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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1917)
/'» Subscription, $1.00 a Year ARL YOU A BOOSTER OK A KNOCKER? One An Asset io a Community. Other a liability Get Your Number. Ihe Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, September 27. 1917 fORMER LENIS SCHOOL BOY WRIIESTHE HERALD Cascade, Idaho. Hept. 5, 1917. Editor of Herald:—We are getting along fine here in the wimh I b . Thnsfof the fellows were out flailing this p. tn. and brought in 135 trout ranging in length from 5 to 12 inches. Munday one man caught a trout that all agreed wae 18 inches. We have had oilier fresh meat too; for a alieepiierder near by re cently gave us half a sheep. When the deer season opens we are going to have some venison. We see deer tracks all around ami occasionally a deer or two. Monday evening as we were coming to camp we saw ta«r tracks aliout a mile from camp but as yet have not seen tiie liear. Nome baked duck made us a tine supper recently. It is very easy for people to get lost hen. Several of the crew have gotten lost at various times and turned up at the forest rangers station. When the last bunch arrived tiiere tiie ranger said lie had often wondered why we had two crews but at last lie had found out—one full crew was lost all the time so w had to have two in order to get any work done. At «ome of ou> camping places the mosquito*-« have tieen very bad but on account of the frost they are disappear ing. We are told we may expect any kind of weather (nun now on. It take« two days to get our mail from the post office from Which we liear once a week. The wind lias been blowing a good ileal lately. One man who has spent much time here said recently : “It feels like fall, smells like fall, and sounds like fall.” It also looks like rain tonight, so I will close this epistle and go to bed possibly to I* awakened by tiie patter of the rain on tiie tent root. Yours truly, A representative called on T. J. Kreuder tiie other d«y and found out that be'« a rattling good fellow, and ought to lie in ll>e harneM for the up building of thin community, or perhap« we ought to «ay, that if he were in the harneea it would bo tor the up-building of thia community. Mr. Kreuder lives on tl»e Powell Valley Road and runa a ten acre garden right next the Cn-aton School. Here lie raiaea carrot« and collar«, boy« and lieana, cow« and coni, scenery and aticcotaah without any apparent complication». Mr. Kreuder lias a large horse-collar factory in which he is more or l«ea active at all times ac cording to the state of the leather mark et. His garden is tended as a aort of a side-line, more for the sake of his liealth and tin* family table than anything else, but it is a model of its kind. Besides tlieae various activities anil tiie making of a beautiful home from among the brush which formerly oovered this place, Mr. Kreuder finds lime to devote a good deal of time aud tlmught to the attain of the Ijents Grange of which lie has been tlie Master for many year«. He is a member of the Grange Stock Company which owns the building, and Ute busi ness of the lwnts Mercantile Company. Tiie other directors liave lieen kind enough to put on to his «boulder« the active direction of the store. Mr. Kreuder paid a very fine tribute to Messrs KaUky Bro«. stating that their store, and their steady courageous at titude towards business at all times liad done much to make Ix*nta such a stable business centre. He claims that even if L amont D vsba «. a firm is his competitor it is to his inter With the U. 8. Gov't. Land Office Co. est if the firm succeed«, for whenever any firm is making a success of business, tiie community thereby becomes more prosperous and a good reflex action will 1« felt by all businesses. He feels that there is abundant room for all the grocery ston-e here now, and that as the Buy at Home Campaign become« more Holly Lodge ON Foster Koad Near successful and more people trade at Lents Yielded Its Toll 01 home, the prosfiecU will lie even bright er. Mr. Kreuder put intn words the Booze and Arrests. whole need of a community spirit, the necvaaity lor loyalty, co-operation, for John Barleycorn is traveling a rocky bearance with one another’s failing«, road in Portland these days. He is be and llie optimistic looking on the bright aide of thUgs. He mentioned the stores ing driven from pillar to poet and the indications are that the genius of those ol John Donaldson and L. E. Wiley as who seek to evade the law will soon be being also his competitors, but towards come exhausted and they will be driven whom he had only tin- kindliest feeling«. from their last hiding place. It has He stated that if tiie l.enta Mercantile very nearly reached that point now Company did not give people good ser when boose is shipped into Tillamook vice, reasonable