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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1919)
mt. Scott Gerald OREGON SETTLEMENT Published Every Friday at l-ents Station. Portland. Oregon______ J. K. I’PIMKK - C. W SMITH • - - Entered as eecond-cla»» mail mat ter February K. lilt, at the post- office at Lente. Oregon, under act of Congress. March 1. t»7»- Subscription price - PLAN VERY POPULAR - - Proprietor - • Manager - |H0 a year Purchase and Resale of Re- claniahle Lands to Sol diers Excellent Idea. Phones: Tabor TSïV IMI—HU A DEBT TO HEROES The fifth Liberty Loan will be known as the Victory Ixjan. Victory is not merely a matter of jubilation, accepting surrender of a beaten foe and dropping the gun to take up the plowshare in the furrow where it stood when the call to arms came. The Victory Loan is one of the many great obligations that come to the victors. President Woodrow Wilson and the members of the American peace delegation are now in France looking after the world obligations. Our part now is to pre pare to pay in small measure the debt we owe our khaki and blue clad champions. A large part of the money to be raised in the Victory Loan campaign next April will be used for the re habilitation of our wounded men. The government will do its utmost to restore every wounded American soldier and sailor to health and self supporting activity. When the wounded man has been given complete medical and surgical treatment he will be considered by the Federal Board for Vocational Education. If his disability prevents return to work he left at the call of the government a wide choice of occupations is open to him. If the injured man needs an arti ficial limb or appliance of any sort the government will provide it. Un til his special treatment or training ends he will receive regular compen sation and the family will receive the allotments. The war risk insur ance will be paid until the end of the vocational training if the course is elected without necessity, but in this case the allotments will not be paid the family. Instead of finding dependent crip ples and beggars made so by an un appreciative country, they will be highly trained heroes whose sacri fices will not be tarnished by lack of gratitude. If you are worth victory prepare now to buy Victory Bonds. COUNTY FARM BUREAU County farm bureau and county agricultural agent work received a tremendous impetus in Oregon last year from war necessities for in creased production and conservation, according to\ the annual report of Paul V. Maris, state leader of county agent work. The work has had the hearty co-operation of the federal food administration, state council of defense, granges, farmers unions, of ficers and teachers of the public schools, and other organizations working in the cause of national de fense. The county agent is the rep resentative of the United States de partment of agriculture, the State Agricultural college and the people of the county. The agents and farm bureaus directed the campaigns for increased food production in the sev eral counties, made surveys of seed stocks and labor needs, and organ ized defensive measures against ro dents and other crop pests. RE-VACCINATION ADVISED The use of vaccine to check and prevent the spread of influenza was advocated recently by Dr. A. C. Seeley, secretary of the state board of health. He said: “This office has received numerous letters from physicians throughout the state in which they express them selves as convinced of the value of the vaccine as a prophylactic and ask that more be sent them, but they say they have not had time to make reports. Re-vaccination is advised at intervals of from four to six weeks. From 94 reports is was found that 33,439 persons were inoculated. Of this number 815 had mild attacks of influenza, 75 severe and 11 died. The Oregon land settlement plan, which provides for the reclamation and purchase of lands for resale to soldiers and other desirable settlers, and which virtually guarantees the success of the settler by supervision of the farm management department of the Oregon Agricultural college, is the first project of the kind ever attempted, according to H. D. Scud der, professor of farm management, who has just returned from Wash ington, D. C., where he received promise of favorable legislation on the plan. “This plan of ours has captured everybody,” he says. “We have been promised just the legislation we want —broad enough to provide for co operation of the states with the fed eral government and permitting us to carry out our Oregon land set tlement plan. "Model farm management farms for settlers in every part of the state will be our program in future land settlement, and the federal legisla tion will provide the funds for recla mation and purchase of lands for re sale to soldiers on the easy payment, long interest plan. We expect to get the necessary state legislation to go with this at the coming session. “The authorities at Washington tell us that the application of the farm management idea to settlement is brand new and our model farm man agement farm is the first thing of the kind ever attempted. The office of farm management has promised us funds for both investigational and demonstration work in farm manage ment in Oregon.” WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN ARMENIA In the fall of 1915, at about the time the cabled reports of the perse cutions of Armenians were beginning to arrive, the American Red Cross committee for Armenian and Syrian relief was organized. The purpose of this movement was to send imme diate aid to those sufferers, the re sult being that the committee up to this time has distributed to these peoples the sum of nine million dol lars. The entire administrative expenses of this committee are met privately, thus enabling it to devote 100 cents on the dollar of all money received directly to the purpose for which it was secured. The work of distribu tion in Asia is handled by over 100 Americans; citizens, consuls, physi cians and educators, who contribute their services to this effort without compensation. In fact, the commit tee’s reports show that more money has been expended in relief work in these fields than has been collected, some $25,000 of interest money also having been distributed to these suf ferers. At the time of severance of diplo matic relations between the United States and Turkey it