights and of entertainment Friday evening at the Herald: I want to say through the his skull. The Marks family were en school. Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, school auditorium. columns of your paper that while visit tertaining company Sunday afternoon The spirit of spring and hopefulness ing in Lente and Mount Scott district, and Mr. Marks bad stepped from tbe St. Helens has a monthly payroll of which, when he rubbt*d it, the slave« of the lamp immediately appeared and did seems to be a strong factor among the March 9, that I met many old time house to call the children out of the W0,000. friends and a lot of others that gave me rain. As he returned to the house tbe A- million dollar shipbuilding plant is whatever be wished. To this a s;>eaker people of tiiis vicinity. un the side of Truth said we had a The Ladies Aid of Bennett Cbapel a warm reception and a hearty shake of tree fell, knocking him down and planned for Linnton. modern Aladdin who had a Standard propose to give a basket social in the the nand, wishing me great success in wrecking the corner of the porch. None A $1,260,000 building is planned for Oil I jimp, who, whenever he ruba it, up auditorium of the school house on the my campaign Even my Democratic of the other members of tbe family Oregon City during 1916. jumps the price of gasoline and kerosene evening of the 29th. Entertainment friends expressed themselves sorry that were injured. He was removed into Bandon will spend 140,000 improving and we poor dubs—all slaves to the will be by friends from the city and the they could not support me at the pri the house and medical assistance from its water system lamp—immediately dig up whatever auctioneer will be a lady. A jolly good mary, but would at the general election. Lents was called but before they were All Hood River sawmills ex;>ect to money he calle for and besides Aladdin time is assured. Perhaps some of the people in your lo able to reach him he was dead, and the operate by May 1, with 600 men. used much of his easily acquired wealth Mr. Hunt, who recently bought one cality are not acquainted with my report is that be was injured beyond Geo. W. Dafoe of Detroit, Mich., is to relieve the distress of the poor, cloth acre from tlie Porter property on I^nox qualifications for the office of county assistance. Mr. Marks leaves a wife and several ing and feeding hie fellow-beings of hie avenue is making a splendid improve commissioner. I am a practical engi opening a new sawmill at Bandon. neer, having been engaged most of my children to recall the event that left Harrisburg has shipped 6 carloads off own land, while our Aladdin—old John ment. I>—usee his donations to placate big It is understood that Mr. Gale, who life in mechanical or engineering con them without a father. hops direct to London, England. While the weather reports indicate secured the lot facing on Foster Road nections. I feel that I am particularly colleges, popular preachers and promi Ho<xl River is to have a factory for nent newspapers in order to have them and Lenox avenue will improve and fitted to guard the interests of tbe leee than an inch of rainfall daring the the preparation of candied fruits. mold public opinion in bis favor. There build. county in the expenditure of finances afternoon and night, the most of it fell Columbia beach, opposite Vancouver, is not an instance of his ever relieving Very little Mre. M. V. Bristow has returned to for public improvements or purposes of early in the evening. is to lie improved for a summer resort. tbe awful distress of the poor in our her old home after a staj of about six damage was dooe around town by the any sort. 26 out of 30 industries on the lower cities—which lie sees every day—save a months with her daughter in the city. There is a bright future for the Mount leaking of roofs and walls. Columbia are in operation, employing few scanty donations on Christinas Day. John Brant and Frank Dalton have Scott district, with the beautiful lay of "Tay Drinkin” 10,000 men. The plans are all arranged and the returned from working at North Yam- the country, inviting the building of St. Patrick’s tbe Mt. Scott On Russian contracts for 60,000,000 feet trap is set to have R<x»sevelt as a candi hill. beautiful homes and mills, and factories of Oregon spruce is reported let on Coos date on tbe Republican ticket. First lie The county forces are busy re-surfac to come which will increase the business Mental Culture Club gave an Irish Tea for the benefit of the Scholarship Loan Bay. is invited to a big banquet where a bil ing Buckley avenue. of the locality. i lion dollars sat down to feast in the The 26 ;>er cent raise in wages de Should I be elected to the office oí Fund, at the home of Mrs. Geo. E. manded by railroad unions amounts to