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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1917)
Heralù ML Subscription, $1.00 a Year Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, July, 12 1917. SPECIAL SESSION WOODMERESCHOOL COMMUNITY SING OF LENTS CLUB Lents Improvement ( lub Has Special Meeting to Consider Important Matters Next Wednesday. P. I. A. To Orqanlze a Canning Club— People Request School Board to Retain Prof. Dixon. How' To Improve The Mt. Scott District. Suppose every one, who receives this copy of the Herald stops to consider how much the Portladd dailies say in the inter est of the Mt. Scott District. Then suppose you examine this payer and see what you can find about the business social and moral uplift of your community. The Herald stands for these things all the time. Through its columns you may express yourself upon any important questions. Notice the “Buy at Home" cartoon on the last page. The Herald is a “Made at Home” paper. Do you read it to see what your local merchant has to sell, what your lodge is doing and what your church is doing and what your school is accomplishing? If not let every family who receives a sample copy this week examine it and if favorably impressed send us your name and address together with one dollar and you will receive the only paper published in S. E. Portland for one year. If not convenient to send the money now you can send it in JO or 60 days. Bvt don’t forget to support home industries and especially the news paper that does so much to make those industries thrive. Vol. 15. FOOD SPECULATION DOOM IS SEALED POSSIBILIIY OF BERRIES AND BEANS SUCCESSFULLY GROWN CARNEGIE LIBRARY. CANNING CLASSES Al LENTS SCHOOL MORE STENOGRAPHERS WANTED BY GOVERNMENT OREGON PIONEER PASSES'. BERNICE LIIHERLAND GEO. L. CARR MEETINGS Al LENTS CHURCH END FOURTH OF JULY OUTING PARTY A^VISIT TO ARLETA STORES Present Agitation Can Result In Industrial Survey Continued In Arleta Nothing Else Than Elimination And Kern Park District— of Food Hog. More To Follow. The flrat of a series of community 1 Not long ago a train of fourteen cam •nig»* given under the auapice of the of potatoes, billed to tlie Chicago market, Woodmere Parent-Teacher Association ! were discovered at a small town near waa field al the ecbool houae on Friday that city, where they had been side Fo Meet At Kenworthy’s Jnly 18 at of la»t week. Miaa Gueet kindly (urniah- tracked and left to rot—at a time when ed the music. while Miaa Gentry a* led potatoes were selling at >4.00 a bushel. 8 p. m. Various Humors Afloat as conductreae. For a number of yearn now we have The next regular meeting of the ConcernInq Object. been learning of the willful destruction aaaociation will lie held Thursday, the | every M-ason of such commo<litie» ax 12th inat., at 2:34) p. m. in the achoo) I potatoes, cabbage, melons, apples, and Alter Inactivity lor lomr week» owing house Every reaident of the diatrlct ia other fruits when there was an opportun to other affair» interfering with the urged to attend and intereat themaelvea ity by so doing to for«« prices up in the regular night ol meeting the lente Im In the work which ia lieing undertaken interest of the speculators. provement Club ia to meet at Ken* during the Kummer months. These food pi rate« have purchaseil worthy’s next Wednesday evening, July The laat meeting tiefore the cloving ol I acres and acres of fruit on the trees and IHth. Preeldent Kenworthy telle ue school waa well attended. Hlepa were then refused to allow them to be picketl— that the work that hae already been taken at thia time to aecure the much 1 kept them there to rot—in order to keep accomphahed by the Club will I m * eum- needed canning club for thia district. I them from the open market. uiariM«i, and the work y«t to be accom Alao, an enormous petition wan circulat-1 In other ways the campaign of pillage pliahed will lie co programmed that it ed Baking the achool board to aaaiat in i an*l loot at the expense of the consumer will tie pnebvd through with logical furthering the intereat» of the dialrjct has been going merrily on. eeqiience and untiring xeal. Rumor« by retaining Prof. W. A. Dixon aa; Of course, merely to designate the are afloat that the recent change« in prmci|>al and Mr. Gentry aa janitor. perpetrators of these outrages a» robber« I city government may reeult in the im An ap|>«al for flower» for decoration» I ami pirates does not one particle of good mediate establishment of a paid Eire during the N. E. A. ha» been made. except some slight relief to our Hutchinson Bros. Make Modest Department, that the paving ol l-oeter Every one wiahing to do their part are | Meeting Called for Wednesday. 