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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1918)
Publlabed «very ThurxUy at Unu. Oregon by T h « M t S cott ftsiaiun coarasv Kntrret •• «reond rl»u mall maltet Febril *r> I«. ivu.at the p»»i omee at Lenta. Orvton. ander act ot t'ongreaa. Matvh S 1STS • »I W a year. tn adraiKV Marcel Gets His Barn Mended I'HOMU: Tool TWM. D »I. This paper has enlisted The merchants of Lents and with the government in the Mt. Scott district should combine cause of America for the to keep every foreign ad out of period of the war-•••••• their home paper by buying all T.— ■ ■ ■ — _ ...i ”______ _ L-— I...1—- ' the space the editor has tn spare BUILDING UP HOME INTERESTS and utilizing it for their own ! The prosperity of a town is not guarded by the wealth of its inhabitants, but by the unity with which they pull together for the good of the community. LAST STRAWS. It is not always the largest Issues of life that weigh most heavily upon the alliance of the spirit and the body, till it sags down to—and perhaps beyond— the breaking point. One sees people who can endure gTeat sorrow with firmness and calm, who wax Irate when the telephone rings too often, or un welcome visitors appear, or the mail brings a mean letter. Their philos ophy is not proof against the Impact of the minor annoyances. Flies and mosquitoes are tiny creatures, meas ured with crocodiles and tigers, but they can be just as fatal. Poison that covers the tip of a knife blade is able to kill. The serpent’s tongue is di minutive and murderous. One careless word can give a wakeful night or a miserable day. Our human lives swing In such a small round that it takes lit tle to wreck their peace. If a man in public place had to stand in the full blast of all the ignominy and the ran cor he incurs, it would bow! him over speedily. Enough featherweights put together will make a ton, or any unit you pleas«1, says Philadelphia Liliger. Behind the ancient adage of the last straw lies a truth profound. The pu pil exasperates the teacher and pro- fesses to be amaz«»d when the temper of his long suffering preceptor bolls over. It takes one wild-eyed youth with a pistol to throw the world Into a turmoil. “A latent f«*ellng of unrest, laden with potential danger, grew until all Europe was ns a mass of tinder, ready for the lighting.” That is one statement of the case. The chief alm of America, France and Italy fighting Germany to death Is to establish a peace that will make war In the future impossible. These alms seem identical, but they have vastly lifferent results In view when express ed in English or in German, says Sir George Reid, former premier of Aus tralia, minister of the British parlia ment, in The Forum The German I»eace would make war Impossible, too, but by making freedom impossible—by stripping the free n-tlons of any pow er of offense or defense against their conquerors for all time. A real Ger man victory means the stripping of Britain and America of their fleets and their powers of resistance with no rea sonable prospect of ever building them up again. Then Germany talks about "the freedom of the seas” as If England had been Interfering with her. No ocean wave has been stained with the blood of a single helpless victim of British naval supremacy. Every now and then the kaiser dec orates one of his six sons. About all there is to any of th<»se six sons are the decorations. The spy and the plotter should Introduced to the firing squad. Mother Can Keep Children. ■ * One of tlie 70 or 80 local societies In France, handicapped by lack of funds because deluged by calls for help, tried to relelve the family by tak- I Ing away the children. But to the tor ture twisted brain of the woman this seemed like losing all she had. And then when everything seemed ? lost and despair came they heard the news: "No, It could not be true. They would help them with food aud - ALEX. KILDAHL, Prop. clothing? They would till th«1 soil? Mend the barns and stay near by to Tabor 3429 D 61 8919 Foster Road see that things went well?" Yes. and the children could stay, said the Red Cross, ns they had said to hundreds of others. That was two years ago. Today this |T family is self supporting and has some T • to spare for the more needy ones, who 44 4 4 +++44 4 4 444 4A 4+4 4 4 + A4 4444444+44444+44+44444-, still are being helped. Little Jean Is STUFF OF A MAN. taller He looks well fed—and he Is well fed. The baby Is so roily poly Physical courage Is universally ad that the dimples have come again. mired. The hero who exhibits In They are la good spirits—on their feet trepid courage in rescuing another Is once more. certain of applause. To win such ad And Marcel. He has finished ths course that the Red Cross gave him miration many Iwcorae foolhardy. Tho The Hotpoint Way in an agricultural school. It Is he who man of real courage will not do this. has been running the farm so well. He He finds no need of exhibition» of false WITH did It all. At least they let him think courage. He knows that moral cour so. for heaven knows he has seen the age is of a higher and finer qunllty HOTPOINT bottom of the bitter cup. And I know than physical courage, says Milwaukee that the Red Cross will want me to Journal. True, it is not so sure of recog say he did It. for that Is the way tney nition. Moral courage Is often shown Vacuum Cleaner work—quietly, earnestly, efficiently, without stint, without waste, without in lives so unostentatious