was feared that this relief work would be interrupted, but so thoroughly had it been organ ized that it was found possible to carry it on even in the absence of United States consuls. Under the in creasing friendliness of Turkey it is now possible to continue it even more effectively. As an example of the business-like J methods employed, it may be stated that in 1917, when food prices were rapidly advancing in those countries and it became certain that they would go much higher, at the request of the American committee the Red Cross appropriated $600,000 for the purchase of food at the lowest price. In this way it was enabled to buy half a million dollars more food than could have been secured for the same amount a few months later. With the exception of the work be ing done by the Jewish relief com- r I 11 Group of Armenian Refugees GARDEN SEEDS MAY NOW BE SECURED ite o Several Thousand Package« al the Disposal of Representative of Third Oregon District. Representative C. N. McArthur, of the third Oitgon district, haa an nounced that he had at his disposal several thousand packages of as sorted vegetable and flower seeds, and that he will be glad to supply reasonable quantities of the same to any resident of Multnomah county who contemplates planting a spring garita. This year’s allotment of seeds is considerably smaller than that of previous years because war condi tions have prohibited the importation of largì' quantities that the govern ment has heretofore purchased from Europe and because of light yields ami low deliveries of seeds grown on contract for the government. Rep resentative McArthur will therefore k not attempt any general distribution of seeds but will send them only when* they are wanted and in an swer to specific requests. He be lieves that this method of distribu tion will insure a proper use of the f seeds without waste. Mr. McArthur also has several thousand agricultural bulletins at his disposal and will be glad to furnish lists of the same and to fill such orders for bulletins as may subse quently be sent to him. These bulle tins deal with numerous subjects per taining to agriculture, horticulture, domestic science, sanitation and other live topics. All requests for seeds should be addressed. to Representative C. N. McArthur, House Office building, Washington. D. C., and those who write should state whether they want vegetable or flower seeds, or both, and also whether they wish lists of agricultural bulletins. Seeds will be mailed from Washington about March 1, and early orilers will naturally re ceive first consideration. * M I eee»eeoeee»eeeeoeeeeaee♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦o♦ooooossooooosos w ¡' FETTY’S TRANSFER and Eipmt Anta Truck First-Class Sheet Metal Work and Repairing Qovoaioog H m A Hollon • • • $1.M to Ua/van/ssd (Tarhage C'aaa, Wooden Logo J. 00 to 4.00 Stovo Rogolrlng and Hollnlng A. S. PEARCE, The Tinsmith RESIDENCE MSI Ftstar W. Lenta, Ore. Footor Road. Ugg. P. O, 7a*or SMM OOOOSoeSSOOOOOSO«»»«' J. H. Bradbury CORD WOOD AND COUNTRY SLAB Yard on Foster Road in front of Lenta Library Phone Tabor 7B28 The Herald D om AU Hitas ot Prtntiif— THE PORTLAND BUSMUS MAI who la soocvssfol »«r rounds bLuseU with S E R V I C E every available moders dense for saving hi« time and money. Tlx buaiaeaa man who (alia to use au AUTOMATIC TBL- El’IION E simply closes his twubl Kliment to thousands of possible customers He uisy never know the leal reason for bls failure In business. THINK IT OVER. Lonjf Distance Everywhere * CALL A IMI Home Telephone and Telegraph Company of Portland, Orogen 19 19 IS HERE I Are you ready to make the most of its opportunities? Not unless you have a bank account. Why not start right? We are here with all the conven iences of a modem bank, and ready to do our share. » THE MULTNOMAH STATE BANK GIVE THEIR OLD JOBS BACK At the meeting of the reconstruc tion committee of the Chamber of Commerce Monday it was declared that every man for whom a busi ness house displayed a star in a service flag must be given his old position when he returns from the service of his country. It was reported to the committee k by a representative of the govern ment employment agency here that many employers have not seriously considered the re-employment of their men returning from the service and that many are being refused jobs by their former employers or offered others at lower wages. William F. Woodward declared, “When every firm has accounted for every star on its service flag, then the returned soldier problem will have been solved." mittea, the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief is the only organization outside of the Red Crescent, which is controlled by the Turkish government, which is in a position to administer relief to the starving peoples of those countries. Although the American Red Cross has done a great deal to aid the sufferers of Armenia, the latest ad vices indicate that a great deal more will have to be performed in the im mediate future if the lives of thou sands are to be preserved. Many of these people are homeless widows and orphans who were once in com fortable circumstances, but are now destitute and starving. It is reported that in some places the Armenians who were deported are beginning to drift back to their old homes, and there are some signs that the government may take steps to restore them. But they are com ing back in a state of destitution, finding their homes in ruins and their lands laid waste. With their cattle and other stock gone and their farming implements destroyed, they will not be able to do a great deal for themselves without help. Most of them have lost all they possessed, and must start life anew at an ad vanced age and under the most un favorable circumstances. * Hospital conditions are far from good because of the lack of physi cians. All throughout the East this condition prevails, and the task of succoring the great army of unfor tunates is going to be a gigantic one. Refugees are swarming everywhere, and reports show that in Asia Minor there are 350,000 Armenian refugees in dire distress, of whom it is calcu lated that about half are accessible to aid. Lents Station Portland, Oregon $ Sydney Lamb has opened a new barber shop opposite the postoffice, where he is prepared to do all kinds of lonsorial work. He makes a spe cialty of cutting children’s hair at live and let live prices. t