prices, and reliable marked an clams and sent from San goods they would not merit the patron Francisco. It was like sending “coals age of the j*ople, bnt was confident that to Newcastle" and aroused suspicion at they could and would establish fortliem- •nee. selves a place without in any way harm On Sunday morning 30 persons were ing, but on tiie contrary helping the real arrested in joint raids in and about of the business life of the community. Portland and 60 quarts of liquor were confiscated. Holly Lodge, situated on the Foster Road near Lents, was one of the places included in the raid. Mrs. C. Dudley, the proprietress wae arrested, together with nine guests. Those who were The “Aeronauts” of the Friends Sun taken in the raid at Holly Lodge gave day School gave a delightful surprise their names as Mrs. C. Dudley, Harry party in honor of Carroll Tamplin, one Linden, Ervin Bacon, Edward Holt, of their number, at hie home on 82nd Patrick Mellen, Edward Berg, Neldon St., Tuesday evening. A very pleasant Gearwing, Harry Rodan and Ah Sam. evening was spent with games and The district Attorney states that he has music. Refreshments were served. in hie possession other evidence regard The following were present: Kenneth, ing Holly lxxlge that will serve to show Carroll and Madge Tamplin, Mabel and the character of the piece. Carl Kadolph, Evelyn Hyland, Evelyn Smith, Dorie and Wilda Mann, Theodora Dunbar, Albert Boatright, Myron Rich ardson, Goldie Carr, aud Emel Swan- eon, teacher of the class. Carroll left on Wednesday for New Books are wanted for the Soldiers' berg, where he will pursue his studies libraries. Bring your beet ones to the at Pacific College. ('antral Library or to any of the branches. Our young men are sacrificing their education, business, professional train ing and home life to serve their country. They need bootee and current magazine« for study, recreation and diversion in Attention’ol Mt. Scott Rebekahs and lonely moments. their friends ia called to their semi Mark ths packages, “Books for Sold monthly card party which will be given iers." Writ* your name on the fly-leaf in Odd Fellows Temple, First and Alder of the book and make it a personal gift. Sts. on Tuesday afternoon of next week, This is our fight. Send some of your Oct. 2nd. A brief business session of books to tho man who Is fighting for the Relief Committee will be held at yon. 1:30, the card party to be held at 2:30. Two prisee will be given. The relief Paste This on Your Windshield. work carried on by the Rebekahs of the city is of a character which should ap When you coms across a crossing, here’s a simple rule for you, peal to all members and there parties Stop, and look and listen, and be sure should be well patronised. A good time that yon can view is assured in addition to the amount of good that it is hoped to accomplish by The track from every- angle and that nothing is in eight, this means. A charge of 10 cts. is asked. Then start again yonr journey, and Al) Rebekahs are asked to attend and yon’ll cross the crossing right. bring a friend. JOHN BARLEYCORN IN TOILS OE LAW THE "AERONAUTS" 6IVE SURPRISE PARTY Vol. 15. , X' -K No. 39. YEAGER THEATRE I WEDDING BELLS Al NEWSY ITEMS EROM CITY FLSH MARKE I MILLARD AVENUt OCT. 4th and 5th • DOWN THE LINE DOES BIG BUSINESS Three Performances to be Given for Soldiers Library Lund. Tickets Now On Sale. l^nts district will do its part in assist ing in the raising of ths Oregon quota of the Million Dollar Library Fund for the Holdiers and Hailors of America and France. A meeting wae held at the library in I^nts Thursday afternoon of last week as arranged by Mie« Winni- fred McLucas, the librarian, and a com mittee appointed to initiate plane for the raising of the funds. Mrs. Otto Katxky, Mrs. Mand Darnall and Mrs. Dr. Hees, all of I^nta, and Miss Swan son, of the Woodmere school, which forms a part of the district to be covered by this comittee, were appointed and already have their plane well in hand. The Yeager Theatre has been secured and benefit plays will be given Thurs day afternoon and evening and Friday evening, Oct. 4th and 5th, the proceeds to be devoted to this fund. Tickets will be on sale by the last of this week and an effort will be made to have a capaci ty house at each of these three perform ances. This is a most appealing cause and should meet with a hearty response on the part of tbs general public. HOME INDUS IRY LEAGUE PRESENTED TO P. T. A. A recent social event of local interest was the wedding of Miss Lois Burch and Mr. Allen Black, which took place at the little Millard Ave. Presbyterian church last Wednesday evening, Sept. 12th. The ceremony was read by Rev. Wm. Harvey Amos, pastor of the church, under a lieautiful wedding bell made penionally by Mrs. Orley Gilbert, a close friend of the bride. The church' was