that no one realizes' their nobility. Muny a man boast. The all-steel, sturdy light is a hero unknown to nil, and no one I--1 weight cleaner. Operates can know all the moral force of a from any electric lamp or man who acts from conscience. The i THE LITTLE OLD LADY world’s martyrs have been moved by wall socket. OF PANSY SQUARE moral courage, but many n man has Cleans rugs, floors, walls, put forth equal courage of whom th*1 curtains, fiortieres, ni a t- Timidly «he entered the Red Cross world has never known. One must Bureau and stood just within the door have something of moral courage to tress, etc. way. Cleans under heavy furni Her poor, dimmed old eyes spoke ho recognize It In another. Children usu eloquently: "I'm friendly, ladles, but ally lenrn easily to see and admire ture without need of moving physical courage. They have to be a little afraid." things from place to place Several of us rose, but Mrs Craw taught the value of inoral courage. --with it ford reached her first ami asked her This quality learned In youth develops to come In and sit down. out-of-th( men of the highest character, the men "Oh. thank you so much,” quavered most useful to neighborhood anti state, out effort the old lady as she sat down. “You men fit to be leaders of public affairs. see, my boy—my grandson—has gone Costs little to use and is and"—with Spartan fortitude sh»- re It happens sometimes that a man's so easy to o|>erate, glides strained the tears that glistened In her convictions are not founded on sound easily over the floor. eyes—“gone with his regiment. Now reason. Better so than thnt he should I'm all alone in my little cottage In lack moral sense. In cultivating cour The Hotpoint Vacuum Cleaner Pansy Square. And. oh, ladles, do any age we should not neglect to cultivate of you know the dreary loneliness a reasonable conscience which distin Puts an End to Drudgery of when there Is no one who comes home guishes between right nod wrong. Housekeeping and Your Home at night?” We almost hugged the dear old lady, will Always Look Spick and Span Our men nt the front are establlsh- so forlorn, yet so brave. We drew up our chairs closer, and she told us her fng n reputation nrnong the German«. When they make a rnld on the enemy story. Ask us about this Hotpoint Cleaner—we are ready to Demonstrate al any time. The little old lady owned a vine linen they fall to find anybody to cap embowered cottage tn Pansy Square. ture. The occupant« of the Hun There she kept house for her grand trenches flee whenever the American Many other Hotpoint Appliances—All Labor Savers-on Display son. who worked In a downtown office. I artillery begins to pound and by the When America took up cudgels for de WE RENT HOTPOINT CLEANERS, 75c for 2 hours. mocracy the lad. In patriotic fervor, time the "Sammies” cross No Man's Land the Roches are far away. He was among the first to enlist. “Ah. how I loved him and needed who fights and runs away, ft Is said, him I” whispered the old lady broken will live to fight another dny. The ly. "But my dear country needed him Germans have learned that the Amer more. So I told him to go. 'But icans clean up thoroughly when they what will you do, granny?" he asked. go over the top, and precaution Is rat 6923 NINETY-SECOND STREET ' I told him I had enough, and so he ed, even In efficient Germany, as the went Brave, brave heart I My hus better part of valor. This may be grat band was a soldier, and I have hie Portland, Oregon pension. But it is small. After pay ifying to the men who sidestep, but It cannot be altogether pleasing to the ing the taxe* on my cottage there wn* little left, and now It la gone. I’m old, high command. For the practice of get but I'm willing. All I ask la a chance ting out of reach of Yankee bayonets in our patriotic conservation of food* An optimist may be defined as a per to earn my bread till—till he returns." and grenades may grow Into a habit Through the Home Service worker* that will plague the all-highest when lhere is one Important fact we must son who entertains high hopes for the never overlook, and that la to uae the country provided the hysterical people of her community the little old lady the day comes for the grand assault. foods which are local rather than those at home do not mln It befo.-o the boys of Pansy Square ha* been provided with simple tasks, such as making pre that must come to us from a distance, In France who are fighting to save It, The choice Is nlnlr,: Do more for says Delineator. Wo are apt to think serves nnd delicious cakes and jellies, can get back to take charge of things. a labor of love for her and an un fa II- the country end less for self, or we It Is complete conservation when wo Ing aopree of revenue. are going to awake some morning to make a favorite dish without sttgnr or The eaae with which all America Some day. please God. her vol <11 er discover that we are a licked nation. wheat, but we must remember, too, turned Ita docks ahead and slipped boy will come back to the little old that If the other Ingredients have to Into the new order of things without lady of Pansy Square, and he will find Crude rubber has bounded up again. be carried over onr already overcrowd irommotlon Indicates what can be done her as he left her— happy, comfortable Conserve your old Urea rtnd your over knd self reliant. ed railways and steamships we are not through centralised authority. And shoe«. meeting the full wnr-tlme need. It is thus that we