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* L—-11 Subscription, $1.00 a Year L —............. -fl- - ' ' "■ 1 Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, October 25. 1917 Vol. 15. No. 43. PAVE FOSTER ROAD Influential Citizens United in the Belief that Some Way Ought to be Found Immedi ately to Pave this Important Highway babies will have to wade through mud five months in the year to get to school. They are not going to move into a local ity where there is no main thoroughfare to the business section of the city. "Without question, this district needs some big substantial development pro ject" declared M. K. Hedge ofthei-ents Hardware Company. "Personally I have always been in favor of tbe paving of Foster road" con tinued Mr. Hedge." The COS* of the improvement to any individual property owner within the district would not be worth considering when we take into consideration the tremendous advan tages to lie derived." "There is no better barometer of a community than the local hardware dealer. When a community is pros|«er- ous, ttie hardware pusineso is good and the hardware dealer likewise is the first man to feel any depression. "So far this year there have been mighty few houses built in this section. This condition should not efist. The selling price of unimproved property is low in this section. Hundreds of mechanics are coming to PortlanJ, or have come here, during tbe past year. These men are earning high wages and are naturally home owning people. Tbe Mount Scott district should have been the natural location of thia new element. We should have enjoyed an influx of new residents in thia district. Wo should have had forty new houses to our credit for the summer season and we would have bad a substantial devel opment along tbeee lines if we had tbe ¡«roper improvements to offer. "Had Footer Road been paved last spring tbeee people could have taken advantages of our low priced iota and acre tracts. They would have realised that thia district offered them their opportunity of owning their own home and that property values would surely increase, making a double Incentive ior them to locate among us. "The result Wwald have been a healthy development end an inflax of families into thia community with a larger earning capacity. That would have meant t etter business for our firm and for every other merchant in this district. It would have meant stabilis ed realty values, a sounder and firmer condition for every resident in this sec tion. "Besides this purely selfish argument which can be advanced in favor of the paving of Foster Road there are innum- berable reasons in favor of it from the broader community angle. It is not questioned by anyone that business al ways follows improved highways and it is quite evident that newcomers to Port- Ian«! are not going to come to this dis trict so long as we are behind other sec tions of the city in local improvements. "Wr need and must have a pave<l road into the heart of the city. That is the first and most important local im-1 provement which will take us a long way toward the prosperity which we deserve and will have when this plan is carried through." SPECIAL COUNTY ROAD TAX AND RULING THEREON Following ia an extract from the Special County Road Tax Law ¡«eased in the 1917 Legislature which authorizes the expenditure of 70 per cent of tbe County Road money within tbe limits of incorporated towns. It is claimed by many that the districts outside of inc«,rporate<l cities ail over the state have been receiving more than their share of attention when it came to road work, and this law is designed to remedy this condition and give the cities a chance to get good roads too. Too many good roa«ls quit at the outride edge of town. Others claim that this law is extreme and would work a hard ship on the rural districts and could not possibly tie really lived up to by the towns—they would have more money to spend than they would know what to do with. "The County Court may levy a tax of not to exceed ten mills on the dollar on alj taxable property of such county at the time of making the annual tax levy, which shall lie set apart in tbe county Treasury as a general road fund—Said tax when so collected shall be used for road purpoeee only, as provided in this act, and seventy per cent thereof shall ba apportioned to the several road dis tricts including districts composed of incorporated cities and towns, in sueb proportion as the amount of taxable property in each district shall bear to the whole amount of taxable property in the county, and tbe remaining thirty per cent shall be applied to roads in such locality in the county as the Court may direct." (Laws 1917, Chap. 299, Sec. 24, P. 620.) District Attorney Evans in reply to a letter from the Commissioners asking what course was open for them since the passage of.the above law stated in part: "That section was construed by the Supreme Court in the case of Kime vs Thompson and it was there held that while the word 'may' when refering to a ministerial public duty is often con strued as 'shall' or ‘must,’ the ordinary imported the word is directory—and that it therefore rested within the dis cretion of tbe county court to make or not to make the levy provided for. In tbe case of Roney Vs Lane the Court said in part, "The* district« throughout the county, including cities and