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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1917)
mt. Ifcralò Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, Septembert 13. 1917 Subscription, .$1.00 a Year Vol. 15. No. 37. BERLIN OR BUST NEWSY ITEMS FROM MAKE KAISER WISER DOWN THE LINE AT GILBERT SCOOL Lents School Starts With An Enroll Splendid Exhibit Is laken To County I he Popular Dairy Herd Of Chlrs Slogans Of Soldier Boys On Way To Chronicle of Weekly Events In Arleta Keep In Touch With The Boys At The front And In The Train And Kern Park Varied And Full Edlr—Interest And Enthusiasm Gesme Goes Under I he Ham Eastern Cantonment—Hundreds ment Of Six Hundred—Great ing Camps. Survive Vacation. Of Interesting Doings. mer At Good Prices. Interest Manifest. Of friends Greet Irain. The wheels of the Lents school ma chinery are already running smoothly, in fact they started off at the o|«rning of school as though well oiled up for the occasion, and no friction has since Ixen evident. Tlie present enrollment Is 600, although still incomplete, being con siderable above that of last year. An unusual Intervet has been S|>;*arent on ths jmrt of ths students from the very first day of school and an iwgerness to get down to the real work of the year, which augurs well lor the final wind-up. The eohool organisation has been ef fected according to tlie old, or single group, plan, instead of the two-group plan which was inaugurated last year, and which It has Iwen found necessary to abandon owing to the large classes which mads it impossible to unite under two groups. A one-class organization has been effected throughout the school which is a distinct advantage as tlie teacliers are thereby able to give much more individual attention than would lie possible with two classes. Altogether tlwre is svsry promise of a very suc cessful school year and tlie enthusiasm ol the pupils is not the least hopeful sign of tills desired result being ob tained. The faculty is the same as last year wiUi tlie exception of one lees teaciier, Mtss Cavan a having transferred to the Sellwood school. Mias Julia Burns has, however, changed tier name sinos school closed last Bpring and this year is known as Mrs. Racstte. l«ente and Woodmere schools have a new manual training teacher, James Shanks having been ap pointed to these schools; he will spend the first throe days of each week at l^nts and Thursday and Friday at WoodiuoTe. Mias Louies Botkin is tha new cooking teacher. The subject of school lunelies has not yet been decided. Tliere is some ap- prehension felt a» to the ;>oealbility of twing able to serve anything like an adequate lunch at ths old price of five cents owing to the increased cost of food stuflb. Borne parents have ex pressed themselves as willing to pay ten cents, and there has also been suggested the alternative of the children bringing their sandwiches to be supplemented with a single hot dish of some kind at the school* The parents should interest tlMuneelvee in this matter until a satis factory cohcfuslon is reached. CATHOLIC CHAPEL GAR ON TRACK AT KERN PARK The chapel car St. Peter, a “Catholic Church on Wheels," operated by the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States, is visiting Portland and is now on a ride track near Kern Park, on the Mount Scott carilne at Sixty-ninth street and Poster road. The car was open for inspection of visitors Sunday afternoon from 8:30 to 3:30 and also at tlie same hours Monday and Tuesday. A series of lectures on the ideas, his tory, teachings and practices of the Catholic Church l*egan Bunday at 8 o’clock, with Father Charles M. Smith, of Portland, as the speaker. The lec tures are open to all. The chapel car is equipped with every appointment found in a big church and services are held with as much solemnity and convenience as in a permanent church building. OLD FRIENDS MEET AFTER FIFTY YEARS Mr, Joseph Hunt, of Mead Post O. A. R., now of Oregon City, but for merly from Stark County, Ill., visited at the home of his grandson, Harold Hrtnt on 43rd Ave. 8. E., during the past week. Mrs. Hattie Beldin was in vited to dinner and for the evening, gfeatly enjoying the opportunity to talk oter old thnes, Mrs. BeMln’s brother,! Ths Industrial Club of the Gilbert School, District No. 46, maintained their activity during the Bummer months, last Friday, the 7th inst,, wit nessing ths culmination of the season's work, at which lime the Industrial Fair was held at the school building. This exhibit was worthy of more than pass ing notice. Sewing, garden products, canning and preserving and manual training work comprised the exhibit. Contests In corn and potato growing, as well as poultry and stock raising added greatly to the interest of the boys and girls throughout ths season and the re sults demonstrated