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• Subscription, • Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, May 17. 1917. a Year Vol. 15. No. 20. TIME FOR FILING METHODIST GROUP GRAYS CROSSING FIGURES DON’T LIE CANDIDATES AND PRESS CLUB HONOR EXPIREDMONDAY MEETING AT LENTS BUSINESSHOUSESf but liars figure BILLS PRESENTED MRS. L. F. ADDITON I Municipal Ownership Of Public Ullll Elected as President ot Organization Efficiency Campaign Plans Made Industrial Survey Writer Visits West Commission form 01 Government Which She Helped to found lies A Success When City Govern Plain By Noted Speakers—Ban- large Number Of (dndlddlcs Affords Part DI Lents And I inds Many More t fflclent And fconomlcal — Many Years Ago. ment Is In Harmony With Plan. quel Served By Ladies. Voters Good Opportunity lor I hrlvinq Business Interests. Old < ouncil A Menagerie. Wise Selection June 4. The many Mt. Scott friends of Mrs. We are told that figures do not lie, The Group Meeting for the Methodist Lucia Faxon Additon are extending churches of this district was held in the but it is astounding how liar» do figure. tneir congratulations to her because of The opponents of the municipal elec- lamts church Tuesday afternoon and I her election, on Wednesday last, to tbe trie lighting plant are telling u« that the evening. Brentwood, laiurelw >od and ! office of President of the State Woman’s Portland Railway Light A Power Co., is Kendall churches united with Lents on j Voters May Vote three Choices lor this occasion. The object of these meet Consult Tour local Shoemaker. No furnishing us light and power at l.-sa Better Lighting At Less Expense Can Press Club, ot wbicb organization she was one ot the founders. It will be her ings is to give the smaller churches the tary. Physician, Barber. Meat Mar than cost and paying taxes from pure Be Had Through Municipal Plant Mayor And lor Ivso (om* aim to make tbe Club an active factor charity. This little «ong wax «ting in very tiest. Efficiency Campaign teams ket» Plumber And Lleclrkian. — Other Candidates Speak. in tbe things for which it stands. mlssionershlps. Pasadena, Calif., when tiie minimum have been organized to visit each group charge for lighting was 15 cents per and present the program map|>ed out We find that the people of the com kilowat hour. The voting in of a by the last General Conference. Wher B. F. Irvine, Associate Editor of The When the time expired Mondny after ever the meetings have been field the munity have read with interest tiie municipal light plant in that city re Journal, and Commissioner Daly were noon at f> o'clock, Hoven candiilate« results have been very gratifying. various nuinlier« of tiie industrial survey duced the rate 25 per cent before the the principal speakers at a meeting for mayor had declared themaulve«, District Sii|H-rintendent, Dr. Young- that have already nppeared. Pre«» of mnnii ipal plant got to running. Com held at the Lents Methodist Church on and eighteen for the two vacancies aa son, was present. Other speakers were business ha»<1oin|>elled delay in gather petition with the city l*at it down to Friday evening of last week under the (lonimtaaionera, »even of them coming Dr. J. T. Abbott, of University Park ing material descriptive of other bu»i- 4 lent- per kil“wat hour, ami at that auspices of the W. C. T. U. “Men in at the laat moment. Voters will church; Dr. T. W. Lane, of Centenary; neasi house» of the Ml; Scott district. rale the electric trust in the southland have to rhooee for Mayor one of the Dr It. E. Khaw D. D., of De.Moines la. Bui we b<>|»' to Is- able to pre-s-nt some it »till lining busine»», paying taxes and and Measures“ to be submitted to the following men: Bak'-r, Geo. I.,; Daly, and E. H. Todd, of 1’uget bound Col worthy enterprise to tiie readers of Tiie otherwise living an kind ami charitable elect 'rate in June were discussed. Mr. Irvine presented the negative •e- Will 11.; JosHvlyri, K. S.; Menzel, Geo.; lege. Rev. Carlos, pastor {of the Lau Herald iwli week, for we are anxiutu to a- ever. side of the Bean bill, giving many Rushlight. \. G.; Warren, Will H.; or rel wood church, was present and Mrs. give uli a fair deal ami hold up the in >< .title has an electric light plant that reasons why it could not be enforced if Wheeler. E. N. Two Commiaaioncn | I'erry