u »f o Lilrary __ ML dritti Hmdà LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTMBEER 5, 1919 Subscription, $1.50 a Year Young Thieves Again Operating List of Awards of Multnomah County, Fair September 15-20 Will Cover Numerous Industries Lenta hulsnees mon are fast arriving at a point where drastic action will ba demantteal ef the authorities to break thievery in patty the The Multnomah County Fair, which F. H. Crane, will Include exhibits in will be held at Gresham the 15th to vegetables, forage plants, grain and the 20th inclusive, will have special seeds, and cereals. days for specs I activities. Monday Horth-ultural lu-,>artnwnt. Yinighhorhood. up potty thievery in tho neighborhood. Robberies of • slid bueincns houses othsrplaces occur almost nightly, ami will be children's day, some <> the boys are becoming so hold children all being admitted 14 under free, and as to attempt to eteul In daylight It le high time parents oftheee boys there will be a big industrial pageant take some action as business men are by children club members. Tuesday thoroughly exasperated and will show will Gresham evening to Jail. The dental CLARENCE F. LEA JAMI H A. FHEAR no mercy whoti they get sufficient evidence tai send the guilty miscreants WALTER W. MAGEE Congressmen James A. Frear of Wisconsin. Walter W. Magee of New York, and Clarence F. Ix>a of Califor- nia. member* of the spruce Investigation aub-commlttee on military expenditures, which begun hearing» in Port- Dr. Ogsbury land last Tuesday. office of was l-roken Into by a thief or thieves last Friday night about twelve o'clock but were frightened away before ee- Mr. and Mrs. curing much plunder. Coulter, who occupy an apartment DEATH OF MRS. ROBINS OCCURRED FRIDAY, AUG. 29 adjoining Dr. Ogsbury'a office, heard n crash and started Investigating and store the basements. but no cluo was found un­ til Ogsbury Dr. Haturday arrived He found the thief had en­ morning. tered through the hall door and In his search for medicine valuables which cheat Nellie Mrs. Robins, Fifty-ninth avenue H late of 4541 E . passed away August 2* at the Portland Sanitarium She was born in Chester, Pa.. Decem­ ber 29, 1845. and came to Oregon in 1*73. She Is survived by her husband. a George E Robins; three daughters. dropped Mesdames C. H Everett. J. II Wor- had upset had onto a stand having a plate glass top. rel. and D. C. Kellogg, of Portland; breaking the glass into several pieces. two sons, John and Robert Vance, of Thia was evidently as far as he got in Portlund; and one daughter, Mrs. E Marlon Crawford of Han Francisco. hie search and he left before finding The funeral service was held at the “liJiDphK of value. D^Nelson's garage was broken In­ parlors of Dunning and McEntee at to Saturday night and grease cups, last Tuesday, the officiating 2 P. M spotlight and other acreasorles to the clergyman being the value of 325 were stolen. MacHenry. W. Rev. Ward The Interment was made After treating them to candy at tho IB the Multnomah cemetery. of opening Wednesday store confectionery new the afternoon, a gang of buys gained entrance through the A. ». KENWORTHY DEI j EGATE TO NATIONAL 4T>N VENTIGN hack way and stole a valuable spe- cially-mado fountain pen belonging went through the State Funeral The Oregon Direc­ They tors Association convened September pocket of hie coat 2 at the Portland ¿Hotel for a throe- day session Ab/M 50 undertukers from all over the 4rrte of Oregon were to the proprietor, A Itoy Kerr. which waa hanging In the back room, and scattered the contents about, evidently In search of money. These boys seem to have an organised gang, George H. Peterson, son of Mr. and MRS. RANDOLPH IS GIVEN A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. F. R. Peterson, surprised his fam Quite a number of people joined Mr, Coulter in searching GEORGE PETERSON KI RPIUKEM FYMILV AFTER 5-YEAR ABSENCE. lly by dropping In on them Wednes­ A number of the ladies of the Bap- day. the first they had seen him in tist church staged a delightful sur- over five years. It develop« that he prise birthday party for Mrs. A M. has been murrled three year«, cn- Randolph, of Gilbert road. Monday, listed In 1414 and was with General the occasion being Mrs. Randolph's Pershing In Mexico, was in France seventy-third anniversary. Mrs. Edna 17 months, was on eight fronts and I-egg, Mrs. Randolph's daughter, kept engagatnents. He Is a sergenL firat class, In the 14th her mother interested until the ladies arrived. A delightful dinner was field artillery, and Is enroute to Chi­ served cago where he expects to be detailed