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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1917)
9 Farm and Grange Notes Evening Star Grange. Evening Star Grange met in its usual ■ xshioii on Saturday, March 3rd, with a large attendance. Tin* afternoon program was unuaiially interesting. Mrs. T. J. Horgan of the Oregon Conservatory of Music was pres ent and reudrrwd two of her own oom* poaitluos on the piapo. One waa en titled "On the Cam pita,” and the other was "Thoodore.” Four 41111« girls from tlx« llndaon ■tfbool gave two pleasing aongs. Mr. F. M. Heath gave some very amusing impersonations. Mr, A. L. Barber, eity auditor, lold alxiut the need of "(lily and County Consolidation.** He spoke from ex- lierirnce, telling of many duplications. Many thouaaiida of dollar* of the tax payers money can be saved by consolida tion and he hoped that it would come to l>awi. It has proved to lie a amices* in many eastern cities, so why not hare in Portland and Multnomah county. Miss Pauline Pease talked on the all absorbing topic, "High Cost of Living.** She told how to purchase with care, buy ing the good and needed materials for ‘food; leaving out the me-lcxs, the premiums and the sluff of but little nutrition* value. I><> not alway* buy the highest priced, the cheaper may lie just a* good Hbe advised u* to study our daily need*, and provide accordingly. Mr Itoliert* of Columbia County, Mr*, Ben vie of Milwaukee and Mr. I. L. Bar ber were present and gave very pleasant an<l helpful talk*. This Grange will give a public enter tainment in its hall on Friday evening, March it. Pleasant Valley Grange. arrangement« (or entertaining Pomona Grange, which maata with Pleasant Valley Grange an tlx; third Wednesday in Marcii. fairview Grange. The appropriations of |3’>OO.iXi secured by Stab« Senator Lewis of the Mult nomah County Fair, Gresham, has caused all the (¡ranges in this part of the country to prick up their ears, tor they feel that It will now lie [xmxible for the Fair to give Grange premium* of 1260.00 each for high point winner*. Fairview Grange, under Master Stone, liad a very full meeting last Saturday, *t which time the Fair proposition waa thoroughly <liaciu*«<<l and committee* ap|M>inted. Fairview Grange won the first prise two year* ago and are de- termined to repeat tills fall. They have already nerved notice on the balance of the Grange« in the county to that effect. County Agent Hail waa on hand at the meeting, taking notes of everything. His«ennation must have been a queer one, for lie has alxiut ten Grange* in the county, every one of which will ex- pect him to be their next best friend. Ixxiks a* if it waa going to I*’ neiiwary for him to la< a centipede in order to Oil all tlie demands on his time. There is probably no section of Oregon which ha* a more fertile soil than that along the Columbia Slough when* members of the Fairview Grange mostly Uve. As a rule they confine themselves to a few standard crops, but this year they will put ill small patch«-* of all the different gram* ami vegetable* grown ju*t to show the |KM*i bi lilies of their section and to help them make au attractive exhibit nt Gresham. If all the other Granges in the county go into the matter with the name spirit as doe« Fairview, the Mult nomah County Fair Uiis year will tie one of the I m «1 ever and will ilemonstrate thoroughly to outside people the poe- •ibililiee of agriculture in this part of tlie state.—Portland Uve Stock Report er Then- wa* a gissi attendance at Grange last Saturday notwithstanding the stormy weather conditions. An lAtcel- lent literary and musical urogram was renderai, the readings given in com memoration of the anniversaries of the birth* of Washington and Lincoln were especially Utting for the occasion. Lee- Mending Eggs. tarer Mr*. 11. E. Poppleton was in charge. Committee* were appointed to I xnm in egg* from handling make* a make arrangement* to enter an exhibit big bill, for it is difficult to sell an egg at the county fair next fall, and to make with a broken abell. A farmer in Illi nois has discovered a way to nave this waste. He saved the broken egg* for a week and mended them with gum srabic sticker*. He then put them in a small incubator and lighted the lamp. From forty-eight eggs, twenty-nine chickens were hatched. So successful has he been that lie now run* three small in- cnbator* to lake care of the egge which would otherwise have tx*en a total loss. Ouch! anxious to induce the farmers and stock men of the country to adopt, fkxik keep ing is not the complicated tiling that it I* usually aup|Mia«*i to lie. Common knowledge of language and arithmetic is all that I* nec insary. Every fanner «hould know what it coats him to raise a ton of bay, a bushel of wheat, a work horse, a sack of pota- ti**<, a milk cow, or anything that lie raises or wislte* to raise. He should know wnat the ton of hay is worth to him it fed to the horse* or the cow; what the sack of potatoes is worth to him if fed to the cow or the pig*; what tlie bushel of wlx>at Is worth to him if fe<l to the chickens or the stock. He ahould know whether Ute cow • he is keeping is paying for her pasture and bay and ituMdental expense, and if another cow that lx; might keep would pay him more for the same feed and care. There are a thousand thing* tlrat he *hould know—that he alxvdutely must know if Im is to Niieceed, unless lie was liorn under a lucky star, that in sures him auecM) without effort on hie own part. Bpecitlc information can la* bad on the analysis of the business of the farm and tlie keeping of cost and return account* by applying to the I’nited States de partment of agriculture at Washington, I). 