and Mrs. Fro««, representing bis terests of this district in every way pos- pays. Indeed it doe1» 1 It has reduced passed. He also spoke at length on will be chosen from thia list —Amidon, church. Mi-s Florence Twidwell, dea fible. the cost of light ao much that the trust “Portland’s Experience with Commis E I..; Barbur, A, L.; Beyer, Emelie; con'-», attended, delighting tiie audi c 'inpany is out millions, and the people sion Government and why it Should be Brewster, W. I..; Caidwell, G. W., ence from time to time by her inspiring are IN .MILLIONS. The taxpayers may Retained ” Many illuminating facts 86th Street Grocers. Church, C. I’; Davi<, L. M.; Dieck, slnguig. I At No. N620 Woodstock Ave Mr. have to make up the deficits in main- were presented, all of which the speak R. <4.; Garret, Geo ; Joblemsn, F. W.; tainance and to vote bonds for exten "Tiie Gbjsctlveof the Campaign” was Kellaher, Dan ; Kohli, K. K ; I.aur- ret forth by Dr. Abbott at the afternoon W. H. Hocker is engaged in the grocery sion-, hut the plant ha« forced the <%>m- er contended were matters of record. The increased efficiency of all depart gaard, <> ; Mann, Jno. M.; tMaaon, se-Hion. Dr. Ijit.e «(Hike on "Christian btwinew He iins not been in ia-nls a bine down to alsuit twice the cost of the ments of municipal machinery, Mr. great while but wa« formerly engaged in Archie; McQuinn, Jno. /\ ; Richard«, Stewardship,” and Dr. Shaw conducted juice. And then we are told that it Irvine maintained, were good and suffi biminir* in Columbia 4< >(,,lt y IBs N S ; and Smith, W. E. do. , not pay. What does PAY mean? cient reasons for its continuance. The n Hound Table School of Methods, w hich place of activity ih well kept. Every Electing will bo June 4, anil uniter was very interesting. We are Living assured by some little thing is clean and the light in the store blue folders on the neat« of the cars fire department was cited as an ex- Portland's Preferential System of vot Al the evening «<--ion Dr. Shaw very aml[>e, fire losses having decreased dur ing a voter may expre»» three choices, ably pre-eiited th*» financial plan incor- is good. Beside» the regular line of that the municipal electric railroad in Mrs. Additon Is a member of the ing the past four years from *6.70 per first, second, and third for each office porated in this efficiency campaign. He »tuple and fancy grocerie» Mr. Hocker Seattle is a failure. It is. Let’s own capita co less than *1.00 per capita A American Academy of So iai and Polit ba» woda water on sale and when the to be filled. There are to be elected 1 made the declaration thut church sup- up. The line starts nowhere and gets higher type of men were called into ical Science and of the American Asso one Mayor, and two Commissioners i |iers and entertainment» for tiie primary weather warms up will serve ice cream. nowhere and the people can't get to it ciation of Labor Legislation. She is al Although there are some very disreput purpose of raising money should have There is an old saying: Eat onion» in Imagine a municipal line running from service under commission government so an active member of the American than under the aldermanic form. The May and the rest of the year the doctors able candidates in the lint, and some no place in the church financial scheme, Haw thorne Avenue and 52ud Street to Pen Women. Her writings are found who are evidently too small for the but they may be made to serve a useful ' will play. You can get your oi. ion» at somewhere in the Vernon and Allx-rta public have forgotten the disgraceful in every state in the country and cover and stormy scenes that formerly oc Mr. Hockers at 7*% cents the ¡•oiuid. job, there are nevertheless plenty of j purpose in the social liie of the church section. Would it pay without tranters? a wide range of thought, although of good aspirants to warrant a most inter and also to furnish opportunities for | At the South West corner of stilb The city cannot extend the line for the curred at the city hall. “Of all menag late years she has devoted herself more eries ever turned loose and dignified by Woodstock avellile you w ili street and eating and close election reason that the combine there that »•rvice for tiie young ,ample and those exclusively to social and economic ques Although Daly is jierhapa iwt often who cannot