towns, get 70 per cent whether needed or not. The County has only 30 per cent and is restricted in its disbursement. The thickly populated centres would have money to waste while the outlying high ways would become impassable for want of means to repair them." In conclusion Mr. Evans says, “I am. therefore, of the opinion that by virtue of the provisions of Section 937 L. O. L. and Section 2 of Chapter 21*5 of the 1917 Session Laws, money raised for the county general fund may. be expended for use upon the county roads and be apportioned for that purpose among tbe different local ities in the county, in such manner and in such amounts as the Board of County Commissioners in the exercise of its own discretion may direct." Applying the above to the paving of Foster Road, and summing up the find ings, we find that if this law were ad hered to the County would have abund ant funds to hard-surface not only Fost er Road, but probably many other coun ty roads within the city limits of Port land, and that in order to avoid such a contingency District Attorney Evans ad visee the County Commission to make no Road Tax Levy, but to draw on the general fund for such road money as they see fit to spend. County Road master John II. Yeon is I either at its present level or at the city anxious to have Foster Road paved, aa I grade this condition would be mails a connecting link in the great slate worse unless some plan were made for highway» bringing the rural and city I the disiiosal ot the surface water." communities closer together. He ex» Asked if tins applied r<pially to that pacts to recommend to the County Com part of Foster Road from "2nd street to ' 102nd street where no city improve missioners to undertake this task. District Attorney Evan» i* to much ments bad yet been put in, Mr. Chap in sympathy with a move for the pav man thought not, especially as the ing of Foster Road that he has volun natural drainage is good in the l-ents teered to lie »|>okeeman for a delegation district, although he referred to one or of Mt. Scott ¡«eople before the CounlV two places where th«’ water sometimes stands at Hie side of Foster Road now, Commissioners. HU|>ermtendent of Road Maintenance near H2n«i street and in front of the 1‘ost II. R. Chapman ia of the opinion that < «lin e. "I have talked to the people around the sewerage and drainage question ia even greater than the paving question, here," said J. Allen Harrison, president and to make a job of it that would l<e ol tbe Mt. Scott Improvement Club, ¡«ermanent should lie tackled Ural. the business men's organisation for the Especially ia thia true of the district Analiel district, "an«l on account of tbe street car company's financial condition from 72nd St. to 52nd St. A Representative of The Herald inter at the present time, and the low value viewed varioua County and City oflicials of real estate, they are not favorable to and local business men with reference going ahead with tbe |>aving al present. to the project of aotnebow, by some They are In favor of paving Foster Road, means or other, immediately, if not but realise that It is a complicated and sooner, hanl>urfacing the Foster Road expansive project for our district and To be real honest about It, tbs task feel that it will have to be put of! for a presents some considerable problems, little while yet, until times are better.’* "We look st tbe question from a Safe It it were not so we would liars been travelling over a hard-surface street ty First standpoint," said John R. long ago. It does not seem, however, Laacb, Secretary of the Southeastern as though they were by any means in Portland Civic League, the Arleta Club. "There must have been at least fifteen surmountable. “I am a firm believer that the main ¡«eople killed on the mile of street car trank highways are in a class by them trees from Firland to Anabel, averag selves. and ahould bo dealt with differ ing probably from one to three a year. ently to the average county roads" said This arises from the lack of sidewalks John B. Yeon. “I would be willing to which cannot be laid until Foster Road recommend to the County Commission is reduced to city grade and paved. In ere that if they will use the preeent the absence of such facilities people base, al least a portion of the Foster walk the car track, or wa<ie in tbs mud Rasul and rpart of R-'ml" Street should on Foster Road. 1 think tbe County bo hard-surfaced in order to complete ought to pa vs the road, and am strong the missing link between the city and ly In favor of enforcing tbe Special tbs rural districts served by the Foster County Road Tax Law making provision Road. In any event I do not think the for the ex|>enditurw of 70 per cent ol tbe taxpayers should have to stand the County Road money within the limits of whole coat of paving Footer Road. If it Incorporated cities. Tbe outside points is put down to city grade and paved tbe have had the big end of the stick long County ought to stand from one half to enough, it Is time to let ths cities have two-thirds of the coot." Whoa die a little of tbe road money." G. A. Morrison, of tbeG. A. Morrison cussing the most feasible route to con nect the country with the city Mr. Yeon Lumber Com|>any, Tremont is strongly recommended the route from 102nd in favor of ¡wiving the road, but thinks Htreet to 82nd street on Foster Road, it should