18th, feelings. to afford There seems to be nothing the Koail may tie undertaken by the County re*|ueated to deliver flower» on the ' fortune In Small fruits At Arteta Library at 8;00 P. M. country can do to prevent these outrages. on a different and more advantage*me morning» of the 12th, 13th, and 14th at Supplemented by Beans. But there SHOULD lx?, and if we mis Speaker From Portland. l«aai» than hae hitherto tieen dreamed the reaidence of Mr». W. M Able, «194)5, take not the temper of the American poaalbie, that there may be prospect» 77lh Bt. B. E. people, there soon WILL be. for relief for the lighting aituation in our A reporter of the “Herald" called on When the countries of Europe tint All Arleta is interested over the street» in aeveral needy pointe, and that Mr. Hutchinaon at hia home on tlie adopts«! the policy of government control possibility of securing a Carnegie sidewalks anrl water hydrant« may lie Powell Valley Road on Monday and installed in a way to give thia neglect<«l found him enthusiastic but modeat on Library building for the Arleta district, of food stuffs we in this country con community adequate service. It ia the »ubjeet of berry growing. He was which »eema to be a possibility. It gratulate«! ourselves that we live in a evident that thia meeting will be ol un liorn in tin» community and has owned appears that Mr. Carnegie has with FREE country. Lately, however, we drawn hir offer to furnish free Library are liegitiuing to learn a few things— usual Importance, and every reaident or Ilia preeent home for 13 years. bnaincea man of Ionia la cordially invit Mothers And Daughters Urged To On a4*count of the 1 elation of bis land Buildings, except to a few that will be that instead of the freedom of which we (Continued to Page 2.) ed by the Club to be preeent and lake to Kelly Butte and ite contour. Mr taken this year. There is every likeli Assist In food Conservation hood that if Arleta wants one she can l<rt in the discussion. Hutchinson is able to put l«ern<* on tlie Plans Of The Country. get one by taking action thia year. A market aa early, or earlier than other meeting has been called to consider the berry growers in Oregon. detail» on Wedneeoay evening at N p. m. The flrat of a aeriea of canning demon- Besides this tract on Powell Valley he By | ntrationa will be given at the I-snta and hi» brotlier control 40 acres in at the Arleta Branch Library. b » v »it i Monday of next week, the Happy Valley, largely set to beiries. special request a speaker will be present Mi <*. CMrlikia E. 1>. rker, of WM6 Foo The United States Ctvil Service Com from the Portland Library Board to ex ts» R««a<! departed thia life on Bunday Ifltb Inst., by Miaa Edna Grovea, Tlie Hutchinson brother» act upon the plain the detail». The present library mission announces that, ae a sufficient Kii|>erintendent of Domeatic Hcieace of belief that to be succ«*eeful in their line last after an illneva of long duration. is honae«! In a rented building, while number of male and female stenogra the Portland achool». of buaineaa the grower must have all Mr». Barker w»i a pioneer, having The Lenta demonstration ia a part of kind» of Iterries in large quantities and the proposed plan would be for a build- phers will not be secured from the croaaed the plain» in '92. Hhe had tieen a canning demonatration program to put them on the market early and in the ng such as they now have at St. Johns. examination held July 7, 1917, to meet a reaident of Oregon for 60 year» with the needs of the public service, an the exception of ten year»»|>ent in Brit- be carried out throughout the city in tiest possible condition. examination baa been announced to be the achool» under the auapicea of the J. D. Hutchinson make» a trip or two iab Columbia Eor the paat IS year» held at forty of the principal cities in Parent-Tea« her organisations. 