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iHt. » ’ u of O Library Hrrnlù -A. LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 Subscription, $1.50 a Year i 1 ......................... SOLDIERS WRITE OF LIFE ABROAD Vol. 16. No. 38 —— COUNTY FAIR WONDERFUL SHOWING OF RESOURCES BRIEF NEWS NOTES of LENTS WHITE PLAGUE SUBJECT OF NORTHWEST CONFERENCE The county fair at Gresham, which closes Saturday, is drawing large crowd» and offer* a wonderful dis play of the resource* of Multnomah County. Seven of the County subordi- nate Grange* are striving to carry off first honor*. Their booth* are ranged ahfflg the wall* of the pavilion with a uniform frontage of 24 feet each. The seven grange» represented are Mul^ >tnah, Russclville, Gresham, Rockwood, Fair»tew, Lent* and Even ing Star. They are each in charge of their own committees, the members of which have been doing hard work. Eight Portlniff schools, including Washington High and Lincoln High, have taken space in the pavilion and arc competing to win the prize* of fered by the fair association. Twelve county schools have displays. The school* are Lynch, Pleasant View, Russellville, Gresham, Terry, Gilb/rt, Troutdale, Pleasant Valley, Folken- berg, Buckley, Orient and Rockwood. A good racing programme has been arranged for closing day, Saturday. The racing will occupy the afternoon. LENTS WILL HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE “Both war* must be won, against See the Herald's special $1 per year ify were occupying was sold last germ* here and Germans there; keep offer for the month of September. week to Mrs. Alice Mackey. the enemy on the run.” HOMB BOYS GIVE INTERESTING GRATITUDE TO FALLEN HEROES This is the slogan of the second GLIMPSE OF LIFE ACROSS SEA* AND SYMPATHY FOR 'FAMILIES Watch for the Rally Day announce Anybody wishing to get a ticket on annual Northwestern Tuberculosis ANO "ON TUB WAY TO BERLIN" representing Oregon, ment at the Evangelical Church Sun the Red Cross quilt to be given away Conference, TO .BE PUBLICLY EXPRESSED IN Montana, Wyoming, day, October 6. by the Ladies of the Maccabees, Hive Washington, -OFFICIAL PAPER PRINTED. COMMUNITY MEETING. N<* Hl, Wednesday, October 2, can Utah and Idaho, which will be held Ail live lucal news items are wel do so by seeing Mrs. Ida Abraham, at the Hotel Davenport, Spokane, Everybody like* to hear from "our Sunday afternoon, September 29th, September 27 and 28, under the come in the columns of this paper. 5020 Eighty-Ninth street, Lents. tbe people of Lents will hold a memo boys” over there, and those on the auspices of the National Tuberculosis The Herald has no favurites. way. also, so the Herald will print Mr». A. Stitt, who moved here from Association. The general objects of rial service» in honor of the boys who Prof. E. H. Whitney, the new as Woodstock, to her residence at (XU4 the conference are to discuss matters have fallen fur ti>e cause of liberty and soldier letter* whenever possible. sistant superintendent of schools, vis Eighty-Eighth street, is adding a of special interest to the northwest humanity, It ia hoped to have the Following are letter* received by sleeping purch and remodeling the ern states; to bring the facilities and mayor and other officers of the city ited the Lents School Tuesday. from two well • known friend* here kitchen by putting in cupboards, aid of the National Tuberculosis As present. Lent* young men : Dr. Pennington of Pacific College and Harold Evart* spent Sunday at making it into a convenient Dutch sociation to bear more closely on lo cal problem* and to provide a place Dr. Hinaon, of the East Side Baptist On Active Service with the Amer home with his parent* coming down kitchen. of meeting and discussion for those church, will be on the program. The ican Expeditionary Force, France, from Camp Lewi* Saturday night. U - R. E. Conlec has decided to start who cannot attend the annual meet Multnomah Guard Band and Vancouver August 7, 1918 — Dear Folks: Well, here I am in France and am («cling Miss Helen Gentry is teaching in a the Saturday night dancing parties ings of the National Association. Barracks Male Quartette will be features fine. We are now in an American district school near Scappoose, this in Seward Hall. September 21. The of the afternoon service. The local rest camp and will be here for a |>cing her second term in that lo music will be the best local talent. WORKERS CALLED FOR BY churches are behind the movement. The A welcome will be extended to all few day* yet. I would like to tell cality. HOOD RIVER ORCHARDISTS familiea of tbe boys who have fallen will who wish to spend a pleasant social you about my trip but can’t for the be specially invtted