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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1918)
Ißt. Scott fierald MORAL COURAGE. We are inclined, as a rule. If wo Published lv«ry Thursday at beni». Orv«»>n by think about It at all. to believe that Ta« M t S.'OTT pi «usan» Coanut we possess a lugh sense of moral cour age until we arc actually put to the A H HARKIS and IDW MÜRPBBY test. It is >«> easy for us to critic!«« the actions of others, to draw eoutrusta Kntcrel a. oeeonJ cl«» mail watter F«bru- between their way of performing a «rv I«. lou.al «h» jhwi eitle« at Leni». Orv«<»n under act of Congreaa, March S ISTV- duty and th«» way In which we wmiM mtítV‘~ T~*~ »' » Inadmncv perform It. ami to denounce soiue par ticular show of moral weakness with out considering how we would act in I' monbb ; T abou P 4L similar conditions. We do not care \ cry touch about moral courage as long as we are uot calletLupon «to exercise It, but tske for gruute«l that whenever the test conies we shall not I h » lacking. It is one thing to theorize about prob- able tests, however, and quite a dlf- fervnt matter to put thes«> theories in- I to actual operation, and It Is a fact This paper has enlisted that unl«»ss a man Is by nature cour with the government in the ageous am! fair-minded he vrtll most be unable to meet the require cause of America for the likely ments of th« ordeal Imposed upon him. period of the war............ .. As a matter of fact, we often doubt the n«»cessity of ever having to demon strate our moral courage, and look up AN INTRODUCTION With this issue of the Herald on the quality as something to be kept In reserve for an emergency, says we quit the newspaper game, Charleston News and Courier. We probably for good, as we have learn however that this sort of cour undertaken work for the church age is the only foundation for streugth in response to a call that has of character; upon it we build for the been maturing for years. We future, and In proportion to its firmness and Its power to resist evil influence« are glad to go. yet sorry to leave. do we mold ourselves into worthy men We have enjoyed the work, and and good cltizeus. Without the cour have found many friends in the age to think for ourselves, to work for almost eighteen months during »urselves and to dare for ourselves in which we have edited the Herald. he f«»ar and love of God. life would be and our work meanlng- The paper has now passed into burdensome icssu the hands of Alfred H. Harris, an experienced Portland news What tremendous problems will be paper man. a man who has had nefore the people when peace returns a share in the active work of al and life gets back to its own. These most all of the Portland papers. are the problems of transportation. la bor, profiteering, military rule, temper He has a belief that his practical ance, selfish politics, vice, divorce, tax newspaper experience will be of ation. class legislation, the public serv service to the Mt. Scott district, ice, sinecures aud others equally impor and that it will not be long be tant that the people will have to face fore he is able to offer our read when the war Is over, says Ohio State And there is this. t«»o. about ers and other patrons a very ' Journal. them, that the war has greatly changed much better newspaper than we their character and created new re could ever have hoped to pro lations to society about them all. so that they will provide absolute condi duce. Although we believe his prac tions of our peace and progress. They resume their ancient attitude to tical experience really makes cannot ward the world. There will be start such a request superfluous, still ed a new deal and all these problems we do heartily bespeak for him will be solved ao aa to obtain their the friendship and co-operation new footing In the coming order of of the entire community in his thing». AU these problems will be vastly changed la their scope and Im efforts. port. J. S anger F ox . NOT PERFECT There never was a preacher or president, poet or politician who could please everybody. There never was a tinker or tailor, soldier or sailor who could suit us all. Show us a doctor or lawyer, a merchant, a banker or sawyer who pleases the whole multitude. The Lord himself and all the angels in heaven have never half succeeded 5n comforting the human race. There is not a thing on earth or anywhere else that meets the approval of all mankind. Thus it would be nonsense for an editor or correspondent to fret when hie honest efforts fail to please a certain few. Why expect so much of your local editor? If there is some thing omitted, come and tell us. By so doing you can help to make your home paper, the “Herald,” a great help to Lents and the surrounding country. Remember, we are new in the field, and ask for your hearty co-operation. “Be a helper and not a knocker.” We will endeavor to write with sound judgment and hon est purpose, giving to the com munity the best service we can, for its benefit, noppers and locust« In preference to all other food, aa doM bls domesticated descendant. It would astonish City dwellers to see the scientific drive a flock of turkey« will make through s field lnfeet«>d with grasshoppers. The whole country «hould nulle to protect our festhen-d friends. If the daMtruc- tlon of bird life Is not checked many beuutlful and useful «pcelvs will s < h > u ho «»ttluct. We owe It tn ourselves Hirds are the most effective pn>tec- and llu*o who come after U« to pre lion against Insect pests. When-ver serve the balance of nature, which haa bin! life Is reduced to a minimum farm- never been upset without Inflicting era and gardeners suffer. The boll heavy losses uiH>ii mankind. weevil of the cotton state« and other In spite of the fact