1-enta to Sfiokane ami Seattle each year and »he haa made lier home with her the Northwest on July 21st. ha» be«*n given three dates. July 16, 23. makes arrangements to ship a part of hi» daughter, Mra. W II. Thom|>aon. Eor Men typewriters without a knowledge an<l Auguat 13. On each of theae date« crop to the Northern cities, mostly to A Tew More Particulars of Promising many yeara they reaided in thia vicinity of stenography are desired especially in two claaaea will lie given inatructiona, where they have many frienda A few Spokane. He says, however, that the Girl Who Died Last Week. connection with the Quartermaster year» ago they moved to Creaswell. Mra. the first at 9:80 a. m., and the aecond Portland market is the l«*st in the North Corps, U. 8. Army, at an entrance sal at 1:00 p. m. Theae claaeea are abeo- Barker'» failing health however, induc west an*' that Portland is a lietter city ary of >1,000 per year. A majority of A short account of the death of little ed Mr. and Mra. Thompson to return lutely free to all and it ia urged that than Seattle with the ex«*eption of depth Miss Bernice Litberland appeared last the clerks in the Quartermaster Corps, mothers and daugbtera attend and pre to Portland that better medical atten of harbor and dock facilities. week, but we have been asked to give a U. 8. Army, are being selected from pare to go into the canning buaineaa tion might tie aecured. They leased As to variety of berries, Mr. Hutchin thia season on an extenaive acale. All little more space this week. Bernice the typewriter regiatsr, and all male their place for a period of three year« son has six acres of blacklierriee; ten kinda of Iruita and vegetable» will be graduated from Arleta School at the end typewriter» who can «lualiiy are urged and are now reaiding at the Junction acres of Cuthbert red raspberries; three of last term, and went from the graduat to apply for the examination July 21st. where Mr. Thompeon ia managing The dealt with. acres of blackcaps; five acres of Marl ing exercises to the photographer. It is expected that practically all men Every hounewife thia year all over Maca confectionery »tore. They came up borough red raspberries; five acres of the country 1» being urged to go into From there she went to the »wing a fall who qualify as typewriters will be tender aliout one month ago. loganberries; one acre each of current» the canning and preeerving buaineaa from which resulted in injuries which ed appointment. Two eon a and three daughtera art* left and gooselierries. He has sold from There are excellent chances for the laid the way open for spinal meningitis more extenaivelv than ever before. The to mourn the loee of a mother, aa fol- >34)00 to >9000 worth of berries every appointment of women who pass the large numlier of new liack-yard gardens to do its deadly work. She went to the lowa: Mra. Lottie A. Macl^eod, Mra year for some time and thinks >.50,000 which have been planted thia year will house and attempted to do some weed combined stenographer and typewriter H. D. Roberta. Mr». W. H. Thompeon, worth have ls*en sold from his 33-a«*re ■hortly begin to yield their extra har- ing in the garden. She soon gave it up, examination and who are willing to and Ed and Frank Reed. ranch in th«* paat 13 years. But he is veet of . bean», |>ea», carrote, beet«, complaining of pains in her head and accept positions at an entrance salary Funeral service» were conducted at wise enough to do a little farming on »weet corn and tomatoes The regular back. Her aunt, Mr». Purdin put her of from >1,000 per annum. Kenworthy'» Undertaking Parlor» on other lines and has out 20 acres of Arrangements will be made by the auppliee alao will reach the market« ui>stairs to be«!, and although she got Tueeday afternoon, Mra. laaliel Kellv Speckled Bayo lieans which he expects District Secretary to examine all persons ami aa happena each eumtner, the local up and dressed once or twice in her officiating. Interment in Multnomah will yield at least 20 sacks to the acre supply at time» will exceed immediate three week's illness and even came who write to him, subject to the subse cemetery. and hopes to sell al 16 els a pound