to lie present. censor would cut it out. I was not The United States Employment Born to Mr. and Mxs. J. D. Howard. evening. This service will l>e held not only to sick on the boat and we made fast Service will be in need of about five 5913 Ninety-Ninth street, September honor the boys who gave tbe supreme time. • Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Blair have thousand apple pickers, packers and 17, a daughter. Mother and baby sacrifice, but that tbe community may We landed in England and came to moved in from their ranch near Syca sorters, to be distributed through the doing nicely. France neat day to a British rest HAPPY TIME AT WILSON HOME more and are located for the winter Hood Rive'r Valley—about 62 miles have an opportunity to express its grati Lt 6015 Borne street. Their daughter, east of Portland. Picking will begin tude ami sympathy. camp. Were only there a few days it was a jolly crowd that filled the Born to Mr. and Mrs. Axel Kildahl, and then came here by rail. 1 have parlor* to overflowing at the C. A. Monday, September 16, a son. Weight Bernice, and her husband, H. C. Bow- about the 25th of September, and seen a lot of France and it is a very Wilson home on Gilbert Road Satur ON THE WAY TO BERLIN seven and one-half pounds. Father ’ erman, have also come to Lents to will be at its height by the first week pretty country. The town* and cities day evening and they danced and make their home. in October. exceedingly happy. B y Mas. r. W. O btom • II look alike and the buildings and The associations at Hood River i T o the tune o( "Yankee Doolin.) made merry generally. houses are all made of stone and J. H. Bradbury, who has been liv have stated that the wages for apple Mrs. Wilson gave a table supper, W. W. Wakefield has the distinc LD Kaiser Bill baa got bis fill slate and have a light color that you with fragrant coffer cakes, ham tion of being the first in Lents “over ing on Seventy-Second street in Rose pickers will be gbout as follows: Of Yankee gun» and gunner»; can see a long way. The street* are sandwiches, dill pickles, and other Able bodied men, $3.50 to $4.00 per City Park, moved to Lents this week the top” in the Fourth Liberty Loan not near a* wide as the one* in the relishes; several musicians were Ha’» hiking back to Germany day ; able bodied women, $3.00 per and has opened a wood yard on Fos campaign, He bought his bund Moii- United State* and very few build present and "spelled" the three regu With all hia Germany runners. ter Road in front of the public li day. The higher figure applies to day. ings are plumbed. brary. The family home sa at 6030 active and experienced help. lar players, so that no one was very CHOBCS No one seems to have more than Active people are desired for this Eighty-Ninth street. tired, except Mr. Huston, -an elderly Mrs. P. ). Dillon and daughter. Oh, we’ll show the dirty beast two acre* of land here and it is laid gentleman who doe» not dance; how work; small children, aged persons off and fenced in so nice. The fence* ever, he was given a chance to take Mrs. E. A. Smith, of John Day, Ore- A funny Yankee notion— Wurkmen are busy this week re and cripples cannot be utilized. Boys gon, moved this week into the Mills- are made of stone and hedge. We ’ll tie him to a submarine and girls over fourteen years of age modeling Mrs. L. M. Hedge's building three gentle a comforting "smoke"; paugh residence, 6633 Ninety-Second Gasoline is worth about $1.80 a gal And sink him in the ocean. occupied by Mrs. Inez Gullik's mil are particularly desirable and can men took turns in calling the street. lon, so you do not see many car*. quadrilles, which were lively enough linery establishment. Besides taking make good wages. Women and girls He thought the Yankees wouldn’t Most everyone ha* a bicycle and it out partitions, which leaves more are wanted for sorters in the pack for the liveliest person present. They The Morterud Meat Market is fight. is easy to rent them. ing houses. Packers will receive were: Rcubin Conlce. Charles Wil- temporarily selling from the cornur space in the store and re-decorating There are a lot of Negroes here But now he’s changed his thinking; the interior, a new display window is from five to seven cents per box, ac Leroy Mc- son, D. J. O’Connor. store next door, while a new floor is • nd they told the French people they He’s leaving Paris far behind, cording to local conditions. being added. Mr. Roberts played the. banjo; being laid in the rooms it has bee* were the real American Indians and ADd all his hope* are »inking. Huston, regular first violinist; B. A. occupying. got away with it. There is a good Davis, base viol; Arch Conlec and his Fred Davis, who