assist in other ways to pro-1 find John Renne i ngaged in tbe gr.xvry serves the public is in politics for its the name of government, the aider- tions. She is the National Superintend manic system had no equal, ” said Mr. John ha» been in business in spoken of as the leading mayoralty mote the social ai d financial life of the business. health. Irvine' In comparison, the present ent of the Department of Labor of the candidate, still he cannot be said to church. Tiie financial plan presented Leut* four years and besides having a The “Whats Not” will not publish form is direct and simple. Each com W. C. T. U. have any cinch for Baker is said to be covers eix points, none of which may be nice line of g'XMla to sell at prices that the figures ot the San Francisco mu Mrs. Additon was for many years a missioner is directly responsible to the are right he ha» an eye to public iui- very |>opulnr in certain sections. oinitte! to obtain successful results: , nicipal line that is extending itself over resident of Lente and still has extensive people for the efficient and economical profit since this would Wheeler seems to be making s good First, un ad, •piats educational earn-( proveiueui and reali»1» the wed ofcoin- jJ(1 cj|y lin property and business interests here. campaign, ami the advant of Josseiyn paign ; second, ja-rsonal canvass of all i mu'dty iwUermrnt in the line ul better " ' not help their argument, but it ik-in-m adnunistration of the gffairs , of his She holds her membership in the Mt. 'especial department and has no one to into the fight has put n different com tiie inemia-rs ami supporters of the | drainage, belter stn-et crossings and et rates the advantages of manicipal Scott W. C. T. U. and has an active in plexion on things. Warren has a dis clinrcli annually; third, subscriptions leveling down some of the bumps on plants with a city government iu bar- hide behind, as was formerly possible. terest in all that pertains to the welfare Woodstock Avenue. When you want mony with the proposition. It is more representative than any oth- tinct advantage on account of his con (Continued on I’.ige 4.) nice big bananas at 30 cents call on Mr. ( er form of government. The speaker of the community. nection with Mayor Albee for the past J ■ declared that no matter what criticism Kenno. four years, and there is no doubt that I Most Modest Man In Lents. might be made of the men who have Ex-Mayor Rushlight will make a1 If we were asked to name off-hand I conducted the city ’ s affairs during the tremendous attempt to regain bis old The 84th Street Lady Grocery. past four years no one had ever voiced the most modest man in Lents, we position. Among the Commissioners The men do iv 4 have a nlono|»>ly of a suspicion of corruption, graft or in should say without a moment’s hesita there is a fight to prevent Laurgaard tion, Rev. T. R. Hornschuch, of the the grocery business up Grays Crossing trigue during the entire time. from being placed on the ballot on a Did you ever estimate the number of Evangelical Church. For the past three way for nt 6001-Mtll street Mrs. West- Commissioner Daly addressed the technicality with reference to hja resi letters it requires to set up a page of - weeks the representative of the “Her over is selling a fine line of staple ani audience in the interests of his can dence in Portland. W I, Brewster, the average newspaper? Of course j Annual Reports And Election Of Of didacy for Mayor. He cited his record ald" has been calling at the parsonage fancy groceries. This go<«l woman does former Commissioner will have a strong you notice th • newspaper page varies I ficers Will Occur—6. B. Hegardt as proof of his fitness for the position. for the church news and all this time following, while the present incumbent in size. The Oregon Journal has eight not ndverti-e the fact but she lost her husband some three years ago since The water department has been under hidden away out of sight was a brand Dieck is sitting tight and will be hard columns to the page. The Oregonian Ot Portland Will Speak. which time «he bus iieen tending »ton1 Mr. Daly's jurisdiction. Over 700 miles new baby daughter and the Reverend to throw. Auditor Barbur is well haH seven. Tiie bigdailies of California and caring lor two growing boys. When of water mains are in operation, con