0., or by addressing the farm ex tension department of the college or university in the state. Eggs that hatch well come from hen» that have good vitality. The reproiuctive organs ot the hen are apparently very sensitive. A hen may produce well, but not reproduce w-ll. The fact that a hen lay« well does not necanxariiy imply that her eggs will hatch well and her chick» grow well. The hen that nistles for a living, lay» a nestful of egg» in the lence corner, batches every egg and rear» every chick, if cooped up in a house and fed and cared for well doe« not always, if ever, produce good hatchable eggs, The hen that han tile litierty to range over the fields will produce eggs that will hatch well and chick» that will grow well—J. D. LENTS MERCANTILE CO SUCCESSORS TO COFFMAN & SPRING Wish to introduce themselves to the people of Lents and vicinity. This firm is comprised of CLYDE E. SAGER As GENERAL MANAGER, with 0. E. Lent, S. D. Campbell, T. J. Kreuder and Donald Furey As OTHER DIRECTORS TheFormal Opening Will Be Held Saturday, March 10th The entire COFFMAN & SPRING stock Together with the largest individual order that Mason-Ehrman & Co. ever delivered at one time are attractively displayed. Two Professional Store Decorators and Window Dressers from Portland have been busy all week making such a transforma tion of Katzky’s Old Store as will astonish you. The shelving has all been put in new and the place painted a spotless white. Come and See the “FLAP-JACK MAN” Make Hot Cakes Church Notes REMEMBER THE Evangelical Church. LOCATION Katzky’s Old Store ■ "™“ At the Evangelical Church special ef Tailor 1141 fort is being put forth throughout the month of March, in harmony with the city-wide plans of ‘‘go-t6-chureh"month, as outlined by the Ministerial Associa tion. H|>ecial music is always an at- sonage Monday evening A social hour Youthful Agriculture. tractive feature of the Sunday services, enjoyed at the conclusion of the Mayor Overliolwn of Oklahoma City more than usual attention being given business session, is a tieliever in agricultural activity, and to this interesting part of the program in order to stimulate enthusiam in school during the present month. On Sunday ( children for practical agricultural educa morning Rev. Hornschuch will take for friends Church. tion, he has offered a prize of a five- his topic, “Aaron and Hur Staying the The usual services will be held on pasxengei machine to the boy or girl I Hand* of Moses." The general public Sunday. The pastor, Rev. Riley, will among tile fourteen thousand school are always cordially and warmly wel- preach both morning and evening. The children of his eity who prixluces the corned. topic of the morning sermon will be, greatest profit from his vacant-lot gar “Danger Lines in the Deeper Life." dening during tlie coming summer. Il Rev. Riley occupied the pulpit of the is reported that the earth of Oklahoma Methodist Church. | Sunnyside Friends Church on Sunday City is being torn open in a fury of ex Next Sunday will lie a very special evening last, owing to the illness of the citement.' day in Methodist circles of Lent*. Rev. pastor. Geo. V. McClure occupied the Paints and Kalsomine Brushes loan M. B. I’arounagian, of Salem, Sunday pulpit of the local church. Analyze I he Business. School Missionary for the Oregon Con ed free. Ask Hedge at The monthly business meeting of the Busmens men in the city always keep ference will be preaent throughout the Christian Endeavor was held at the day. Those who have heard Mr. lx>ok->. If they didn ’ t, they would fad LENTS HARDWARE in their buainesM in a majority of case*. Parotinngian know what a treat is in church on Tuesday evening, A very < >n the farm it in the exception rather ■tore for them; a most delightful sur pleasant social hour followed the busi than the rule for Ixxiks to be kept. prise is in store for those who have jot ness session. The Ladies' Missionary Society met, DONT BLAME THE HORSE Where miccesn is made in farming it is lia<l that pleasure. Among the musical I made in spit«* of this lack of careful features of the morning service will be a for an all-slay session with Mrs. Riley | It's more than likely lie can't help check on the business rather than be duet by Misses Luzvlle and Frances on Tuesday. The morning was devoted stumbling or calking himself. You'd cause of it. and where farming fails it is Kearney. In the evening Mr. Parouna-I to sewing. A mid-day banquet was; ■tumble, too, if vou wore misfit shoes often tiecHiise tin* tanner does not know ginn will give his address, "From Ar served, the mission study class conven- We Fit the Shoe to the Foot wlmt the various line* of the business menia to America.’’ The Male Quar ing in the afternoon. “Early Protes-1 Home smiths tit the foot to ‘tlie cost or what they produce. tette will give two selections in the tant Missions of Wie Eighteenth Con-1 shoe—which may lie all right for ttie Th«* allsolute necessity of n keeping of evening. If you do not appreciate your tury” was the topic discussed. Mrs. i «hoe, but Rol’GH GN THE FOOT account* to insure against unwise and country, you will after you have heard Jasper, of the Methodist Church, was Try u* on ttint stumbling horse. unprofitable undertakings Ims led tlx* this lecture. Mr. Parounagian will ad present and contributed a solo to the i MATT GREENSLADE, Blacksmith I'niteil States department of agriculture dress the young |>eople of the church in program which was very much appreci Foster Road and 93d St. I to prepare a simple, definite, clear sys the League room at an afternoon ser ated. tem of farm lMx>kk«*eping. which it is vice. The ladies of the church very pleas- ! — The Helping Hand class will enter antly surprised Mrs. Geo. V. McClure tain the young men's class on Saturday at her home on 91st St. Monday after evening at the home of Misses Ruby and noon, the occasion being her biithday. Gladys Woodworth. The teacher of the A most delightful social time was en class, Mrs. Wallace, will lx* chaperone. joyed, supplemented J by plenty of A splendid progrtim is being arranged, "eats," so essential to the success of in addition to which a social time will such an occasion. In departing they lie enjoyed ami refreshments served. left behind them as a reminder of the * Mt. Scott Methodism was well repre occasion a beautiful set of dishes of sented at the Centenary Church Tues dainty design. Needless to say Mrs. day evening,, at which time the McClure was delighted with this splen mortgage of the Portland Methodist did gift. Deaconess Home was burned The Those noted evangelists, Bud Robin church was tilled to capacity and from son and Milton Williams, are in the city beginning to end the service was in endeavoring to arrange for a union tab spirational in its character. Much re ernacle meeting later in the Spring. The Hundreds of the 1917 prize designs to gret was felt at the absence of Bishop former will speak at the Piedmont I choose from. Homes, barns, churches, Hughes, who is in Eastern Washington Friends Church Sunday morning. They ' silos, sheds, hog and poultry houses, 9 and missed his train by four minutes, will both speak at a union mass meet- | creameries, elevators, etc. thereby tailing to reach the city in time. ing at Centenary Methodist Church in We make it our business to help you l)r. Stansfield, of First Church, gave a tiff* afternoon. get What you want at the lowest cost. brief address. Also 0. W. DeGraff, of Woodlmvn Church, and <>. V. Radley, T- *♦ Special prices on sawed or split Cedar Posts of Sunnyside Church, both members of THE UNSELFISH. the Board of Trustees, gave interesting addresses. To Mrs. Esther Waldfogel, Even in ordinary life the un the donor of the first 91,000 toward the selfish people are tSe happiest— building of the Home, was given the those who work to make others honor of burning the mortgage. Much happy and who forget them- enthusiasm, was manifested throughout eelves. The dissatisfied people . . Quality First, Service Always. are those who are evoking hap- tlx' services. District Superintendent, pineea for themselves.—Mrs. Be- Tabor 1371 9418 Foster Rd. Dr. W. W. Yotingson, presided. sant. The monthly business meeting of the A 4 Epworth League was held at the par- Free Plans 5805 92d SL, S.E. IN BULK AND PACKAGE FOR FIELD AND GARDEN Wizard Commercial Fertilizer GROCERIES AT LOWEST PRICES IN LENTS L. E. WILEY 9040 Foster Road Tabor 1708 GOOD EATING IS HALF YOUR LIFE That being the case, it should have your closest attention in order that you eat RIGHT. But vou CAN’T eat right without the RIGHT EATS. And that is where we shine. We have a wide reputation for FINE MEATS FOR THOSE WHO CARE. Our pride is centered in our quality. If you CARE, come to the store that caters to THOSE WHO CARE. EGGIMAN’S MARKET 591« 92nd Street LESTS, OREGON for our Customers (Successor to McKinley A Co.) Hay, Grain, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Chicken Feed and Supplies of all Kinds. Wood, Coal and Briquettes. Meat Scraps and Grit a i I GIVE YOUR WHEE1 L A SPRING TONIC We Handle Bicycle Supplies and Copeland Lumber Co. » 0326 Foster Road Tabor 068 Sundries. « Tires and Repairs. ï-pritç Garacxp AJVlluO WUla&U axel kildahl , prop. Both Phon.., T*b. MÄ. DM 8919 FOSTER ROAD