has made himself BURNED SAWMILL AT LENTS And now we’re coming thick and fast. size town three mile* away and I popular as a business man in his de father, R. Conlec, took turns in play We’ll get the German snipers; , LIKELY TO BE REBUILT Mail Carrier Teauik received a let went in on pas* the other night and pot confectionery store, has buught ing the second violin. We’U wipe Berlin right off the map ter recently from his grand-son. Ray gave the place the once over. At first Those present were: C. A. Wilson the Lovett second-hand store and Plans are under way to rebuild the With the Kaiser for a wiper. Thomas, who is now in camp in New 1 felt like a new Dago in America, proposes to let the community have Rice-Kinder sawmill, near Lents. The and wife, Dave White and wife, Le Jersey, in which the lad states he is but soon got onto the ropes. roy McRobert and wife, Arch C. Con- the benefit of the present stock at mill was burned a few months ago, The people here think the war is in good health and fine spirits. lee and wife, Mr. McKenzie and wife, bargain prices. Sec advertisement on with heavy toss. Mr. Rice, who was •bout over now and think the Amer Mrs. Bloomquist .anil sister, Mrs. page 3 of the Herald. manager of the plant, is reorganizing icans are great fighters. There are Waldron and Miss Walsfron, Mrs. ' O. B. GuHness, of Guisness roarf^ and hopes to succeed in financing some German prisoner* here and George Yarn»» has sold his beautiful Marie Henry, Mr*. Adah L. MacFar- came home Saturday from Castle J. Sanger Fox left for Idaho Tues the project soon. they are treated well, and they say borne, 8®47 Eighty-second street. The lain, James Conlce, B. A. Davis, D. J. Rock to spend the week-end with his day evening in the interests of his they do not want to go back to Ger purchaser, Mr. Yolan, a well-to-do O’Connor. Mr*. Cummings and three family. He has been running a cat church work. He will visit all the many. Sincerely. rancher, will with bis wife and grown daughters, and several who left with erpillar tractor, making county roads. Friend churches in that section and Attend Bankers' Meeting. W. A. FORBES, out their name* being obtained. expects to be gone about a month. An Elast Side banker, N. U. Car daughter, occupy the place perman 363 Ambulance Co, 316 Sanitary Ed Seevcr's name, by some mis Ben D. Fox, who has been studying penter, of the Citizens Bank, (jrand ently. They were fortunate in securing J. W. Sadler, chief engineer and Train, American Ex. Force*. chance, was omitted when the tor- superintendent of the Great Northern with his brother on Ninety-Second avenue, is one of three Portland such a lovely home for the price, $1600. may party was reported, and the cor Concrete Shipbuilding Company, street for a few days, returned to bankers who have gone to Chicago to Just a line to let you know that I respondent regrets it very much as brother of M. N. Sadler of Lents, is Prineville, Sunday evening. attend the annual meeting of the The Pacific Bridge company has pav am on my way to Berlin. Am in he was <^ne of tlte liveliest and best in Washington, D. C., on business for American Bankers’ Association. The ed Eigbty-eecond street from Johnaon Oklahoma today. • • • Am hav dancers present. the company. Harry M. Burnham, a former em other men are E. G. Crawford, vice- creek north to the Panama store, own ing a fine trip. • • • Am seeing ploye of the New Method Laundry, president of the United States Na ed by Mr. Hicot. The part of the road cotton field* for the first time and Mrs. Leia Lent Wimberly has as and now with Uncle Sam in the Air tional Bank and president of the Ore between there and Sixty-seventh avenue INTERESTING GRANGE MEETING Negro women picking. stimed her duties as head of tile Service, stationed at Arcadia, Cali gon State Bankers’ Association, and is now closed to traffic. When finished We have used up the Santa Fe road Lents Grange held a very interest English department of the Roseburg fornia. writes that he likes the serv ,L L. Hartman, secretary of the Port to Gray’s crossing this ponular street •nd have now started on another. ing meeting Saturday. September 14. High School. This is Mrs. Wim ice very much and hopes soon to “go land Clearing House Association. Don’t know how many we need to Worthy Master T. J. Kreuder pre will become a fine boulevard, as it is berly's fourth term as instructor in over." He also says he is very glad get there on, but reckon Uncle S«m siding. The third and fourth degrees many miles lung within the city and the same department. to get away from the heat of Texas, Stor»* Open Later, know* hi* business, and will see to were conferred on three new mem connected with the Oregon City