that their efforts had never been allowed to lag. Visitors at the exhibit were greatly surprised at the excellence ol the dis play. Messrs. Miller, Kreuder and Farnsworth were the judges of the agri cultural and poultry display, while Meedainee Rindle, Boardman and Thaw acted in like capacity lor the domestic scisnce display. Winners of first prises are as follows: Sewing, Ruth Rsnns; potato growing, Lucile Shlvley; canning and preserving, Julia Fields; (taking, Verna Stark; Jack Ferris won the prise for the best pig ex hibited, and Norman Fury carried off first prise for bird houses. William White won first prise in corn growing contest. The poultry exhibit was exceptionally One. Tbs judges were unable to make a choice and each exhibitor was given (1.00 for their exhibit. Tbe'entirs dis play has been laken to Gresham to the County Fair this week. The work has l>een carried on under the direction of the Industrial Club department of the O. A. C. Popular opinion in the dis trict gives great credit to Miss Minnie Davis, one of the teachers, for the in terest kept up during the vacation months. She was assisted in the as sembling of the display by other teach ers end members of the Parent-Teacher organisation. School started in District No. 43 on Monday morning of this week with ao enrollment of 110, Prof. Ager in charge with the same corps of teachers as last year with the exception of one who dropped out at the call of capid; her place han not been filled. Five teachers comprise ths faculty. MULTNOMAH COUNTY W.C.T.U. CONVENTION The annual convention of the Mult nomah County Woman’s Christian Temperance L'uion will be held in the Forbes Presbyterian Church, at Graham and Gantenitein Avenues, on Wednes day and Thursday of next week, Sep tember 19-20. The opening session will be held at 10:00 o’clock a. m. Wednes day morning. Regular routine business will occupy the greater part ol the first day. Wednesday evening Chief of Po lice, M. F. Johnson, will give an ad dress on “What Prohibition has Done for Portland," which every one should hear. On Thursday morning will occur the annual election of effleers, also, reports of officers on the work of the past year. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Lola Bald win will speak. Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp will also speak at this session on “Pa triotism Applied." The sessions open promptly at 10:00 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. Lunch will be served on both days and a silver offer ing will be taken to dstray expenses. Lowell Patton will have charge of the music during the convention. The followMjYe the' program which will be retoeYted: WendMdaya. m. 10:00 > Devotional Exercises. Appointment of Committees. Five-trtibute reports of Superin tendents and local presidents. Noontide prayer, Frances 8wope Lunch. Afternoon. Isaiah Bates, and Comrade Hunt hav 8:00 > Devotional Services, Mrs. Scott ing belonged to Co. B.; 19th Illinois In- Minutes of morning session/ fantry during the Civil War, the Continuation of Reports. families being old friends before and Music. after the war. They had not met be Evening. fore for upwards of fifty years, although 8:00 ) Devotions by the Pastor. living so near each other neither knew Music led by Lowell Patton. of the wbereabonts of the other. Need “Mother Gooes Hboverlsed,” less to say ti me passed very swiftly In Recitation by seven children. recalling instances from the days of Andress, M. F. Johnson, C. of P. long ago when they were young. They both hope to livu to see the National Wbat Prohibition has done for Portland Thursday a. m. Convention in Portland when there will be 'afore old ariiuaintenees from 10:00 Devotions, Mrs. Martin. MMc. “MollteBiark" Ill., to greet. "All the world and his wife” were there last Thursday to see the fun. WhereT Why at the suction sale of course whenJChris Gesme proprietor of the Jersey Lily Dairy sold off thirty bead ol bis herd. All morning they began to gather, coming In rigs, on horseback, in wagons, buggies, surreys, carte, automobiles, motor-cycles, “bikes'* and on foot, and for several blocks every available hitching space waa pre-empted. After ail there Isn’t anything in the wide world just quite like a “really, truly," old fashioned, country auction Hals and this waa surely one. The beet fun was watching the crowd, and judg ing by the number who did the bidding, tlie majority seemed to have come to enjoy the sport. There was the big bashful hubby standing by watching his wife do the bidding, the easily excited man with bis nervous anxious wife holding him by the coat tails. The poor man who waa never sure of bis own mind, it he got the animal he waa bid ding on he felt sure be had been “bun coed again,” if ho failed to bid high enough and the auctioneer had knocked it