be a curb to curb proposition, thence north on 82nd Street to Division, with the street car tracks in the center. C. A. Norwood, of the Norwood Man and then coupling up with the paving which is now laid on Division Street aa ufacturing Company situated on the far out as 00th Htreet. Mr. Yeon also Foster Road at Myrtle Park Statibn, intimated that he favored the paving of wants a good job done if anything is 82nd street clear from the Clackamas undertaken. He, too, thinks it should County line to make a connecting link lie a curb to curb proposition with street car in the centre, and beiieves that that from that direction. "I lielieve I am safe in saying that will tie the liest means of attracting new the County will not levy a road tax this residents to the district. year," said District Attorm^r Walter H. "How any taxpayer or resident of ti e Evans. This ia on my advice, and tbe Mount Scott district can consistently step will be taken to avoid the "Special oppose the paving of Foster Road Is a County Road Tax 1-aw passed by the mystery to uie" was the |>ertinent re last legislature. The money needed for mark of F. R. Peterson, proprietor of road improvements will tie taken out of the Lents Pharmacy, in discussing the the general fund, which will be un proposed improvement. "Every taxpayer in this district for usually large for that pur|>oae. The law is an unjust one and would virtual blocks on either side of Foster Road ly stop all work outside of the city lim will lienefit directly from the improve The Mt. Scott Mental Culture Club its, and it would not be possible to inent of the road. From purely selfish met Thursday afternoon last with Mrs. spend the 70 per cent of the Road Tax motives, therefore, every man, woman George E. Stoner, 7411 59th Ave., for money on the county roads within the aud child should boost this paving pro the study of Ibsen. The program in city limits." Mr. Evans could see uo ject. eluded biography, by Mrs. E. J. Steph "Paving Foster Road would give us ens; "Hedda Gabler," by Mrs. Frederic reason why Foster Road ahould not tie paved, but he drew attention to the stability of realty values. It would have Armstrong; ••Doll’s House,” by Mrs. fact that the good roads almost always influence in lowering insurance rates. S.vyler Smith. stopi>ed just at the outside of the city It would make this district attractive as Members will meet with Mrs. Ray , limits of most towns, the country being a residence section for the better class of Armstrong, 7327 55th Ave. 8. E. today better served than the cities. highly paid working people. It would for Red Cross work. "The paving of Foster Road is really give us a foundation upon which to Mrs. Frank N. Dobbs, president, and a drainage and sewerage problem," build a stable and promiting prosperity. Mr«. Frederick Armstrong, delegate, said H. B. Chapman, Superintendent of "Not until Foster Road ia paved will will attend the State Federation Conven Maintenance in tbe County Road weever experience any degree of pros tion at Prineville next week. Master's Office. "Especially is this perity. People are not going to come to He Got the Answer. The Truth. tras of the Anabel and Ariel* district the Mount Scott district to live so long where the city side streets have been as we cannot offer the tame improve When he dismissed her she had the 8chool Teacher (to little boy) "If a laid. Apparently they have been laid ments aa other sections offer, no matter audacity to ask for a recommendation. farmer raise« 1,700 bushels of wheat and to drain towards Foster Road for in how ebeep our rents and our re*) estate He wrote: "This young woman has sells it for *1.17 a bushel what will he winter limo ths water stands in many are. People with children are not go been in my employ for a week and I am gett” places. Were Foster Road to be paved ing to move into a district where their satisfied." Little Boy, "Automobile.” MENIAL CULTURE CLUB MEETS Al MRS. STONERS You are not a subscriber to the Mt. Scott Herald and receive this copy, it is sent you through the courtesy of a friend. You are in vited to read it through carefully and if you are interested to send in your subscription. The price is only $1.00 a year, but after the close of this year the price will be raised to $1.50. SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE FOUR BITS! BIG BOOSTER BANQUET FINE FREE FEED Chronicle of Weekly Events In Arleta And Kern Park Varied And full of Interesting Doings. Lents Improvement Club Has Arranged Get-Together Banquet Tor Monday October 29. Mrs. G. E. Reed, of Woodmere, re- turne«! borne from Hood River Saturday afternoon. Mis« Olive Ree«l gave a very pleasant surprise in honor of her brother, Robin on Saturday evening last, at their home o«> 78th St. in Woodmere. Ths little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zebrung, who has been very ill for some time with pneumonia, is improving, to tbe great joy of her many friends. Mr. Geo. Merry returned Monday evening from Madras. Ore., where be has been working (or the past two months. Merle Fisher, a one-time pupil of Franklin High, left tor France Monday. Tbe Ijkiiee* Gym class, of Arleta will meet every Tuesday evening at 8:00 FRANK M. McCRILLE8, Speaker. o’clock in the assembly hall of Arleta Every man or woman engaged in buri school. All ladies of tbe community nées in tbe Lente