father never mentioned the fact that known and popular, while former In all have eight. you can g'-t good goods at tin1 regulation stituting the largest department in the a new ruler had assumed control of the The Parent-Teacher Ass<x-iation of surance Commissioner Caldwell is a The Mt. Scott Herald being a local price why not give a merchant like tins city government. A survey is now be household. The little ladv arrived on the lent« School will hold their annual strong candidate. Thu two printers, weekly p per has six columns to the your trade? When you go on your meeting in the school auditorium to ing made for the first time in 23 years; Sunday, April 29th. Kubliand Mann believe in printers' ink. page and usually four pages to the, next picnic outing take along some of morrow (Friday) afternoon. Every already 144 services have been discov- and some of the others arc making issue, but thia issue has six pages. Subscribe for the "Mt. Scott Herald”— (Continued on Pagi 1 4.) member should make it a point to lx* (continued on page 3) energentic campaigns. The type of this papier is set by hand. $1.00 a year. present. The annual reports of the Each letter is handled twice, once in officers and committees will lie given setting up and once in distributing to1 and the election of officers to serve dur their proper font after the paper has ing the coming year will occur at this lieen printed. We conld have the lino- time. typers run our type for us at about the In addition to the above routine busi same cost of the lalior now required to ness a program will l>e rendered which set the type by hand. But this would will include a violin solo by Olive Up- throw two Lents people out of employ ment all the time and two others part Church And School Invite Veterans dyke; a piano duet by Misses Dorothy As you walked down the street the other day you saw Cost of Hope Used to Make Lents of the time, anil furnish one linotypgr ■ Sells and Esther Mitchell. G. B. lle- And Relief Corps To Attend something in the shop window you wanted very much, but when gardt will speak in the interests of the Hdwe Liberty Bell $13. work for a few hours only. Memorial Services. Port of Portland. The public is in-1 you put your hand in your pocket, the half dollar or dollar you To return to our subject how magy Nearest Guess $13.05 vited. wanted was not there. Pretty soon you will want to go to a letters are there in this lire you are reading? < >n an average there are picnic, and the Fourth of July will soon be on hand. On Sunday. May 27, the l.iidic.* of tiie Considerable interest has been arous alxiut 26 letters to the line in this paper G. A. R. and llueben Wilson Post and All these things call for a little spending money. Let me ed by Marvin Hedge's “Liberty Bell and 109 lines to the column. From this all ex-soldiers of the Sons of Veterans, tell you how to get it. Read the article in this issue of The on display in the Lents Hardware store, you can soon learn there are 2X34 letters Spanish War Veterans, anil Boy Scouts, Herald on “ The Local Paper in Community Life, ” then show 'this liell is made of rope, with a tongue in each column. Since there are 6: are invited to attend Divine services at the paper to your friends and ask them to subscribe. columns on each page you see there are | the lelits M. E. Church at lltOO a. m., made of Manilla Hemp and Hisal. With 17,004 letters or. each page. By a little OUR OFFER. sharp. We will meet at Oddfellows every purchase during the sale Mr. An interesting political meeting was Hedge gave a ticket entitling the holder further application of your multiplica Hall and I»* ready to march to the held Wednesday evening at the Evan For every new yearly subscaiption you turn in at $1.00 to one guess as to the value of the rope tion table you find out there are 102,024 church, leaving at 10:45. Please be on gelical Church, under tbe auspices of each we will give you forty cents, two subscriptions eighty cents, used in its manufacture. 162 guesses letters in this 6 page issue of the Her time. the W. C. T. V., Mrs. Summerfeldt pre five subscriptions $2.00, etc. We will give an Ingersoll Dollar On l’i.' - lay. 