down to the other fellow he felt sure he had lost a good bargain and kicked himself for not bidding another dollar. There was tbs staid family man anxious to reduce the high cost of living and wondering if be could get a good quiet respectful and qnlte respectable family cow, there was the young man anxious that tbs new baby should have tubercu lin tested milk, and quite in the back ground, oh not at all anxious to be seen or beard were ths real buyers, the shrewd bidders who bad looked the cows over well beforehand, who knew their pedigree and their age, the amount of milk they gave, when they were freeb and what their milk tested. They knew to a dollar or two just bow much they wyrs willing to bid on any particular cow, they couldn't be rattled or excited, and quietly they let the other fellows do their excitable bidding and in most cases they finally carried off the bacon. Yes, for the cows were first class, one of the finest herds of Jersey cattle in the state, and the actress man waa unable to appreciate their lull value, hence moot of them wore disposed of to other dairymen. The cows sold from >40 to (126, and the heifers from (17.50 to (40, averaging up in the neighborhood of (80 a head. The choice cow, at (126, went to Gue Nel son of Holbrook, a dairyman who sup ply* ths Oregon Creamery and io backed by them. Another backed by this firm was C. Matthias also of Hol brook. The largest (buyer, was Mr. Trinblad, who bought seven bead, all over (100. 8. Bbryock of St. Helens took away three, and F. W. Hoeck er two. Among the local buyers were H. L. Lewis, R. E. Emily, Andrew Heiman of the Portnomah Dairy, J. J. Rader (Happy) the genial Mt. Scott car conductor known to all who use that line, Nels Neilson end John Abbuhl. The auctioneer was W. 8. Wood of Vaneonver, and the clerk H. E. Bloyd of the Multnomah State Bank. Another auction sale was held Tues day at Mt. Tabor when the Dmham- Holstein herd of Frits Wahl brought an average of over (80 a head for thirty- three cows. They were very fat and sold readily. From all indications mousy is plentiful and moves very treely. Seventeen cars of soldier laddies passed through Portland last evening from Camp Lewis, Wash., en route to Charlotte, N. C., stopping at the Union Station for two hours, thus giving tbs friends snd relatives who were ap praised of their coming an opportunity to visit with them, hundreds being in waiting for that purpose. As the long train came to a standstill the boys be gan piling out of the window* al) along the line and commenced hunting friends or being hunted by them. It required some time for the right people to find each other, bat it was accomplished. It was a jolly bunch of boys and a brave bunch of fathers, mothers, sisters, wives, sweethearts and friends, who sought to keep their own feelings in the background and give their laddies a smiling farewell, bottling up their tears for the solitude of home. Company B and Company C. Engineers, and Co. I. Infantry were on the train. A delegation from the Epworth league of the Lents Methodist Church were on band to greet Charles Wilson, of Co. C. Engineer*. He was looking as “fit” as a new pin and on good terms with all ths world, giving a very inter esting description of the splendid ap pointments of Camp Lewis, which covers 70,000 acres and is some city it self. He aleo spoke in terms of highest praise ol the work of tha Y. M. C. A. George Howe, of this district was also there, bis mother, Mrs. Howe, of 82nd St., and bis sister. Miss Ruth, and his brother, John and wife, besides other friends were there to greet him. Some of the care were covered with banners, giving name and number of the company which they contained; aleo the slogan of the company. Co. B. flaunted “Berlin or Bant,-’ in glaring letters across their car, while Co. C. boasted of their intention to "Make the Kaiser Wiser.” If Co. B. succeed in the task they have cut out for them selves Co. C.’s slogan will be automati cally realized. Here’s hoping. The train arrived at 8:15 and pulled out at 10:00 o'clock, the intervening two hours passing all too quickly to both the boys and their friends. METHODIST LADIES GIVE SILVER TEA The Ladies* Aid of the Methodist Cbnrch will hold a silver tea on Wednesday of next week, the 19th inst., at the home of Mrs. Banders. 