or consumptive capacity. Not to con- down stairs again to meals, she steadily quent filing and approval of applica more. We state«! above that Mr. Hutch eerve much of the aurplua of valuable grew worse until the end came. She tions, provided the request is received inson was a modest man, but he states food would b«- a »inful waste. was brought up by M. I. Purdin the at Seattle in sufficient time to arrange that when he gets these results from his for examination at the place nearest to Your Flag and My Flag The I^nta claaaea ahould tie well at I>ean crop he will build a new horn«* and p«’pular assistant in Mr. Gillis* store the applicant’s residence where the ex tended in preparation for a real and bis little girl, just the same age as perhaps buy a flying machine. (■atriotic effort along all liuee of food Bernice is inconsolable over the loee of amination will be held. What Mr. Hutchinson is doing any l our flag ami my flag! Inquiries «concerning the July 21st conaervation. her inseparable chum. She was attend And how it flics today energetic farmer can do providing he examination should be addreese«! to ed by Dr. Lockwood, who called Dr. In your land and my land has the land. H brbkrt F. W arp , Secretary, Marsh in consultation. The services of And half the world away I Eleventh Civil Service District. Dr. House the nerve specialist were also Rose red and blood red Room 303 Poet Office Bldg., The itrlpii forever yleam; secured, ae well ae Dr. Currie. She was Seattle, Wash. Rnow white and tool white. a member of the Junior Artisans. The good forefathers' dream; Rky blue and true blue, with stars to The aeriea of meetinga conducted by gleam aright— Card of Thanks. Rev. Geo. L. Carr in the Evangelical A party of six consisting of Mr. and rhe gloried guidon of the day. a shelter church cloeed Sunday evening. On Mrs T. P. Leach, of Kern Park, Mr. We wish to thank the friends and through the nightl account of a previous engagement the and Mrs. C. B. Neil, and Mr. and Mra. neighbors of Mrs. J. A. Silver for their Tour flag and my flag’ last address waa given in the lent» Leonard Jeffers, left Tuesday, the 3rd kin«l assistance rendered during the ill And, oh. hoie much it holds— Methodist church. inst., lor Oneonta Gorge, returning ness and sudsequent death of our Tour land and my land— Due to the 4th of Jnly feetivitiea and Wednes«iay. mother. Miss Mary Cauthorn presented her Secure within its folds! other »ide lince tlie attendance at theae The party, carrying their packs, fol C. G. Silver, Your heart and my heart students in piano recital Tueeday even meetinga was not aa good an the import lowed the gorge trail up through the Mrs. Elmer Barzee, Real quicker at the eight; ing, the 3rd inst. at the Arleta Baptist ance of the «object demanded. How beautiful scenery to the fourth falls, Mrs. Fanny Barzee, Run khsrd and wind tossed, Church. The numbers were all most ever, thoae who attended were well paid Red and blue and white. where the water drops aliout 100 feet in Mre.P. G. Norgren, creditably given and were much enjoyed The one flag, the great flag, the flag for the effort. Mr. Carr prevented the three distinct cataracts. Mrs. Winnie Braden. by the audiencre. The following pupils doctrine of the aecond coming of Chriat for me and you. participated : Mieses Wilda Henika, Giorifles all else beside, the red and from the view point of a Pre-millenialiat Muriel Rainee, Orpha Meyers, Gertrude white and bluet in anch a clear, logical and forceful McIntyre, Esther l.indloff, Daphine manner a» to convince the unprejudiced To Those oflt Military" Age. Your flag and my flag’ Young, Alic« Werlboff, Edna Starrett, of the reasonableness of hi» position. To every star and stripe Gladys Powell, Catherine McIntyre, We have on file in our office the names and National Serial Ilia presentation of the aubject will cer The drums beat as hearts beat Rosemary Whitman, Margaret la numbers of all young men in the Mt. Scott district who registered tainly atimulate investigation, and And flfers shrilly pipet Chance, Selma Hay, Ethel Klampt, meet» the approval of the orthodox on Your flag and my flag in the recent census. Masters Benny Pollock and Frederick A blessing in the sky; thia »object. Parsons. V'ur hope and