'lay the l.adfi - ol were turned in varying in amounts from ald. When these letters are released siding. Mr. Forest Fisher, Attorney, I Watch free as a premium in addition to the commission as soon 75 els. to *48.00. The actual value ot from the form in which they are held Shiloh Circle No. 19, G. A. R., and spoke in the interests of the Dock Com as you bring in ten subscriptions. If you want to work for the rope wa» $13.03 1-3 and the nearest by friction and returned to the case the Comrades of Reuben Wilson Post an* mission's proposed elevator and ship guess was *13.06, made by Ben Miller, busy workers in the shop will have invited to attend an entertainment at ping terminat measure. He showed twenty-yqe subscriptions, we will give a $2.50 Fountain Pen in Woodmen* school at 1 dM) o’clock p. m , of the firm of Miller A McGrew. Lents handled 204,048 letters. addition to the commission, or if you reach the fifty mark, we And while we are talking about this given by the school in honor of tho-e that the government had done its part plumbers. We didn't get a glimpse of toward making Portland a great ship- j will give a $5.00 watch. Of course you cannot have the two him carrying home the sack of flour, issue you may us well know that it con two organizations. I.et every one make ping {«lint and that it is now up to tbe 1 watches and the Fountain Pen, as well as the commission, but if but we haven’t n doubt that he was one tains mere local news than any other a special effort to I»1 there. Announce people to provide terminal facilities. you find you reach the “Ten-Mile Post” fairly easily, you need issue of this or any other paper printed ment of the place of meeting will be big smile. M. Deschner of 6<17 84lh St. Fire Chief Stevens presented the neg in l.ents so far as we can find out, even made nt our next meeting. not claim the Dollar Watch, but can go on and get the Fountain was the teller. ative side of the Two-Platoon nieasuW*, The ¡kith of May is Memorial Day and Mr. Hedge tells ns that the genuine more than our Easter issues. Pen, or the better watch. declaring the bill to be badly drawn and To give you and your parents this will lx* observed in the following man Manilla Hemp, of which the tongue of did not allow for the necessary addi There are over 1,000 homes in this community that do not the liell was formed, is the strongest news requires a vast amount of pains ner: Decoration of graven by Com tional m»n to keep up the present effi now take The Herald, but many of them will do so if you ask snlmtance known, being stronger even taking careful work which we are only . rades, Boy Scouts, school children, and ciency in the service, nor for the funds too gl d to furnish provided we can pre- | all others who desire to do so front < :30 them. than an equal sized strand of steel. sent to the people of the District a | to 9:30 a. m. At 10 o’clock a. m., the necessary to pay them- Another ob Be a town booster; help the community; go into business jectionable feature of the proposition, good wholesome paper and have some j regular Memorial services will I»1 held for yourself; earn some pocket money and one of these pre he stated, is in stipulating in the char part in making it a desirable place to in Oddfellows hall. The program will WATCH FOR BARGAINS. ter the salary of the firemen. miums. This is a very liberal offer, in fact it is the limit that consist of songs, recitations, and an ad Don’t miss the bargains the local live. Well attended meetings of this char our Uncle Samuel will allow us to make. Let us see who will dress by Rev. Taylor. Ia*nts and Wood- merchants are offering. Get the "Her acter wonhl result in mote intelligent be the first to capture a premium. Read the "Herald” to learn what the mere schools, Sons of Veterans, Spanish ald” and read almnt them. The post voting and would be an encouragement War Veterans, Boy Scouts and every Improvement Club, the Churches and J. A. DUNBAR, The Circulation Man. man will deliver ft at your door tree to the men who give their time to ad every week. The paper and printing tiie various societies of Mt. Scott are body are cordially invited. dress them. John Waliod, Commander. doing. *1.00 » Vest delivered. will cost you *1.00 a year. FAVORS MUNICIPAL PLANI MAYOR 7. COMMISSION S AGOOD SIORY tOR BUYS AM) GIRLS BEN MILLtK WINS SACK Of FLOUR. ANNUAL MEETING P. T. A. OE LENTS G.A.R. AND RELIEF GUESTS OE HONOR 7o AH Boys And Girls PORI Of PORILAND AND IWO-PLAIOON BILLS