birthday cake, 42 Inches in diameter, the work of Mrs. William Barker, fought In five major for recruiting duty. one day here, He only spent being on route from Loa Angeles, where he spent his fur­ lough with his wife. George makes the fifth star in the Peterson service flag five boys and five «tara. by the guests. A delicious graced the table. After the dinner was disposed of an enjoyable story telling time was indulged In. Those present were Mrs. Darnall, Mrs. E. M. Moore, Mrs. William Bar­ ker, Mrs. Rosa Silver, Mrs. Swain. MISS FLEMING BEGINS »I TIEN AN 1.1 B It A KIAN AT LENTS Mrs. D. C. Johnson, Mrs. A. J. Moore, Mrs. A. M. Randolph. Mrs. Edna I-egg. Miss Ada Barker, Moretta Sil- Miss Esther Fleming has recently ver, Lucile Gillett, A. M. Randolph been appointed permanent librarian and Pastor Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are held at the Lents branch. She will be glad to co-operate with the other educa­ In deep affection by all the members They are tional leaders In this neighborhood of the Baptist church. by giving reviews and other guides charter members of the church and ‘are always identified “‘-with every to good reading. The outstanding fea­ In attendance. Miss Esther Fleming reached Lents branch of life and work In the con­ Tuesday to take up her residence and gregation. These two old people be­ one of them being seen acting as ture and demonstration given by Prof. While very to assume her new duties. She Is a gan life in New York. lookout, although It was not realized Warsham of Chicago «ho Is a nation­ graduate of Washington University young they moved to Wisconsin. They at the time what they were doing. al authority on enibulmlng, anatomy and has had four years of very suc­ next moved to Minnesota, where they and dem I-surgery. A. It. Kenworthy cessful library experience in the Se­ were married more than 50 years of Lenta was made a delegate from ago. Few couples have lived happier attle library. She has also spent one the Oregon association to the natlon- year at the Albina branch library In or more useful lives. al convention, which convenes Sep­ Portland. The people of Ijents cor- tember 10-12 at Atlantic City, N. J. diully welcome Miss Fleming to the He left Thursday night and while In community. the east will visit some of the largest Prof Hershner reported 443 In at­ undertaking establishment* and will nts school last study new methods of buslneas. He G4I.HERT tures of the convention were the lec­ REGISTRATION 693 AT LENTS SCHOOL FIRST TWO DAYS Tuesday and said that he expected the registrations to run up to about or 750 in a week two. The Mrs Viva Driver having gone to teach California, Oakland. teachers having been follows: flrat Mrs. Curtis, grade; Miss October. Farmers of the Oilbort FIRST MEETING OF AULITA P. T. A. TO BE HELD NOON 4» new and appointed as substituting In Jessie expects to return about the middle of I-ents faculty has been somewhat changed, In MRS. McHEIL VISITING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THE EAST Armstrong, kecond grade; Mlaa Evelyn Isiwrenson, Wolverton, Mlaa Orare The firat meeting of the Arlcta Parent-Teacher Association will lie announced, according to Mrs. V. H. Relneking, president, after the firat general meeting of the city Parent- Teacher Association, which la sc lied - third grade; Misa I Ji lira G. Harvey, uled for toduy (Friday). fourth grade; Miss Crabtree, sixth second B; Mias Mnyce Alton, seventh B. A; The manual training will be In EVENING STAR GRANGE W ILL MEET TOMORROW, SEIT. 0 the hands of Mr. Piper, but, to the probable disappointment of many, will for the seventh be given only and eighth grade pupils, two days a week. Evening Star Grange will meet to- morrow at Grange hall, corner of Powell street. Valley road and Eightieth The market and Irish ques­ tions will come up for consideration, and among the speakers will be Dr. C. E. Kline. In October this Grunge Mrs. Emma Thomson, 4102 Eighty­ will celebrate the “homecoming sea­ E„ died at the Sell­ son." hospital Saturday, August 30. fifth street H. wood Tho funeral was held at Kenworthy's Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 ••1 Pupils Register at Woodmcv*. o'clock, Mrs. A. Alexander, principal of the Rev. Grimes, of Vancouver, conduct­ Woodmere school, reported that there The interment was had been ill registrations on Tues- Mrs day, and the full number has not made in Ixine Fir cemetery. Thomson was born In Fondulac, Wis., yet been reached. September 22. 1271. She had lived 22 years in Oregon, and at the time Woodmere P. T. A. Meets Sept. II. nelghbor- hoo