will win the war. Lents Garage H -+ + H + 1 - 4 + + THE SILENT DRUMMER] Do the merchants ever think what their advertising in the local newspaper is doing for them? When they close their stores in the evening and go home to their families, not thinking at all of their business then it is that the paper is be ing pored over in hundreds of homes, the homes from which their trade is drawn, There are their advertisements doing their work silently, but surely, and if they have taken the pains to make attractive offers, the work Portland had no Rose Festival this year, but we may all enjoy a perfect feast of roses by tak ing a trip about our beautiful city. Nature has been very gracious and the homes of rich and poor alike are riotous with the favorite flower. We recharge and repair Storage Batteries We Vulcanize Casings and Tubes We do Acetylene Welding. We Bum Out Carbon with Oxygen i t L H - H H H Many of us in the great army stay at-homes chafe over our in action during this war time and ask, “How can I help?” The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle gives this answer: “Those who regard the sale of War Savings Stamps as a side enterprise or as something that appeals mainly to children totally miss the purpose behind a plan which is one of the best thusfar evolved for war purposes. In the last analysis the selling of these Stamps is the fitting of the whole Nation to sustain the burden of the war. It is the ap plication to war finance of the principle of universal service. It aims to enlist all of the Ameri can peogie in’direct support of that gallant minority among them who have answered the call to arms and prepared them selves for the firing line. “The War Savings Stamps sup ply the final and conclusive an swer to the question: ‘How can we all help? ’ ” Eight million American sol diers are needed in France for a complete victory over Germany, declared Representative Julius Kahn, member of the house mil itary affairs, on the 24th. This is a high figure, but will be reached if necessary to insure success. Marcel is a man. He Is just fifteen years old. but yet he Is a man I »ay he 11 a man because in the last four years' time has burned Into his < hild heart marks that should wait for stem- er maturity. He Is a man because tie has the responsibility of a woman He has no hither. The German* saw to that. Marcel has had to stand by and see his small brothers and baby sister ask in vain for food while he fought off the pressing call from his growing boy’s stomach. He has had to see tears from his mother's eyes drop on the plowed ground us she worked the soli his father would have tilled had he not gone away out of the peaceful ness of the Marne valley into the iron hall of the Alsne and on Into the here after. The boy, who was miw a man. work ed hard, yes. too hunt With his hair less hands and his boy's strength he fought almost alone the unequal fight' against want with what little help his frail mother could give. Goodyear and Goodrich Tires Monogram Oils and Greases Gould Storage Batteries Columbia Dry Cells Spark Plugs Automobile Lamp Bulbs Spot Lights and hundreds of other needed for motor car appreciation i i i i i A QUESTION AND AN ANSWER good. This would place the edi tor under obligation to them and he could freely and conscien tiously blow the trumpet in their interest only. « I • ■ 4 H M “Patronize home institutions.” cries the editor m the home pa per week after week. “That is right,” says the mer chant,” “Give it to those who go to some other town to buy goods.” Then, with his heart filled with kindness toward the loyal editor, he sends his job work to Kala mazoo. and refuses to advertise in the home paper, assuming that the paper does not reach many. - in other words, that the circulation is small, and for that reason it does not pay to adver tise in it, when in fact he does not know how much he may profit from an ad in the home paper. Now is not this poor logic? If the paper is a help in exhort ing the people of the community to patronize the home merchant and all other home institutions, why will it not be a help to the merchant who advertises in its columns? In order to get results, all should work together—editor and business men of the community, and only so will the people be brought to realize that the com munity can be built up. Are you ready to join in and help the home paper, and in turn let it help you. Every property owner should know that if all the business enterprises in the community received his support, that it would enhance the value of his property by establishing sound business institutions in their midst. Old French Boy—and His Family. 'Sell 14 r Why Go to the City when You Can Get All Your Auto Supplies from Us? U ¡ H iH i I H i r i4 H H «ubacrtptlon prtee There will be a rousing Fourth of July celebration in the display of patriotic enthusiasm, but cer tainly there shoulJ be no need less waste of ammunition in fire crackers and other explosives. Let the small boy take a back seat for the Goddess of Liberty this trip and content himself by flaunting the Flag of the free in Red Cross Helps This 15 Year the big international parade. + H - t H A H HARRIS «nd KPW. MCRFHBY •*•++++++++ r++*++++ H++++++++ will be all the more effective. This is repeated over and over again, and is no doubt what in spired some writer to call news paper advertising a silent drum mer. LL L M mt. Scott fi crai d Sweep - and - Clean - Electrically I 4 Lents Hardware Company <