very artistically decorated by Messrs Mclxiney, Jordan, Crum and Jeffries in a bower of green under which the bridal party ttood. Before the ceremony a very beautiful song was rendered by Miss Edith Tharey. The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of white tulle with pearl beads. She carried a shower boquet of bride roses and wore a veil with a lacey cup trimmed with orange blossoms. The Matrons of honor, Mrs. Geo. Neil son! Claire Burch, sister of the bride,) wore a handsome gown of lavender silk trimmed in silver lace, and Miss Mareita Howard wore pink georgette crepe over messaline. The bridegroom was attend ed by Mr. Arthur Johnson. The little flower girls were little Roberta Burch ami Jewel Ciutchfleld, cousin to the bride. The usher« were Misses Marguerite Burch and Vivian Culver. Tiie young couple left immediately for their new home at the Roselyn apart ment« at No. HO, N. 21 St.. Portland, Ore. All immediate friends and members of the church wish them a long and happy journey thru life. Portland is certainly having to meet its own problems in dealing with varions combines organized for the purpose of obtaining a monopoly on food products and other public necessities. It wonld Mr. and Mm. Joe Johnson have mov seem that tbese would-be monopolists, ed to their new home at 62nd Ave. and short-sighted though they be. wonld see 77th St. 8. E. Mrs. Johnson is a that they are only hastening tbe end of daughter of Mr. D. W. Gardner, 6536 all kinds of combines in food products, 80th St. Mr. Johnson left the last of the if not in public utilities of all kinds. week tor the Bremerton Navy Yard«, The municipal fish market opened tbe where he expects to work during tiie I first of the week was rushed to such an winter. extent that before the first day was The reception given to Mr. and Mr«. ended three men were needed to do what Allen Black and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Neil one man had started out to accomplish. son was a very sncccesrful social event. The people are being driven to tbe wall Many friends were present, extending with high prices and anything and hearty congratulations to the contract everything that has a tendency to re ing parties. The brides were tbe recipi lieve the situation is welcomed. Tbe ents of many beautiful fpfts bestowed by worst feature of the case is that in most loving friends and acquaintances. A instances it is felt that prices are being musical program was rendered. Punch inflated beyond reason. Tbe munici and cake were served by tbe young pality can, if it will, take matters in ladies of the Millard Ave. Church. band and put the local profiteers out of Little Annie Vail wae taken quite ill business. in Sunday School Sunday morning. She The city can operate jitney busses for a is still confined to her bed. but is much three-ceut fare and thus eliminate the transportation trust. It can establish improved. Mrs. G. E. Reed, of 78th St. and 67th slaughter yards and butcher shops and Ave., has received several letters from eliminate tbe beef trust. It can catch her eldest son, James, who is at Camp its own fish and eliminate the fish trust. Green. The boys enjoyed the trip im It can establish fuel depots and break mensely. The first thing he did upon up tbe fuel trust. The city can go into bis arrival was to attend tbe Christian any line of business it desires to follow Endeavor service, taking three of the and supply the people with necessities boys with him. They visited all the at coat if it wishes. Other cities have place« of interest and were much pleased done some one or all of these things. with their visit to tbe cotton mills where Why not Portland. Chronicle of Weekly Events In Arleta And Kern Park Varied And full Of Interesting Doings. they witnessed tbe weaving of all kinds of cotton material. He sent a “Hello” to all his friends at home, and said that he was feeling fine. Much of the spare time of the boys he said was spent at the library where the beet of reading was to be found and which was greatly Lenta was the scene of a stabbing af It is estimated that the receipts of the enjoyed by the boys. fray on Sunday afternoon about two Mildred, the eldest daughter of Mr. o’clock in which a man named Paine, Multnomah County Fair were nearly 13,200. They would undoubtedly have and Mrs. Zehrung is very ill with pneu residing on Belmont St. on the East been larger but for the heavy rains of monia at her home on 45th Ave. and side, bad his face laid open, supposedly , Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. It is 76th St. with a knife in the hands of Frank quite certain that after all expenses have Mrs. Florence Fletcher has been ill for Lane, of 86th 8t. Paine, it is under been met there will be a neat surplus tbe past few weeks. Her friends hope stood, came out to Lents to visit