that sugar Boine- Insect pests that afflict the South could be kept In check by quail and other tlmea crystallites In fruit prepartition» hints that feed on them. The house and candles In such a way aa to be mis wren la the great <l<»troy«»r of moths. taken for ground gin««, reports of Almost every destructive Insect Is the ground glnss In foodstuffs continue to natural food of some native bin!, and i-ome forwent The crystallization of game hints are among the best of these sugar does not account for ground protectors. The noble and now prac glasa In canned fish. It doe« not ac tically extinct wild turkey eats gra«s- count Joy ground glass In bread. It In encouraging total production, tn* one alin of the government «hould bo to guarantee the farmer a market at a fair price for all the food and teed that ho grow«. That la all the farmer asks. When that 1» done he will grow the needed food. But until that la fur nished him he refusea to grow food for III* benefit of the iioupnalucera among the middle men. - BEATING DOWN THE PRICK. The first of the new type of subma rine chasers known as eagleboats la scheduled for launching in Jun«. A pattern boat, which la nearly complet ed, is to hav« a sbom trial of Its en gine« next we«k. It la announced that the rat« of output Is «npeeted to be a boat a day when the work of construc tion gets under full swing. The man who was financially responsible for the Remits Schwlmmer expedition Is not slow Ln the production of war material now that he recognizes the winning of the war by the allies as a necessary preliminary to a stable peace. Still, when we see a young fellow smash the ball over the center field fence and make the circuit like a mo torcycle, wo shall he wondering what physical defect the man could possibly have that rendered him Ineligible for military service. Most of us have interesting books that merely litter the shelves. The men In training camps and even in France have need of these volumes. We should turn them over to the boys who are fighting for home and country. Every shipper of farm produc« to market knows of the one-time popular m< thod on the part of dealers of refus ing a shipment In order to make the producer and shipper come to a lower price. That method was largely in vogue 15 jours ng«». It would appear from fhe testimony of the railroad m« n that it is still very popular among certain clasaea of deniers in th«» prod ucts of American farms. And Texas, according to th«» statements mud«» to Food Administrator Foden. Is not five , front the practice. It la just such prac tice« that dlst-ourage the farmer in his efforts to diversify, nays TTouaton Post. It is Just such practices which force _____ him to ____ the «leswp method of farming which Is today doing more Injury to southern farms thnu all other forms of (soli exhaustion combined. Am! It is fust such methods which are doing more to retard food production at this lime of need than all other conditions. noe« noi «ccount for ground «Issa li! rolla «>f lineo contribuì«»«! to thè Il«»d (’rosa for Ih«» porpoM nf blndlng up sol- di ora’ wounila. The aubjact la under- gning righi Inveatlgatlon by follerai and «tate «melala, «mi tbla Inveatlgnllon muy rcsult In arresta nome p<-o|ii<- rveomm«»ni1 a Ulti« far «et practlce In Ihe riti,» gallerie« aa a renasi y for tir«»«! nervo«. Inel<l<»ntally Il la «« xh I for natlonal prrparvdneaa. The world’« hliwalleat battle I« now being fou -lit If you nre not doing your alt f>r your country now la the time to begin. In one military camp two soldier« refused to fight beenuae they are veg vt ariana. Yet they talk as if they wer« full of calve«’ liver 1 You may cheat a limn and get by with It now mal then, but you can’t cheat your cow and profit by it. ■ ENTS ENTS ATEST ADIE’S ARDWARE USTLING ARDWARE ENTS ARDWARE l ENTER I e OME We are determined to $row in I business by deservinâ to énow. I 5*ns:< 92nd St.. Portland, Ore. May 23. 1918 Vol. 1 No. 16 Just arrived, another shipment of 4000 rolls of Wall Paper Take Advantage of This To Clean up Old Patterns, 5c per Single, or 8-yard Roll Make the Home a First come, first served a pleasing place to Stay Come quick Peel Thin and Win! KNTOES6 10c up Eat Fish, a good War Dish T,’?s" ™ Decorative v fenamel An Accurate Watch no matter what your work is IMPLE and atrong. That's the kind of mechanism in Ingersoll watches. That « why they stand hard knocks—why Ingersoll is th« watch for you. S Ingersolls ar« accural«—accurst«. 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Claud Palmer, caught fire, prenuin ly from a «park alighting on the roof, After you have known a robin fam e Kern Park Fire Department re- ily for a few years you begin to have >oded to the alarm and made every i personal interest in the protection ort to save the building, but the pf birds by law. ne« bad gained such headway that • interior and contents were de- Whether yon take your extra day -yed. light on the morning or evening end Th« building was covered In »200 in- of the day, put It to good Me, and If -ance and the furnishings by $ 150 yqu have a war garden, dig In It. F BANC I SCO It is well to start early—the flies do. The early flies should be ex terminated. Hence our suggestion to get your supply of fly fighters now and put them to work. Traps 10c and 25c Needle«, Shuttle« and Bobbin« for um in All Make« of Sewing Machine«. Screen Doors - Window Screens Quinn Moving Across Street When confronted by an emergency the good-natured man la not always aa V. M Quinn is moving his ••rncery I confectionery store from 5941 Nine-i «oft as be may seem. second street, to the premises lately If you want to help whip Hlnden- «ted by Gribble’s cafe rnd formerly eat leas wheat upi«d by Bohna’s Conlectionery. LENTS HARDWARE COMPANY