6118 83rd Bt. 8. £. A general invitation is ex tended to all the friends of the cbnrch to attend. There will be an excellent program, followed by a social boar and refreshment«. LENTS WIRELESS IS ATTACKED AT NIGHT Residents living in the vicinity of the Federal Wirelees station near the Esta cada car line, just South of Lents, re port that two attempts have been made within the past week to put the radio out of commission, the last one being on Tuesday night, at which time some unknown enemies fired upon the sta tion. The attack was made about mid night, but waa unsuccessful. Since this station has been taken in charge by the government it has been placed in charge ol Gunner F. E. Stone, U. 8. N., who has a crew with him. It is one of the most powerful radio plants on the coast and the navy department is taking every precaution to protect it from barm. Guards were on duty at the time the attack was made and the entire staff was ordered out and a search instituted, but no one could be found near the place. The supposition is that the shots were fired from a higb-pewer, long-range rifle by some one who wished to put the station out of commission. i Minutes. Reports Auditing Com. and Officers Election of Officers. Memorial and Noontide Prayer conducted by Mrs. Jane Donaldson. I.nnCh. 2:00 Devotional«, Mrs. HockSter. Minutes of morning session. Address, Mrs. Lois Baldwin. Solo, Mrs. Labia. Reports Of Buperintendens of de- partmdnts allied with Rad Cross work—Flower Mission, Foreign Speaking people. Soldiers and Sailors. BITTER SCOTCH Report on Temperance and Labor "Coffee A" sugar.............. ;...... 3 lbs Mrs. L. F. Additoa. Bnttet-...............................:. 1-4 lb Address, Mrs. Kemp, "Patriotism Cream tartar ............... half teaspoon Applied. Ixmon flavor . ............ ;. 8 dfops Report of Resolutions Committee. Add a sufficient quantity of coM water Minutes. Adjournmsnt. to dissolve the sngar. Boil without stir ring until it will "break" when dropped When done, add the Onion wnd other odors can be removed in cold water. Have a well-buttered pan or from kettles sauce-pant, etc., by putting flavor. some wood ashes in the article, adding boiling Water and letting it Mand on the back part of the store a short time. turn wlute like ice-cream candy. This incident happened very recently M ìm Gertrude Taylor, 2980 63rd St., 8. E., is having quite a seige with rheu- at the naval training station on Goat Fifteen matiem. She has been confined to the Island, in San Francisco bay. hundred rookies, la«Is who had just ar bouse lor some time. Harry Taylor, who is on duty in rived at the station were surrounding a Honolulu recently sent bis mother and sailor perched on a box distributing sister some beautiful specimens of na mail. The boat bad just arrived and the mail was being banded out. As the tive workmanship as soavsnirs. name» of sailors were called the lade Mrs. Clyde Hildreth received word would step up and receive the letter ad that her mother, Mrs. Hill, died in dressed to them. It was a fascinating Australia some three months ago. The sight. The sailor distributing the mail news was a long time on the way, would call out a name and immediately nevertbeleas the shock was just as would come a reply and a willing hand acute. Mrs. Hildreth’s friends extend backed by a happy smile would reach their sympathy to her in her bereave out and take the letter. Then the lad ment. i would walk away, bis face fairly beam Tha Whitney family and Mrs. Wm. ing. He would seek a quiet spot and Taylor and daughter, Miss Gertrude, read and sometimes re-read the letter. camped four or five days on the banks So it continued for fifteen minutes un of the Clackamas river last week, find til the crowd was pretty well thinned ing blackberries a-plenty. Three and a out. All around were sailors intently half large pails full were picked on Sun reading. Some had a smile on their day. Mrs. Taylor was up to her eyes faces, others looked mors serious and in the canning business the first of the there waa one lad who sobbed as if bis week. heart would break. “Bad news?" Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prentice and questioned his ehnm. “Poor old Toweer’s Mr. Prentice Sr., spent Bunday evening gone,” sobbed the lad in reply. “The iaat with Mrs. Hattie Beldin. Hot folks say that be wouldn't eat a thing coffee was served and the evening spent after I left and they found him Sunday with music. back of the barn, dead.” The Arleta auxiliary of the Red Cross The last letter had been distributed to will meet at the W. O. W. hall, Arleta, its owner and the postman had departed at 2:00 p. m., on Wednesday a ternoon but there still lingered a dozen or more of next week, the 19th inst., and svsry boys with long faces and serious mien. alternate Wednesday thereafter. All They were the lads for whom there was who are interested in the work of the no letter. It meant a whole lot to those Red Cross are requested to be present. boys to bear from home. It would have Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walker came lifted a heavy load from their hearts to down from Beattie the last of the week have received just one line from some where Mr. Walker is in the employ of one that cared. They felt, in their boy the Sears Roebuck Co. The Walkers ish way that no one thought