Newsy Items from Nearby Towns • • , _ . J ,1 A DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED BY OUR SPECIAL OORRENPON DE NTH Kendall. (Too 1st« for last lam.) Roy. Mr. Grow, our udnisUir, has re- oovsrsd from Ids recent lllneaa, ao bh to ta> ablr to oonduot services Bunday at Itattin school. Tim sc I mmi ! la preparing an Interesting program for K»«u*r Bunday. Klien ('lark has taken th« initiative tor tlila section, ao far ax we have heard, In joining the Honor Guard. Mra. Walt. Board al ay, of Portland, visited Mra. Pomeroy during the week. The little daughter of Mr. and Mra. Pomeroy will bechristened al the Easter servioe on Hunday at Battin aeliool. Mr. Nelson ia busy tliew day«, build* Ing a barn and preparing to put in Ina crops on the farm East of Clackamas. Mr. Nelson, of thia district, who was hurt with a numtier of otiiera in Ute auto and street car accideot, will lie able to I m * out of the hospital in a few days. Readers of the Herald in thia vicinity are pleased wiUi Ila improved appear* aace. Tie* Indies’ Aid will meet next Friday at the home of Mrs. Pendleton for an all-day aeaaion. Damascus. Mrs. Porter, of Is-nta, ia visiting at ths Imwia home thia week. Mr. Mabel, of Portland, was visiting at the KroU-h home on Bunday. Mias Elsie Hchwarta ia quite sick with scarlet fever. The liamaacua school is closed (ora week on aiTMiunt of scarlet fever Mrs. Burr, Rodgess Burr and Mra. Ijcwia tuolored to Portland last Sat­ urday Mra. H. J. Carlson and children visit­ ed Portland last Tuesday. Mr. Hall mails a trip to (lie city one ■lay last week. Charley Ryan has a tine lot of White leghorn baby chicks, incubator hatclaxl. Happy Valley. Hpring ia in the air, but aunahinc is lacking b> make the ground tit tor cul­ tivation. War with its awfulness is upon us. How ws did hope and pray that it could have been avoided, but since it is here, lend a helping hand to those who need our comfort and support in our community, if we cannot go bi tlie front Ourselves. The question comes b> us, what will we profit in this venture. Paul Paulson was the higlieat bidder for tlie old school house and August Geppert’s bid secured the wins! shed. Both these buildings will Is* removed from tlie school ground as sisin as they arc no longer needed at the close of this term of schixd. On Thursday night, April 5th, ls*on Bischoff, David and Benjamin Barker killed a wild hog. After shooting him three times, the dogs run him for about one hour nntil they finally crowded him in a fence corner when* he was over­ powered by the boys and killed. If it had lieen fat it would have weighed about 2U0 I he., being about three years old. It wax one of the old fence-splitting kind, with a nose long enough bi reach into ttie third row of corn from the fence. Mixs Gertrude Deardoff has been home with her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. W. C. Ulrich, for three days during the past week. The regular services will be conducted at the church on Bunday, the 15th Inst., by the pastor. Rev. T. R. Hornschuch, at 3 o’clock p. m. Cherryville. A little pab'h of sunshine now and then. We an* all son worshipers now, and do Old Hol reverence whenever we can catch a glimpse of his face. This ia not tlie only part of tlie coun­ try that is having a lab1 backward spring and disagreeable weather, as unpleasant weather conditions are prevailing pretty much all over the country, and we know we will have a delightful summer later on with no excessive heat or terrific storms. The mill at Marmot is now lieing'mov- ed across the river, lip near the Bright- wood school house. They will run their railroad across the river and through tlie tunnel and tlume down to Bull Run. They expect to make a permanent camp then* ax there is sufficient timlier in that vicinity to keep the mill in operation more than ten years. They are now building a cook and bunk house and houses for families. They expect to em­ ploy altotit thirty