friends left. The premiums are being paid by for her speedy recovery. aud was standing in front of the Lents the appropriation made by the last Miss Pound is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Pharmacy when Lane, who chanced to Legislature and this money cannot be Orley Pound Gilbert, at their home, pass on the opposite side of the street, diverted to any other cause. saw him and crossed over and did the 4928 71st St. In every way the Fair has been voted deed before any one realized what waa Messrs. Gilbert, Crum. Jordan, H oil a success. The Chautauqua features happening: Paine fell to the sidewalk ingworth and McKenzie went black were of the best and tbe poultry and where he lay for some few minutes lurrying one day during the past week. live stock entree had never been excell when he wae assisted by a bystander in For further information ask Mrs. Crum ed. to ttye office of Dr. Hees and his wound, and Mrs. Gilbert. which was a bad one, attended to. Lane Little Nanette Younge spent the week caught a car for tbe eity where later io end with her cousin, Miss Marian Usher, the day be gave himself up and is being 7626 62nd Ave. held for trial. There is said to have Miss Myrtle Campbell leaves on Satur been bad blood between the two men Lents Tourist Longs For Rain And day for Eugene, where she will enter for some time past. the University of Oregon. She is in tier Soft Water. sophomore year. STABBING AFFRAY ON STREETS Of LENTS. COUNTY TAIR PROVES FINANCIAL SUCCESS Albert Q. Clark, manager of the Home Industry League, of the Chamber of Commerce, gave a very interesting address before the Lente Parent-Teach er Association last Friday afternoon at their regular meeting held in the As sembly Hal) of the school. Mr. Clark took for bis subject, “Our Home In dustries.” In the coarse ot his address he gave conclusive evidence of ths great loss to tbs state resulting from the shipping of so much of the raw material produced here East for manufacture and then importing the finished product for retail trade. Ws have the water power and everything necessary to en able us to manufacture our own raw material and conserve to the state the money paid out for its manufacture. He urged the ladies, upon whom rested almost entirely the responsibility of buying for the home, to take pains to inquire for Oregon made p oducta and stimulate as far as lay in their power the home industries which we already have. His remarks scintillated with epigrams and trite sayings which gave | added emphasis to the facts stated. The meeting of the Red Cross wae in progress in the sewing room at the same If the charms of Oregon wane, just time, the ladies adjourning with their take a trip to some more favored clime. knitting and other work to the Assem Tbe longer the absence tbe stronger be bly ball for the purpose of listening to comes the lure of the Beaver State. Mr. Clark’s address. This is tbe experience of Mrs. R. E. Thomas, of Woodmere who is visiting relatives and friends in Southern Calif Bible Extension Classes. ornia. Letters received by friends an The Bible Institute of Portland is nounce that she is having a delightful holding extension classes at the Evan time, but will be glad to get home once gelical church in I^nts every Tuesday more to “rain” and “soft water.” evening at 8:00 o'clock. Dr. Ralph Ceil Everything in that land of sunshine she is the lecturer and all the churches and writes is looking gray and dry. young peoples societies are asked to co One of the pleasant coincidences of operate. Great interest is already man the trip has been the meeting of a sister ifest. The study of the Bible will be on Rebekah from Scranton, Pa., who re interdenominational lines and on Bible sides on tbe same street as her brother, Conference subjects. which was like a visit at her old home. Inst letters received were written from Sawtelle, at which place she had visited the National Soldiers’ Home, having over thirty-six hundred inmates. It is a wonderful institution providing the comforts of a home to these, men who Mary Conway, of Foster Road, died have served their country so well in the Tuesday morning at the age of 86 years. vast. Mrs. Thomas expects to be home She was born in Monohan, Ireland in by tbe first of the month. 