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Subscription,
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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