men, which in con­ nection with the mill at Brightwood will make quite a boom. Fish are now being taken at the dam, but on account of the high water which permits the fish to go up all the creeks the run is not heavy yet, although later on when the water falls a big run is ex­ pected. Billy Bunday is now conducting a big revival/it New York City, where John D. Rockefeller, Jr. is said to be one of his chief supporters. It is recalled that Farm and Grange Notes the Industrial Commission ap|siinted by Cong ress three ycara ago bi Investigate the Colorado strik« where 13 people wer« kllled and tlieir bodiee burued at the Ludlow inaasacr« by brutal gun men in the employ of the Colorado Fuel A hon Co., maile a xerioux Charge con- neeting John D. Jr. with thia terrible affair. It is hoped that Billy Bunday will Is* alile bi convert bim and John D. Br., as well and likewlae sorne of the fisid booaterx and others who are n- sponaible for tlie awful suflering among the fssirer claasee ot tliis great cily and elsewhere. Bdlrose-Gilbert. A splendid entertainment will be giv­ en at the Gilbert school house on Hatur- day evening of this week under Ibe au- spices of tlie Gilrose Parent-Teacher As­ sociation, proceeds to go to the fund for the purchase of playground apparatus. Everyone is invited U> attend and bring a basket. Come and see tlie Old Folks go to "The Oeestrick Hkule No. 23.” There will surely be a good time and the Gilbert |ieople can be trusted to have plenty ot "eats.” Mrs. Blanche Blatchford of Bltelborn, Ore., spent Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lenox. The family circle was augmented for tlie Bunday dinner by the addition of Mr. am! Mrs. J. L. Johnson, one of those sumptuous feast* twine enjoyed for which this vi­ cinity is famous. The Epworth League of Bennett Chatt­ el held a social on Friday evening at the school house at Gilroae. A program wax rendered. Tlie paab>r, Rev. Jasper wax present and gave an appropriate talk for the occasion, the day being good Friday. The topic wax “The Crucifixion of Christ in Relation to the Present War Situ­ ation.” A social time was enjoyed at the conclusion of the program, refresh­ menu Iwing served. A liasket txll game concluded tlie evening's pleasure. Lrr’x T rims . Suppose you were tiie President Ot this great land ot our«, Tlie highest of Earth's residents; The mark (or all the Powers. The man they blame for all the tolls On life—home—wealth or fame, Because lie’s Disced wliere he controls This Natioti s future name. Borne call lum dowdy—craiy thing— Would kill him if they could ; And some would give their life for him, Would shield him with their blood. He must go guarded while he works, Protected while he sleeps. As all the ways he undertakes Are like his burial slierlx. Oh! may the light of life Divine Protect him all the way, Until this land of yours and mine Bi* led to perfect day. Plant flowers. Motre Regan contributed to the splendid program by giving a con train Solo. Plant flowers in the soul’s front yard, Resolutions to tlie memory, of Mrs. Bet out new shade and blossom trees. Ellen Howitt were read by theChaplain, An* let tlie soul, once froze and hard, Mrs. A in burn, aid tlie charter draped. Bprout crocuaes of new idea«. A Hag drill led by a num tier of small Yes, dean yer bouse, an’ clean yerxhed, girls, was participated in by all present. An* clean yer barn in ev’ry part; But brudi tlie cobweb« from yer liead. An’ sweep the «nowbanks from yer Oregon’s Potato Patch. heart. —Hom Walter Foss. University of Oregon, Eugene, Mar. 31.—Oregon's potato patch ia ten miles long and nine mils« wide. Now, strict­ Lents Grange. The 1-ents Grange will meet in an all ly «(leaking, Oregon has no such in­ day session Saturday, beginning tbeir dividual natch; but tier potato-produc­ •ession at !<>:»> o’clock. Tlie ordinary ing area, scattered, in little sections, all degree work will occupy the morning over tlie state, y indi«:ate