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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1920)
mt. Scott herald Published Every Friday at Lents Station. Portland, Oregon. J. 3. UPDIKE - C. W. SMITH - - - • Proprietor - - - Manager bhit.red a* second-class mail mat ter February 14. 1914. at the post- office at Lenta. Oregon, under act of Congress. March 9, 1979. Subscription price - - $1.00 a year Phones: Tabor 7SÎ4. THE MAN NOT THE TOWN. The idea that uearly all the "big” men come from the small towns lias been Industriously disseminated for many years, but a census of a repre sentative group of 100 well-known meu In the New York financial dis trict. reported In the National Bank of Commerce monthly, does not bear It out. It was true that 00 per cent came from outside New York. but. taken by towns. It was found that Just as many catne from cities with a mil lion or more population as came from towns with less than 5.000 people. Fifty-one came from towns under 100.- 000 population, another remarkable breaking even. If this analysis prove« anything. It shows that the man has much more to do with "getting there" than the town he came from, which, of course, everyone who gave any thought to the matter expected, says Pittsburgh Dispatch. The "big men from the small town" was simply oqe of those superficial notions that get by because nobody stops to analyze them. It was flattering to the bulk of the population who live outside New York that the metropolis had no monopoly of opportunity. But who suppose, 1 It bad? MAN’S JOY ANO THE BEAST’«. It produces a wholesome reaction on the tnlnd to think of Joy as one of the normal spiritual eleinetits of hu man existence, despite all the physi cal pains and the heartaches strewn along the way. The souls of tuen are swung often Into a grapple with wor ry, sorrow*and conscience, hut that very fact tend* to sharpen the edge of their delights, says Minneapolis Tribune. It makes strong characters where otherwise there would be flab by ones, and strong characters are the ones that best absorb and assim ilate the worth while pleasures. For a master to envy the care-freeness and the bounding vivacity of his dog Is a common experience. The master will do well to contemplate, however, that while he Is so endowed that he can find Joy for himself tn his dog's man infestations of delight, the dog can not draw on hl* master's pleasurable emotions In the same way or in the same degree. No part of a dog's Joy. we take It. is predicated mi the fact that some other dog or doc« appear to be Joyful. He Is dependeut upon himself for his own reactions. In other word*, a dog's enjoyment Is not reflected In whole or tn part, whereas that of human beings very often is reflected. Ma io Morrisey. Miss Marie Morrisey, whose concert on Monday March 8 promises to be one of the most delightful of the‘season, insists that her voice was got always received with the same favor as it is today. It stems that Mi«s Morisey has always been determined to sing. Ami when she was a little ;irl. she used to lift up her voice and carol loudly for the edifi cation of herself and all the neighbors. One day the policeman on the Miss Morrisey’s beat passed hearing strange house. and sounds issuing forth, he finiallv concluded to investigate. He was a good policeman, was Pat. and he took' an interest in all the affairs of the street, So Miss he presented himself to Morrisey’s mother. “Madame." he said "is that vour child?" Miss Morrisey ceased her singing long enough to hear her mother admit the re lationship. "Well. Madam.”’ said Pal. "What in the world is the mat ter with her to make her cry all the time. Pd Adv. LENTS SCHOOL NOTES Tell Us Your Troubles 'Friday the Bth the have ball enthusiasts of the Lents school met in room 17 and elected 'leaders as follows: captain. Moke; manager. More. The nine will soon Ingin practising for tlie scheduled games in the city league. The rabbit club of the Lents school is composed of Nickolas Emerson Deis, Millard F.asly, Fromm, Gerald Hoard, Clarence K. Hunter. Clarence Johnson, William Schmidt, Matilda Schni der. John Smith. Marjorie Wai deror ami l.tirel Wilson. The initial performance of the moving picture machine recently installed in the Kellogg school was to have been held Friday evening, the tith. but on account of a light epidemic of smallpox the affair wa« indefinitely post ' poned. If your car goes wrong we will repair it. If its tires you need we are distrib utors for Lee & Ajax. We carry Ford parts, accessories and motor oils Several industrial been organized in the Lents school. Among them are those of rabbit raising and sewing. The sewing club inlets every Friday at 9 a. m. in the assembly room under the direction of a lender appointed by T. D. Kirkpatrick, chief of industrial club organi nations in the schools under the ' 'auspices of Oregon Agricultur '■al College. Children enlisted In home garden ing under school supervision In the Elderly lady would like nurs- United States school garden army ng or light house work bv the have produced in the little more than lay. Enquire at 8686 Wood a year the work has been In opera dock avenue S. E. Sixth avenue tion foodstuffs valued at $48.000.01'0. tation. 11 I the bureau of education of the depart ment of the Interior announces. Re ports to the department Indicated that every part of the country had taken active part In the vast harvest. New York city reported a total of I Imports of wool during the five- i $717.517.20 from, the home gardens of year prewar period. 1910-1914. aver- 00.654 children, while the little ama aged 207.583.742 pounds annually, or teur farmers of Chicago realized an Hundreds of something less than half the present average return of $5. prizes have been won at state fairs Imports, accordlng to thè bureau of markets of thè United State« depuri- I throughout the country by the chil ment of agricolture. As the popula- dren. don of thè United States has been Undoubtedly there have been genu Increasing so have the imports of ISSUED BY THE ine outrages perpetrated by Mexicans June year ending wool. For the fiscal upon American citizens, and equally 30. 1918. this country Imported 379.- 129.934 pounds. During 1919. the beyond doubt there have been "stage total Importation amounted to 424.