1832, came to America and settled on Conway Homestead in 1871, where she Birthday Surprise. lived the remainder of her life. She Mrs. J. Henderson, of 94th St., was leaves one brother, Philip Murphy, of given a very pleasant surprise on Tues Nan Francisco, and three children, Mr«. day evening, the occasion being her Gentry, Mrs. Clark and Jacob Conway, birthday. A number of her friends were Fuenral services were held at St. invited in to tea by her daughter, Miss Peters church, Lenta this, (Thursday) Margaret, and the evening greatly en morning at 10:00 o’clock. joyed. Later the guests were taken home in the new Ford, which brought to a most delightful climax the evening’s Franklin Team Wins Game. pleasure. The Franklin High School football eleven have certainly started in the year with flying color«. In the opening game Death of Lents Resident. of the reason which was played Tuesday Mrs. August Gandesbergen, of 8803 aft» moon on the MnHqomah field, they 94th Nt. 8. E., died at her houfe on Sat won a game with the High School of urday last. She had been afflicted with Commerce by a score of 64 to 0. This dropsy for some time and a fall a short game was tiie opening game of tiie Inter time since in which she suffered consid scholastic league. “Pudge” Brown was erable injury hastened the end. Funer the star player of the Franklin team and al services were conducted Monday led hie eleven to victory. The game morning from the Kenworthy parlors, wae played in a masterly fashion from Rev. W. G. Lienkaemper, pastor of the start to finish with several spectacular Gernaan Reformed Church of Lente, feats which were as neat as any one officiating. Interment in Multnomah would want to see. » creiMItv. PIONEER RESIDENT PASSES AWAY GIVE THE SOLDIERS YOUR BOOKS AND MAGAZINES REBEKAH RELIEE COM. TO GIVE CARD PARTY 7*. ~ ir*-. ■ w » NO PLACE LIKE HOME Miss Sadie Carlson speut Sunday with her parents at Forest Grove. Three Alarms—One Fire. Meeting ot Si. Paul’s Guild. The Guild of St. Paul’s Mission, Woodmere held their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mre. R. W. Smith, 73rd Ave. 8. E. There was an exceptionally large attend ance and a pleasant social time was en joyed in addition to the amount of work accomplished. Lnneheon was served at 1:00 o’clock. The afternoon was spent in working on tbe quilts which the ladies are preparing for the missionary box which forms a part of their annual work. Three alarms of fire were turned in to the Lents Volunteer Fire Department on Wednesday. Two of them were fake calls, presumably turned in by children who were bent on a tour of investigation and wanted to see what would happen. The third proved to be a roof fire, caused by an over-heated stove pipe in a house on 93rd St. The fire was quick Franklin Glee Clubs Attend State Fair. ly extinguished with only slight damage Franklin High School Glee Clubs are to the roof. in Salem today where, under the direc tion of Prof. Walsh, of the music depart ment, they are participating in Portland Honeymooning on the Sound. Day festivities. Misses Fay Hornschuch Chester Cieelinski, the popular barber and Grace Jaspe', of Lents, are mem is particularly, unusually, extremely pop bers of the Girls’ Club. ular these days. A stream of gladhand- On Friday evening the school assem ers is seen going in constantly to his bly hall will be tbe scene of the first shop returning with the promised social event of the school year, at which “smoke.” Chester says married life is time the Parent-Teacher Association will one long dream. He finds it so already. give a reception to the faculty of the He is perfectly satisfied, ideally happy and school. A program will be rendered his many warm friends are heaping which will include several numbers by their best wishes on him. This trip the two Glee Clubs. took the young couple up to Seattle, Ta coma, and the Bremerton Navy Yard. Loses Fingers In Saw. They went fishing on the bay and caught a fish. No record was kept as Anthony Merrithew. who lives just be to its variety. By some it is suggested yond the Junction and is employed at that it was a jelly fish, others say a star the Rice A Kinder mill met with an ao fish, while still others say it was a suck cident the last of the week by which be er. Anyway Chester says they had some lost the four fingers of his right hand. swell time and The Herald joins with He wm operating a rimmer «aw and in its readers in hoping same win contfnue its operation used his hand where be indefinitely. should have need an implement provid ed for that purpore, with tbe result that hie hand waa dragged into the saw and Walter SommerWdt, of Co. C., 3rd the fingers revered. He is recovering an Oregon Inf., enjoyed a brief visit with well as could be expected. tbe bM* folks, •Hiving' on Saturday last and remaining until Wednesday Teddy Lee, of 9611 57th Ave., wm at morning, at which time he left for Vancouver where he wifi enter the Army least successful in raising a bumper (jtn- Hospital and-’untargd an opdLation. ffower ia his garden, whatever else ite This partic Il is expected. ..thgL it wi|J be at contente may have been. kfat a tnorftM lArfolU bwi« ab> Mt ular specimen is a trifle over four feet in oiWbtewmp^^whiabh^hfen ore chcuifafsréfice and measures 18 mehre ty for some time guarding the bridge* ■6MM at the widest part. TbeeWÄwan aid tuntwOS 6f SbMMtffOhtto. '' ’ nine inches in circumfereaea.