a : persons of the mighty U. 8. steel mag- county commissioner, I shall not forget Stoner. About twenty dollars has been If I “ PLEASANT VALLEY 1 nates. Judge Gary presiding. Then to look after ths needs of the people in realized by the Club for this worthy tax of $16.60 per family for all the purpose. S the Mount Scott district. • Root, the foxy Grandpa of the steel «s----------------------------------- people in the United States. Tbe following program proceeded the C. P. 8tayton, Eugene Chamber ot Commerce I magnates, makes a key-note speech at Leland Moore made a trip to Corvallis I tea and social hour: Piano Solo, Miss ¡the N. Y. Republican state convention South Broadway. unanimously adopted resolutions op on business matters Monday, returning Wagstaff; Song, “How Ireland Got Its posing proposed change in hours of | which is an exact repleca of one of Tuesday- Name.”, Mrs. H. T. Blakasley; "A Roosevelt ’ s speeches and there you are. labor and wages for women by the Mrs Hazel Ixxige of washburn, I))., is Trip Through Ireland in a Jaunting v«u, indeed. Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission. Now all of the old stand-patters and the visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Camp “Th' meek may tnhurrit th’ earth, all Car,” Mrs. C. E. Kitcbing; Reading, old line papers are being whipped into E. J. Adams said, “Capital is being bell. right." murmured Uncle Ike. “but he's “Bells of Shandon,” Mrs. W. T. Stout; Mrs. W. G. Rodgers made a business In luck If some cuss not so durned frightened away from Oregon by fool thia combination and with a big Song, “Mother McCrea,” Mrs. H. T. hurrah in which money will be spent laws and commissions.” trip to Salem one day this week. meek don't contest th’ will an’ git Blakesley; Music, Irish Snanne River like water Roosevelt, it is hoped, will be Miss M. Cavaline of Portland was a away with itf—Judge. and My Wild Irish Rose by Mrs. G. 0. swept into power again. Then all thoee valley visitor last Bunday. The Horseshoe Legend. Griffith with Mandolin. big European war bonds, which Morgan Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Uilig visite! with Ons of a Kind. Here Is an explanation of the old holds, can lie collected of the bankrupt Disgusted Cop fat crowing) — Bay. friends in the city Bunday. horseshoe superstition: St. Dunstan Advertised Letters nations In thia manner the worthless you're a peacb of a driver! If you was was a skilled farrier. One day while Advertised letters for week ending W. 8. Wood of Vancouver, transacted crossIn' tbe alkali desert you’d run into at work tn his forge the devil entered Spanish war bonds were collected under March 18, 1916: Allen. Mrs. Eva.; business in the Valley Tuesday. McKinley by paying Spain $20,000,000 a hydrant — New York Times. In disguise and requested Dunstan to Banka. Frank; Brooks. Jess; Bushman, Arrived at the home of Clifford Young shoe his "single hoof.” Tbe saint, al for the Phillipines. This is a great Unless you bear with the faults of a F. L.; Campbell, M F.; Cross, Lena; though be recognized his malign cua scheme and the mischief and the misery one day recently, a fine baby girl. Davis, R. J.; Dilley. J ; Dix, Mrs. Tens; Mrs. Lewis Yan of Ridgefield Wash., friend you betray your own-Byrae. tomer, acceded, but caused him so of it is that is very liable to work. We Elliott, Mrs. J.; From, E. B.; Ford, much pain during tbe operation that know Teddy has said there are good formerly of this place, and who will be Batan begged him to desist This St. Trusts and had Trusts and the U. 8. remembered by her friends aa Miss Mary Vally but did no damage except to uproot Mr. A. J.; Grimshaw, Virgil R.; Hal Dunstan did. but only after be had Steel Trust is one of the good Trusts be Baxter, is tke mother a daughter. lock, Mr. and Mrs. Jesper; Harold, a number of large trees. made the evil one promise that neither cause Munsey and Perkins financed him Pleasant Valley Grange will meet in The Pleasant Valley Dramatic Chib Mrs Ella ; Johnson, H.; Kettle, P. C.; be nor any of tbe leaser evil spirits, in his last campaign Both ot them are regular session next Saturday, March 26. will put on their drama, "Tbe Great Lively, H. L.; Palmer, Mrs. 8. E.; bis servants, would ever molest tbe heavy owners of U. 3. Steel stock. Last Sunday’s storm, which did so Catastrophe,” at Bandy next Saturday Sutter, Wallace; Yaortx, M.; White, Inmates of a house where tbe horse- Steelhead salmon are now running up tbe Bandy river and preparations are much damage to tbe north and west of night, March 26. Quite a number of Floyd ; «16-48 Ave. shoe wee dlepleyod. re thia place, struck tbe western edge of tbe Pleasant Valley folks expect to attend. made to take them for eggs. Geo W. BpriM, 1 5« va < m Doings of Our Neighbors r■ OREGON NEWS NOIES