road, where he was stationed four months. In compliance with the request of it that we get ’em. bers. The work was put on by the which is also paved moat of the way Emel Swanson surprised his mother the government to conserve light, EDWIN THORNQUIST. Grange team. The regular Grange and friends in Lents by coming down and a beautiful scenic route for pleas George L. Carr left Wednesday for heat, fuel and manpower, the spe dinner was served. from Camp Lewis Saturday night for a business trip to the Southern cialty stores of Portland will be ure seekers. The lecture hour began at 2:30 and American Rest Camp, Winchester, a stay over Sunday. He is looking opened at 9 o’clock every morning England, August 21, 1918 — Dear was open to the public. Wilson bronzed and hearty, apparently en states, where he has established busi George Flier, who recently joined the instead of 8 o’clock, as has been the ness interests with the National Friend: Everything is going well Beneficl. lecturer, had jharge of the joying the military life. Merchant Marines, had the good for custom for a number of years. Builders' Bureau. He also expects'to here. 1 am in the best of health, and program. Hamilton Johnstone, a new tune to get a furlough, which he spent engage in preaching and evangelistic member, spoke on consolidation of the only thing I am wishing for is a with his father, mother and six sisters, James Baxter and family, of Blach- work under his own church, the movie. We have been at this place city and county governments. and incidently another young lady very Roscoe P. Hurst, John S. Smith, ly. Oregon, who have been visiting Friends. He expects to be gone un •bout four months, and I'm sure get dear to him, whose name, we will not Baxters' sister, Mrs. W. H. til the holidays, and it is possible he ting "fed up" on Winchester, al Judge Morrow, D. C. Lewis and A. Mrs. T W. Orton, all of whom are members M ead, of 6023 One Hundred First may send for his family and establish though it i* a fine little place. Mt. Scott W. C. T. U. will meet mention nntil he returns home again. I just had a seven days’ furlough, of Lents Grange, spoke on grange street, left Monday for Hemlock a home in the Sunny South. next Tuesday at 2 P. M. with Mrs. George looks the brave soldier from Grove, Ohio, to make their future which I spent in London. I certainly work. --------- • Shinn, 9503 Fifty - Ninth avenue head to toe, and even the neighbors are Miss Alice Joyce, of Woodlawn home. did enjoy jnyself. The people in Lon Lewis Hamilton, missionary for the Southeast. Annual reports and con proud of him, and with him beet success don do certainly treat a “Yank” roy Grange, spoke on* the canning of Catholic Church, who has been teach ventions will be the order of the day. in subduing our mutual enemy. Miss Mildred Oleman. who has ing in Japan and China for some time, ally. We were given entertainments, fruit and the making of cottage been spending the summer with her arrived in Portland a few months cheese. W. H. H. Dufur, of Wood The undiscouraged man is never con river parties, dances, etc., during our No man can do nis beet unless he is stay there. 1 also got to visit the lawn Grange, and G. A. Nickleson, sister, Mrs. M. N. Sadler. 6719 ago from New York City and will happy. quered. The whiner is never a winner. famous buildings of London, the of Eastern Star Grange, were speak Twenty-Ninth street, left Tuesday for doubtless remain here the greater Monmouth, where she will teach in part of his four years’ furlough. Mr. Tower of London, Westminster Ab ers. the public schools. bey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Par Hamilton was in Lents yesterday on liament buildings and many others business for M. C. Campbell, who is BIRTHS. A. M. Gardner, the jeweler, has known in this locality, and is just of less importance. They are all To Mr. and Mrs. H. Newman, 5409 purchased the Tom Cowing house on very intereating. It was hard for me now quite disturbed over the death B. A. O’Mealy and family spent “Lucky Cottage” of the Laurelwood Thirty-Sixth, September 11, a son. Woodstock avenue and Ninety-Third of his mother, which occurred in Saturday afternoon and Sunday at Congregational Church, Forty-Fifth to realize that I was visiting places To Mr. and Mrs. John B. Haviland, street. The place the Gardiner fam- Canada this week. built before America was discovered. avenue, at the corner of Sixty-Fifth the Gilmore home, near Newberg. I am very glad to hear that Lent* *130 East Nineteenth, September 8, a street, for the purpose of outlining a School has adopted one of the French son. Mr. and Mrs, Ellton Shaw, accom program for the regular quarterly in To Mr. and Mrs. Bert F. Webb, 19J war orphan*. The boy* of the Amer? panied by Mrs. J. W. Wilkins and stitute to be held next month-' At ican Expedition Force have adopted East Fourteenth, September 11, a Rev. Ward W. MacHenry, attended the October meeting new officers for SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE 400 of them. The campaign is being daughter. the Sunday School rally at St. Johns the organization will be elected for. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Brook- carried on by our official newspaper, Monday evening. Rev. MacHenry, the coming year. The members of "The Star* and Stripes.” It is one of meyer, 607 East Morrison, September Mr». Mary Littler of Salem visited N. E. Chamblees was given a pleasant Mrs. Wilkins and Mr. Shaw appeared the committees are requested to the best paper* I ever read, It is 15, a daughter. friends at Nashville station this week. surprise l»y a number of his friends Tues on the program, boosting organized come prepared to tell what features printed by members of the A. E. F. day evening, at his home on Foster Sunday School work. Last Friday their respective schools would like to I will send you a copy. road, the ocoaaion being his birthday they were at Sellwood and Sunday have presented at the coming insti I have not seen Les Williams since Howard Croft, of Nashville station, is afternoon at Kenilworth. Harold tute. anniversary. About forty were present, I left Camp Mill», but I heard from out of the city on business for his firm. Humbert and Rev. MacHenry are the who spent the time with games and him the other day. He is in Company Mis* Mildred Rice. principal speakers in most of the ral- music, and later ice cream and cake Mis» Esther Macgui'.e and Alfred Jo L, 128th Infantry, and I think he has lies being held throughout the Miss Mildred Rice died at the fam The special music by the mixed quar were served by Messrs. Hanley and county. At the big rally of the west han nison, who wen- united in marriage seen service at the front already. I m ily home near Firland September 9, sure he would appreciate a letter after an illness of over a year. The tette of the Millard Avenue Presbyterian Belmore. Mr. Chambless was born in side churches to be held at the First at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. from home. funeral was held on the 11th at the church was'greatly enjoyed last Sunday Birmingham. Alabama, and came to M. E. Church, Friday evening, Sep- Nellie Starr, on Forty-fifth avenue on Some of the Camp Lewis boys A. D. Kenworthy funeral parlors in evening. Portland, Oregon, in 1900. He was tember 20, Rev. John H, Boyd of the August 29, are at present at the mater passed through here, but I did not Lentk, Rev. O. W. Taylor having appointed postmaster of Arleta station First Presbyterian Church, will be nal home. see any of the Lent* boys. charge of the serviced Mis. Harvey Mr. and Mra. Win. Rittell and child in 1903 and served until the election of the principal speaker, assisted by Mr. EDWARD D. SMITH. Blakesley sang beautifully her favor ren took a pleasure trip to Concord sta President Wilson. He was presented Humbert. Mrs. Blessing, who has been spend Co. E, 162d U. S. Infantry. ite hymn. tion a few day* ago and came hack with with a lieautifnl book from his friends ing some months in the east, has re Mt. Every Sunday School in the Miss Rice was a member of the with a bountiful supply of fruit* and of the Baptist church, in which Mr and Scott section of the city is urged by turned and is at the home of her daugh Double Tag Day Saturday. St. Paul’s Episcbpal Church and Mrs. Chamblee» are dear and active vt^ge tables. Ellton Shaw, president of District ter on sixty-ninth street. For the benefit of the Albertine choir and a regular attendant as long workers. No. 9 of the Multnomah County Sun Kerr Nursery and the Louise Home, as she was able. Her mother, two Mrs. Dave Base, with her two little day School Association, to have rep a tag day will be held Saturday. This sisters, Blanche and Mildred, and Miss Gertrude Taylor, of 3930 Sixty- Miss Estelle Bodwell, who recently resentatives ,at an executive commit is the ninth annual tag day of the four brothers, Virgus, Elmer, Lewis daughter», Martha and Lillian, has third street, has accepted a position with two institutions whose work it is and Glenn, are the immediate family gone to Idaho to visit her husband's returned from New York, was the week tee meeting, to be held Sunday after-_ * noon, September 22, at 3:30 in he Holly Printing Company. of the deceased. end guest of Mrs, Harry Usher. parents. to help unfortunate girls. O WAT SON and KENDALL W. C. T. Ü. NOTES ARLETA and NEARBY POINTS WOODMERE and MILLARD AVENUE OBITUARIES