- managed” outrages inspired by ulteri 414.644 pounds, or more than double or motives. It is the sad and thank the prewar average. From January less task of the American state de to August, Inclusive, of the last partment to *lft all outrages and de year (eight months) more wool was termine to which class each belongs. Imported than during the prewar The most picturesque figure In years mentioned, and If the present average monthly imports of 36.238.- Great Britain Just now is Lady Astor, 982 pounds Is maintained throughout the first woman member of parlia the remaining months of that year, the ment. Expectation, however. Is some For use in Central and Eastern United States will Import more than what dimmed by her announcement Europe. Approved by the Gov- 430.C00.000 pounds during the calen that she will not indulge In spectacu lar oratory tn the house of commons dar year of 1919. ernment of Poland, Austria, and that she will not appear at the sessions In evening dress. There seems to be a mania sweep Czecho-Slovakia and FOOD DRAFTS In $10.00 or $50.00 Amounts Phone Lent* 2011 DAVIS ¿i FARNSWORTH Tuerai Directors First-class Service given Day or Night a ■ ■ 5802-4 92nd St. a : United States will become the world's banker and assist every one of them in getting again on their badly bat tered financial feet. Thanks awfully for the flattery, but we have some corns and bnnlons on our own feet. We are producing 110,000.000 worth of button* a year, says some statisti cal enthusiast who makes no mention of 16,000.000 epithets which assail those buttons when they get a divorce from the wrong garment In the wrong place at the wrong time. A new labor party Is snggested. Ev ery controversy bring« forward the possibility of Introducing another cam paign element, but the battles are nl- ways fought out by the same old ele phant and donkey. FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS ANI) EISH Vegetable» unti Emit» Butter finti Egu» What matters. If you don’t eat It, what bacon costs? 5919 Ninety-second Street. Multnomah State Bank Portland, Ore Everything for Your Baking Needs Lents Delicatessen Shop Comer Ninety-first and Carline Where you can get things to eat like mother used to cook Good home LARGE HOME-MADE PIES 40c made bread, biscuit MRS. W. A. ASH. and cookies always make a hit” with hu$band$ and And they’re tic kled when you bake a delicious cake. kiddies Big Loaf of Bread 10c you are not getting ai good results as you would like to have, why a hit with husband and the kid not consult with u* about the flour you are using dies, and they are tickled when you get them at We have handled many Mt. Scott Bakery Cor. 92d and Foster Road different brands of flour and meal and know just which are giving the best satis J. ROSENAU, Proprietor faction We invite you to profit by ourexpcrience. Special- Prices On Eadie’s and Gentlemen’s Suits. Call and inspect the beautiful new patterns to choose from while the lines are complete. i s. It Phone Tabor 2573 FOR SALE BY and other Pastries always make Berlin Is facing a hard winter, ac cording to the headlines in the paper, but Berlin hasn't anything on the av erage American citizen whose coal pile Is showing signs of premature shrinkage. Tabor 5267 Eggiman’s Meat Market Good home-made Cookies, Cak:s If things keep on as they are go Another thing. In a free country like ing. life will soon become «uch a se this. * man can get two cnances at publicity: One when he throws his rious matter that the average per hat Into the presidential ring and an son will not dare do anything except other when he withdraws in favor of Joke about It. somebody who has a chance. British clergymen are forming a can't see why that Ixindon fe- trade union, but they are going to nm male cook wants to run for parlla- Into some Borlou« op,M>sltlon If they ment, when such high wages can be consider charging fof overtime on commanded by domestic servants. sermons. nowadays, She must be a supreme The prices are going to come down, pat riot ess. gracefully and accotmdatingly. If the If It were the thing for the prince profiteers are willing, but they are go- to write books, the prince of Wales Ing to come down. could contribute an '‘Impressions of America” series that would be well worth reading. lents Sta ■ Germany. Lents Station 4 Close Proximity to Cemeteries Enables us to hold Funerals at a Minimum Expense Hungary, ing the country today for disposing According to the Mexico note they of Liberty bonds. Workmen in the have three grades of Imprisonment: striking industries are rapidly dispos Preventive, formal and ordinary, and ing of their bonds In order to main tain themselves during the period of only the last really counts. If you the strike. Bankers report that many are In Jail tinder the first two yon merchants are selling their bonds. should not mind it. as yon are really One bank tells of handling over $300.- not completely in until yon are tin or dinary prisoner who has been convict 000 worth of bonds from two or three stores. It Is to be hoped that this ed of something. mania will not spread Into the rural The doctors who say old men can districts, says Indiana Farmer’s Guide. be made young are in a way to col Liberty bonds are a good and a safe lect any fee they may suggest to cred investment and Just as long as we ulous patients. Their charges, what have an Cncle Sam. they will remain ever they may be. will be extremely moderate compared to those exacted from Faust by Mephleto. The United States has been asked to take the Turkish mandate and now It Is estimated that $331.612.542.560 the British government wants us to represents the war loss for all the save Austria. There is no doubt as world. That sounds big In dollars, to the liberality of the allies in allot and Is considerable, but not so much ting to our share all the hard work In butter, eggs, bacon, union suits that can be put upon us. says Balti and pants, after all. more American. Of course, we will do all that humanity dictates, but we Just wait till the price of sugar cannot notice that any of the fruits of victory are being zealously thrust gets to where the fellows who have ’s the sugar think It ought to be. and upon us. you’ll probably have no difficulty in r The Europeans are very frank tn getting as much ns you can pay for. expressing their confidence that the wherever It Is sold. Station JI. D. Kenworthy $ Conipany IB a ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ AMERICAN REL ADMINISTRATION Lent* 5X20 Ninety-aecond Street JOHN MANZ Lents Mercantile Co. Phone: Tabor 1141 5805 92nd St. V The Herald does all kinds of Printing *>