of them. are spending their vacation period visit They were despondent and in a frame ing at the boms of Mrs. Walker’s of mind that meant disaster to them. Than there went among them a secre parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Snider of tary of the Navy Y. M. C. A. He knew 4418 79th St. 8. E. Mrs. Emory Gilmore left Saturday what the matter waa. He had seen in And he knew for an extended visit in ths Middle cidents like this before. what to do. Witb a cheery smile and a West. Mrs. Gilmore started a little earlier than she had planned on doing word of good will he went to them in on account of the news reaching her dividually and invited them to share in that her brother who is very ill in a the entertainment at the association hospital in Nebraska, was not expected building that evening. And they went. to recover. It is her plan to visit her Boyish minds easily adjust themselves to conditions. They forgot the thought aged mother also while in Nebraska. lessness of the folks at home and The wedding of Mies Lois Birch and entered into the spir t of the evening. Mr. Allen Black recurred Wednesday All of which carries its lesson. Keep of this week. ■ in touch with your boy. The home in On next Friday afternoon, at the fluence is the strongest tie be has to home of Mrs. Geo. Many, 7108 55th keep him morally straight. When it Ave., all ladies who want to do their fails, the Y.M.C. A. can sometime» "bit” can sew for the Red Cross. Bring reach out and save the day. needles and thimble. No refreshments. 4 .. .. 71 Just good bard work. A number of ladies met at the home of Mrs. Merry last Friday for this purpose. The time was spent in making bedsacks and bam ming handkerchiefs. In addition to the work a very instructive talk by To the People of Oregon: The United Mrs. Ward Swope, ef the Arleta Government baa selected W. C. T. U., waa lictaaed to on the sub States ject of the “Woman's National Defense Charlotte, North Carolina, as the site of League.” The following were present: one of the mobilisation camps and the Meedainee Hanscom, Crum, Hill, War Department has decreed that the Swope, Battie, Burdick and Evans. Let troops from your State will be stationed us hope that others will help to swell here. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the numbers at the next meeting. BS the Charlotte Ministerial Association, and the Young Men’s Christian Associa tion take occasion, therefore, to express their pleasuse at this decision and to assure the troops and all those whose interest in them is closest and affection The ladies of Clinton-Kelly Methodist ate of the welcome which awaits them. We wish the troops who come to us to Church, situated on the Powell Valley Road between E. 39th and E. 40th Sts., use the offices and facilities of our or are arranging a farewell reception in ganizations freely in whatever way may We extend honor of Mrs. E. E. Southard, of E. be of advantage to them. 40th Bt, who expects soon to leave for the same invitation to those who visit the soldiers in this Camp and we pledge Dallas, Ore., whither Mr. Sonthard the hospitality and hearty welcome of proceeded her, having purchased our entire citizenship both to the troops local newspaper of that city. The reception will be given at the and to their friends. Very sincerely, home of Mrs. E. L. Anderson, of E. 41st Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, St., near Creston station, on Friday evening of this week and promises to be by David Owen, President. a very pleasurable social event, E. N. Farris, Executive Secretary. v ' .1 ’I ■ fi' WELCOME ASSURED OREGON SOLDER BOYS MRS. SOUTHRAD GIVEN FAREWELL RECEPTION INTEREST UNABATING GONSOWATTON Ml IN LOCAL RED CROSS OF ARLETA - * FIRMS a The local auxiliary of the Red Cross met on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Dr. Hese. The meeting waa well at tended and interest is increasing in the wort judging by the number of knitting needles that are flying about town. Hereafter the meetings will be held in the sewing room of tbs school on Fri day afternoon of each week. A little difficulty has been experienced in get ting sufficient yarn to supply all who e xpi see a willingness to assist in this part of the work, but it is anticipated' that this difficulty will soon be over come. H. Dillman and H. L. Dickinson, two business men of the Arleta district, have consolidated their interests to what they believe to be their mutual advantage. The former has been con ducting a blacksmith shop at Laurel« wood, while the latter has operated a filling station. The new company baa established a garage in the brick build ing nt 6419 Fetter Road. A repair ehop and filling station will be operated in connection with the business. Auto accessories will slao bo eold. A eqnab deal ie aabnred to all patrons.