District—say from are invited to come and join tbe claae. Tremont to Lents Junction, and out into Mr. A. L. Dundas spoke at Lucky tbe country pointe adjacent, and every Cottage, Arleta, last Friday afternoon in property owner who ia interested in the the intereets of tbe Liberty Bond isene. industrial and commercial prosperity of The meeting was arranged under the the Lente District as a trading centre are auapicee of tbe Lady Mecabeee and was hereby, by authority of the Lente Im well attended. provement Club, invited to a big free Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prentice expect feed on Monday evening next, October to leave Oregon tbe first of the month 29th at 6:30 p. m. in the Oddfellows* for Colorado, where they expect to re Hail. Wm. S. Worden, betterknown to side permanently. Mrs Prentice’s Oregonians ae Judge Worden of Klamath mother, Mrs. Langheid, who has been Falls will act as toastmaster. visiting here for some time proceeding Covers wiU be set for 100 people, and them, hsving left tbe 17th. inasmuch^« there are more than 10O Mrs. Frank Doelemaa is still some business people alone it will be neces where in the Hood River district apple sary to phone in reservations hy Satur sorting, as are several others ot this vi day night, if possible, to the Secretary, cinity. Mr. Fox. His office phone ia Tabor Mise Gertrude Taylor, who has been 7824. D. 61-1111, and his residence having serious difficulty with her eyee, Tabor 6037. Places will be reserved for is recovering slowly. She has been un tbe first 100 people who comply with able to work for two or three months. the description given above and send in their request« for reservations. Mr. Wm Woodham, of 4624 07th 8t. The object of the Banquet ia to draw 8. E. was happily surprised Wednesday the business life of the community cioeer evening on his return from a business together in ties of fellowship, discuss meeting to find about 25 of hie friends some of the greatest needs of our com in charge of bis home, the object of tbe munity to ensure its going ahead in the gathering being the celebration of hie right way, and the chief attraction will filet birthday. A very pleasant evening be a rousing speech by Frank was spent in games and music. Dainty McCrillis, the Town Specialist for tbe refreshments were served. Mrs. 8. I. Portland Chamber of Commerce. Payne was in charge of the games and Ladies are not only invited, but are Mrs. Loehr and Mrs. Thoe. Lockwood urgently requested to be present, presided at the punch bowl. The tol Supper will be served by a few ladies lowing were present: Rev. and Mrs. W. who have kindly volunteered their ser G. Handley, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. 8. j vices, and the food Is provided by the Spriggs, Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Lockwood, business men of the community. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Howard, Mr. and Monday’ Oct 29th 6:30 p. m. Mrs. 8. I. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phone reservations. Mission, Mr. and Mrs. Thoe. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Loehr, C. A. Al- i vord, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Brasure, Mr. Lents Honor Roll to Liberty Bonds. and Mrs. M. E. Henika, Dr. and Mrs. Franklin G. Fisher Wendell L. Miller W. O. Boon, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Barnett. Ida R. Foster Mary McG. Bloyd W. E. Wester O. A. Hess Students Geledrate Halloween L. M. Quinn Allen T. Gribble A very pleasant evening was spent by Wm. G. Clark Stella E. Smith a company of Franklin High School Frances E. Smith Chas. E. Tronson students at a Halloween party given Chas. E. Barber John S. Howe Saturday the 20th inst. at the home of Mult. State Bank Joe. W. Copeland Mrs. R. D. Rennie, 308 E. 38th 8t. The Maymis B Hogue Ruth H. Lent evening was spent in dancing and games Magdalena Morterud J. E. fpdyke after which refreshments were served. Fred E. Hogue L. D. Graham Those present were, Mabie Louther, Alex Peterson Donald Updyke Esther Louther, Manon Wheeler, Con P. J. O'Donnell R. E. Lovelace stance Cole, Luella Hausler. Vera Prud- Maud Thebo Fern Thebo bomme. Ollie Benedict, Lucile Peake, Emauel Thebo Art Thebo Lou Jenkins, Hyacinth Westbrook, Robt. Abram Chas. R. Hunter Gladys Westbrook, Lucile Marsh, Mil Owen T. Stillians Mila J. Boardman Warren H. Sweet dred WehofTer, Julian Creighton, Ethel P. A. Kennedy Ralph Sttnx Marvin K. Hedge Johnson, Dorothy Smith, Nellie Fuller Mrs. C. P. McGrew Arthur Geisler ton, Miss Poulsen, Margurite Wheeler, Frederic Armstrong Hiram O, Hickox Chester Rich, Cecil Jone«, Will Mc-Cor- Archie A. Johnston James W. Fetty Evalyn Hyland mack, Raymond McMann Floyd Hib Julia A. Sco t Barbara Woodard Chas. B. Edwards bard, Ray Haixlip, Fred Kelly, Harold Myron E. Clark Leetar Clark Dunean, Edwin, Honey, Roewell Peake, David Nelson Jerome Katxky Arthur Katxky Merle Fisher and Harris Morrell. Carl 8. Ogsbury Susan C. Bryant Th« prise« for th« beet coatnme were Geo F. Reynolds L. C. Pullen won by Ethel Johnson and Roewell Lents Lodge No. No. Herbert Peterson 156 A. F. A A. M. Peake. Mt. Scott Chapter No . 110 O. E. 8. To the lit Scott Publishing Co. 5812 92nd St S. E. Portland, Oregon Gentlemen Enclosed herewith please find $1.00 for which please send the Mt Scott Herald for one year to the following address.