my hope— Draft will be made by number so it is essential that every Miss Canthorn was assisted by her It never hid a Het one knows his correct number. This information can be secur The 4<>*foot deep-eea boat under con- sister, Mrs. Fred Buchanan, banjo so Rome land and far land and half the ed here instead of making a trip to the court house. When atruction by Mr. McCord at Gray’» world around, loist, and Miss Ruth Buchanan, vocal Old Glory hears our glad salute and Croseingt 1» progressing finely. The asking for information give your precinct number. ist, both of Corvalli». ripples to the sound! deck 1» enclosed and he is now putting Miss Canthorn conducts her residence — Wilbur D. Nesbit. on the ontaide^planking. ■tndio at 2>18 49th 8t. 8. E. PROGRAM ID BL PLANNED No. 28. THE MAKING OF A CITIZEN Fire Company, Dry Goods Store, Hardware and Grocery Make Interesting Story. fn making a complete industrial sur vey of the immense territory comprised in Mt. Scott some strange experiences may be expected. The object of the writeup is to show the industrial re- aource» of the community and the futil ity of tradiDg elsewhere than at home. An indirect result is to show up the weak places in ¿our body politic that they may be strengthened. We found a glaring instance the other day, which may throw light on some of our com munity problems. We called on a representative businexa man and ex plained to him that we proposed to give his buxines» a free write-up for the sake of the community.)|He did not seen« at all interested, but we started to get a few particulars. In such cases we never mind interruptions of customers, as we often glean from their visit» something of interest toonr “story.” After several such had come and gone a drummer came, and our friend left ue without ceremony and spent fifteen minutee talking at random with bim without giving an order, or apparently intending to do so. While thus engaged an old friend happened in and the emveraa- tion, still of a general nature, became three cornered, for another twenty-five minutes. AU the time we waited patiently, and in due course the pro prietor allowed us to get a few more facta to complete our story. We did not detain bim long. The point is that this prospect waa so impervious to the com munity spirit, and apparently also to his own interests in the publicity line that be did not think a mere newspaper man waa entitled to even ordinary courtesy. Such a spirit is sufficient to account for empty stores and the habit of trading in town. This doe« not attempt to be a ^com plete survey of Arleta stores, as many of them have a)r«*a<iy been ‘‘covered,’’ and those who have not yet appeared will have their turn in due course. Engine No. 31 Under the above caption the Kern Park Fire Station baa been answering calls since 1912, at which time it (Continued on Page 7.) LENTS LOSES A FAMILY GO TO PIEDMONT Geo. L. Carr, of 62nd Ave., has trad ed for a grocery, confectionery and stationery business near the Jefferson High School to which place he will move his family in about two weeks. This is said to be a fine location on account of its close proximity to the high school and its being in a densely settled section of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Carr with their two daughters, Misses Goldie and Alice have been residents of Lents for the past nine years and wiU be missed by their many friends. Lents can not afford to lose many such people as the Cm’s who have been influential in church and society. PUPILS PRESENTED ARLETA RESIDENT IN MUSIC RECITAL. GALLED BY DEATH Mrs. J. A. Silver died at her home, 4703 63rd St. 8. E„ on Saturday of last week, pleuro pneumonia being the con tributing cause of death, which resulted after an illness of five weeks. Mrs. Silver is survived by one »on and four daughters: C. G. Silver, Mrs. Elmer Barzee, Mrs. Fannie Bar- zee, al) of Moro, Ore., Mrs. P. G. Nor gren, of Portland, and Mrs Winnie Braden, of Dallas, Ore. Her children were all at her bedside when death came. Funeral services were conducted at Turner, Ore., her former home, on Monday. Her remains were laid to rest in the Masonic Cemetery of that place beside her husband who died about one year ago. Hhe bad resided in Portland about Ave years.